Forum:Type Of Coding

What type of coding does wikia use? I'd love to learn so I can make templates and such, but I don't know what the coding type is or where to learn it.


 * Wikia uses Wiki markup coding. -- 18:59, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * And for a few templates HTML, CSS and JS can be useful. BramTalk/IGW 19:43, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I already pretty much know HTML and CSS. Are there any guides for wiki markup?  23:02, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * So I should sign my posts like this? FreakOfNature 23:41, August 12, 2010 (UTC) Anyways, my previous question still stands. FreakOfNature 23:46, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikia has a short guide at Help:Wikitext and there are various other help pages around such as Help:Wikitext examples at Meta and Help:Wiki markup at Wikipedia, which include how to make basic tables and so forth. Hope that helps. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 23:52, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Does everything here apply? FreakOfNature 00:07, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I doubt it. It looks like wikicreole accepts more HTML than most Wikia wikis. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 9:25 PM PST 12 Aug 2010
 * And do I need to know Javascript for template making? All I want to make is a simple, but asthetically specific table to go on the top right hand corner for a picture, info and stats. The reason I want it in a template is that it will be used on most of the pages I make and it will probably have some small images in it to get the right look. FreakOfNature 16:40, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * No you don't need to know it. For a simple table some simple wiki markup can be enough, although some HTML and CSS might come in handy. If you can create it on a single page, you can create it as a template (since, basically, a template is a single page copied to (many) others). BramTalk/IGW 16:55, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * But that's the thing, I already know HTML and CSS. The wikimarkup is my problem. Everywhere I look they have a different set of commands for each action. For example, your coding for a link is different from like ever other Wikitext page I've seen. Is it possible to just code in HTML and CSS? FreakOfNature 17:05, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * How do you mean my coding of a link? That's all 'basic' wiki markup linking.It's possible to create a table using, , , etc. , but some things are only possible with wiki markup. Start reading here if you like to know more. BramTalk/IGW 17:13, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, there's just lot's of inconsistencies. For example, on wikipedia link I was given it says to code links like this "displayname" but on this site you have code them like this "[site displayname]" . It just gets kind of frustrating looking stuff up. Is there no all encompassing "master list"? FreakOfNature 17:37, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not quite; it's "displayname" and it's for linking internal wiki pages. MediaWiki registers these links (Special:RecentChangesLinked, Special:WhatLinksHere). The other code is for linking arbitrary web pages.--AB 17:47, August 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you have some experience with manuals, mw:Help:Templates should tell you more than you wish to know. That site pretty much documents all of MediaWiki. -- ◄mendel► 19:45, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

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I have a similar question... Is it possible to use CSS without adding it to common.css, but have the code posted somewhere else on the wiki? -- 17:12, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * You should post this as a separate post. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:26 AM PST 13 Aug 2010