Difference between revisions of "Help:New Page"

Revision as of 15:08, 5 August 2008

With the intent of this Wiki being a fleshing out and recording of all of our gaming information (Particularly Mage), it becomes apparent that we need a sort of "How To" guide on getting your own characters entered into the information located herein. The first thing you'll want to do is reference the User's Guide, probably by having it opened in an alternate window or tab of your browser so that you'll be able to consistently reference back to how to wiki.

Creating your first page

Before creating a page, we ask that you create a login using this link or the one in the upper right of this page. Anonymous editing and creation will eventually be disabled to prevent spam and random stuff from affecting our Wiki. Once logged in, simply search for the page you wish to create. For instance, if I wanted to create a page about the Rimpoche, I'd search for "Rimpoche" and look at the search results. If it doesn't exist, then the search results will state as much, and provide you with a red link to create the page.

Simply click the link, and start filling in information. Yes, it's really that simple. When creating the page, be sure to search for the page precisely how you would want it titled. Search for "Theora Hetirck" instead of "theora hetirck" that way the name is properly capitalized at the top of the page. Wiki pages always take their title from the search terms in the address, so capitals are important on the first creation. When searching later, it won't matter where you place the capitals or if you capitalize at all because the Wiki will figure it out for you.

There is a standard being created for various pages, such as player characters and chantries and the like. You'll want to use these standards to keep everything looking uniform throughout the Wiki. Once you've entered in all the information you'd like, you can simply hit Save Page at the bottom of the text entry box, creating the page you wanted. You can come back and edit that page, or other pages as many times as you need to in order to get them completed.

That's the basics! Enjoy Wikiing!

Note: If you see something on another page you want to do, clicking the edit link at the top will show you the way they did it.

The Standards

Mage Standards

There are going to be standards for the Wiki, most notably for the major characters (PC and NPC both) and chantries. When creating a new character page, you'll wish to copy in the character template information so that it matches all other character pages. Similarly with the chantry template for a chantry page.

Here is the information you'll need to start a character or chantry page.

{{character |name= |gender= |race= |image= [[Image:Trad.png‎ ]] |trad= |nature= |demeanor= |essence= |chantry= |cabal= |location= |status= |player= |last= |portrayer= |creator(s)= }} __TOC__ == Description == == Background == == Paradigm ==

{{chantry |name= |primus= |secundus= |tertius= |security= |pr= |location= |founded= |type= |members= }} __TOC__ == Location == == Description == == History ==

Note: To find what to place in your image= tag for tradition you can view the Tradition Images page to see the name you for the Image file.

Vampire Standards

The following is the template to use when creating a vampire character page. If other types of templates become necessary, they'll be added here.

{{vampchar |name= |gender= |race= |image= [[Image:.jpg ]] |location= |clan= |nature= |demeanor= |generation= |coterie= |sire= |children= |status= |player= |last= |portrayer= |creator(s)= }} __TOC__ == Description == == Background == == Generation bloodline ==

Shadowrun Standards

Shadowrun thus far only needs a standard page for its characters. If needed, we'll create a Corporate or Magical group template, or even a shadowrun team template. For now though, here is the character template you'll need to standardize the Shadowrun character pages.

{{SrCharacter |image= |name= |gender= |race= |location= |concept= |status= |stName= |height= |weight= |team= |player= |last= |portrayer= |creator(s)= }} __TOC__ == Description == == Background ==

{{SrTeam |image= |leader= |member1= |member2= |member3= |member4= |member5= |member6= |location= |status= }} __TOC__ == Background ==

Common Syntaxes

When creating your page, you'll often need to link to other pages. It's good to generally link something important the first time it appears in a document. For instance, if writing about your own PC, and you mention your mentor, that may be important enough to warrant it's own page, so be sure to set it apart as a link. There are two types of linking you'll need to worry about. One is linking to other pages in this Wiki, and the other is linking to an outside source. Wikis have their own special language, so those familiar with HTML will need to start incorporating new information into their repertoire. Following this are the common syntaxes and codes you'll need to create the parts of your page and alter your text as needed. Remember to always refer back to the User Guide as all of this information is contained there in greater detail and scope.

Text

Text

[[Page Name|Text]]

[Outside_Web_Address display text]

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
== Section 2 ==

__TOC__

#REDIRECT [[Page Name]]