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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!

The 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= }} __TOC__ == Description == == Background == == Paradigm ==

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

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.

Wiki Syntax	Result Example	Notes
[[Page Name|Text]]	Wayne	This gives the intra-wiki links that can lead to another page. It starts with the name of the page you wish to go to, uses a vertical line ( | ) as a separator, and follows with the text you want the page to display. You can leave off the separator and following text if you'd like to have the page be used as the text. The whole thing is encapsuled in a double set of square brackets: [ ].
[Outside_Web_Address display text]	Google	This is the typical link you'd expect on any normal page. You can always tell an external link by the symbol following the link that looks like a square with an arrow leaving it. It is built using the web address first, a single space as a separator, and then the display text you wish to have on the page. As above, you can ignore the separator and following text and just have the link itself show as the full address. This is only encased in a single set of square brackets: [ ].
== Section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ==== == Section 2 ==	Section Subsection Sub-subsection Section 2	These syntaxes create sections in your wiki page. You decide the name of the section, and put two equal signs ( = ) on either side with a space separating them from the name of the section. Subsections have 3 or 4 equal signs, depending on how far you're going in. If you need more subsections than that, you're generally needing to consolidate your information.
__TOC__	Contents 1 Creating your first page 2 The Standards 3 Common Syntaxes 4 Section 4.1 Subsection 4.1.1 Sub-subsection 5 Section 2	By default, Wiki Pages will create a Table of Contents if you have 4 or more sections. Some pages will only have 3 or less, but be so large that you want the Table of Contents showing anyway. To do that, use this Syntax wherever you want there to be a Table of Contents on your page. Usually, this goes just before your first section but after your summary blurb at the top. To use it, place two underscores ( _ ) on either side of a capital TOC.
#REDIRECT [[Page Name]]		There is no visual result for this, because it's not something someone will see. If you have a character with a name and a common alias that he was known by, you don't want to have to create two pages, you want the alias to redirect to the character page. To do that, create a page for the alias as normal, but only put the syntax shown here in it and nothing else. For Page Name, replace that with the name of the page you want it to direct to, and save the page. This will automatically send a person to the right page if they search for either the alias or the proper name. This can be used for all manner of other things as well. Just use your imagination.