Thread:Mathmagician/@comment-5857520-20130221223754/@comment-4674838-20130222035159

Hi, yes, there are a number of help resources available to everyone on Wikia about just about every topic related to contributing to and building up wikis!

Here's some good places I would advise to start:
 * Help:Contents -- through this portal, you can search all of Wikia's help pages. Here's a couple links to help pages that I think you might find interesting:
 * Help:Theme Designer -- this page explains how to use the Theme Designer to add a custom background and wordmark to your wiki, and change the color scheme.
 * Help:Administrators' how-to guide -- this page explains the basics of how to be an admin on a wiki, such as what the tools are and how you can use them
 * Help:Templates and/or Help:Infobox -- this page explains what a template is, something that's very important to building wikis, but requires a bit of coding experience in order to make one. An infobox is one kind of template that's widely used on many wikis, although there are lots of other templates as well.
 * Community Central forums -- The Community Central forums are a place to get help from other users. For example, if you're having trouble coding a template or making something, you can start a thread on the forum (make sure to post a link to the page you want help with!) and experienced users can take a look at the page you're working on and help explain what you're doing wrong with the coding and what you can do to fix it.
 * Special:Contact -- this is the form you can use to contact Wikia staff members (office employees of Wikia Inc.). You can feel free to contact Wikia staff about any issue at any time! However, in general I would recommend trying the Community Central forums first, unless you're sure it's an issue that needs staff attention.

One thing I will say is that building a new wiki is difficult and takes a lot of dedication! If you're less experienced or not committed to the sheer amount of work/time it takes, I would strongly advise finding an existing wiki to join, rather than trying to build your own, because it's much easier to contribute to a wiki that's already going.