User blog:Batorhos/When making a wiki...

So when I make a wiki, I usually start with some basic stuff. Here is what I would do if I were you. If you have anything to add to this, or suggestions, feel free to comment so that new users who are making wikis can be just as familiar with this as you!
 * Design theme. Usually the background is a tiled picture that looks like it's one big background, or I make it fixed through MediaWiki:Wikia.css, which is usually better for pictures.
 * Add userbox customization (ex: w:c:potcoplayers:Template:Userbox).
 * Add page banner customization (ex: w:c:potcoplayers:Template:PageBanner).
 * Make the main page. I have my own way of making it. I made an export of main page templates a long time ago, and all I do is import them and add the the code to the main page, and upload pictures if needed.
 * Start making pages (we should all know what this mean but for the dummies out there, making a page is adding a content article to the wiki).
 * Fix the list of administrator on the :Administrators.
 * Possibly find some more administrators.
 * Add colors fro admin comments, and make an @Admins photo for the bottom (just like @Wikia for Wikia staff).
 * Add history highlighting for administrators.
 * Make some templates (depending on what the wiki is about). You should always have a male/female template, American, Indian, European user templates. Favorite color templates, just basic characteristics users can add to their user pages.
 * Fix the community corner.
 * Fix up the welcome messages.
 * Begin recruiting users. Advertise your wiki (ask on some wikis for it might annoy the admins).
 * As the wiki grows, come up with cool additions to the wiki so that users keep editing.
 * Encourage users that want to become admins by telling them that if you have mroe users, you will need more admins. Motivating them to invite people to the wiki, and while telling the truth.


 * Sincerely,