Forum:How do you make templates?

I've been doing wiki's since January but I still don't know how to make templates! Do you need special downloadable software?

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 * You don't need special software. What exactly confuses you about making templates?
 * Well I haven't looked this close into wikis, it's only been editing so far, so I don't know much about templates and things like that.


 * What you do first is make a page with the template prefix (ex: Template:Example). Then you can create the template by borrowing one from another site (if you do, attribute the source) or making it from scratch. --
 * Dear Jamie,
 * First of all: a template is nothing more then a page with the prefix template as shown above. In that page you can however insert all kind of code. From very easy (to insert text) to high end templates making custom build parts of your wiki show off that cool that everyone wants to have a look at it.
 * However, templates are nothing more then tools to help you achieve something easier, make something look smoother or nicer and/ or make things work the way you like it to.
 * That said, you have all kind of templates. Templates which open special functions like welcoming new users, templates which insert simple text, which make your search rankings better, templates to make lot of work going easier and templates to guide new users to usefull information.
 * What you like to do with it is possible. Only limitations are the combined knowledge of all wikians, the speed of the computers, and your imagination.
 * So... What would you like the template to do for you?


 * Well right now I need an Under Construction template, I think that's it for now.
 * ~*~*TheJammieDodger*~*~ 19:50, January 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * Here is some wikicode for a basic Under Construction template:

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 * It would look like this:

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 * -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 3 Jan 2012 2:04 PM Pacific