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. --