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 * Help talk:Contents/Archive

Help
How do I put a message at the top of my wiki?

Harry Timon 16:20, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * This can be done by editing MediaWiki:Sitenotice, see Help:Site notice for details.

Questions...
I saw some sites with "Points" for users when theyadded stuff. How do I do that?

I saw that on the right side of a page extra information. How do I do that?

How do I make my own templates?

plz answer me, i need alot of help.

--Spedster777 20:57, October 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * The points feature isn't available any more. Read Help:Templates for more information about creating templates. Tedjuh10 - Talk 20:01, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Sir,my account kuya03 was blocked, can you unblocked my account sir?I need it now....TNX

I'm unable to contribute
Hi, I'm already registered with Wikia but I can't create a new article. I'll put everything in and then when I click Save, it just brings me to a blank "Special Page" called "Create Article". Is there a reason behind this?

Ju Juitsu 22:57, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Answer
 * If you are using the new wiki editor, you may not. It may be a glitch. Email wikia and they might be able to sort it out.

Follow up question:
 * I have been editing wikia since October and have over 4000 edits on several wikias. I am still unable to edit any of these help pages on this wiki, which is incredibly frustrating. Why, and how can I fix this? Anno1404 01:34, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * My user rights are: Autoconfirmed users, Users according to my preferences page, and I still cannot edit here.
 * Help:User_access_levels states:
 * "Anyone can read the wiki as well as create new pages and edit unprotected pages, including users without a user account."
 * Are all of the article pages on this wiki protected now?
 * When I attempt to edit these help pages, I get this message:
 * Please note: The Help namespace is semi-protected due to Shared Help.
 * You do not have permission to edit pages in the Help namespace.
 * Anno1404 02:22, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Response: Help_talk:Shared_Help Anno1404 20:41, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Inter-subpage linking
I'm creating a template/set of templates - We have 3 similar but very separate pages associated with each article. They are:


 * Main
 * Main/Subpage1
 * Main/Subpage2

The template(s) sit at the top of each page and display links to the different pages on the same subject:


 * Main-to-subpage links are easy
 * Subpage-to-main links I can do (a link to "../")


 * Subpage-subpage links... I can't figure that one out. Can you suggest anything?

Thanks!

''--DuneFish "Good fences make good neighbors." '' 23:28, October 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * Whoops - wasn't as difficult as I thought - link to ../subpage1 will do it. Simples!

Help
I made a wiki today but it says im not an admin--The cheif 05:16, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Please use the Forum, or contact Wikia Staff using Special:Contact. Tedjuh10 - Talk 20:07, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Search Works How?
Forgive me, I don't get the search function. I can make a search box, or use the default one, but it never seems to find anything, even text I know is present. Help.Alexander Baker 23:58, January 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Have you tried Help:Searching? If so, I recommend Special:Contact if you have further questions. Kirkburn (talk) 10:33, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

dropdown box
how do you make the "show" or "hide" for drop down box beside the word instead of below. I tried making the content box and the show/hide button is shown below instead of beside. Anyone can explain why ? Thanks in advance.--JackZ 08:53, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * This page is for discussing the Help:Contents page. For staff assistance, please use Special:Contact. For user support, please post on the central forums. Just click the yellow "Help forum" link on the sidebar. --Uberfuzzy 17:17, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

Natural Attack and Defense
In dueling and battling, there is reference to natural attack and defense points...how do I figure out mine? (you used 100/200 respectively) are these the number of stmaina and energy I have? Please provide more guidence. Thank you. 173.142.36.203 19:41, May 1, 2010 (UTC)katrinmd
 * It seems you have wandered to this wiki from somewhere else. --Uberfuzzy 23:49, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

Magazine?
How do I create a magazine? And can I do this withut signing up?
 * See Help:Magazine_Creator, and no. --Uberfuzzy 17:30, May 24, 2010 (UTC)

Looking for egipcian gods
Hello, i'm from Portugal and i'm looking for the 3 egipcian gods.I'd like to buy them for a good price

unable to edit main space pages again
this is really ridiculous, I cannot edit main space pages again. I was supposedly okay-ed a while ago. With a confirmation of my e-mail, the edits I have, and the amount of time I have edited.

there are only 351 pages in this wiki, which can easily be monitored by the community without blocking most good faith editors. Anno1404 14:41, June 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I can edit the pages again. sigh. Anno1404 15:50, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

Possible to add a ask a question link to the forum?
Is it possible to add a "ask a question" link to the forum on the main page? Anno1404 15:50, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

How do you reply?
i feel dumb just asking this. how do you reply to someone in the talk sections? do you just go to edit? 66.81.36.49 03:05, July 2, 2010 (UTC)amatus

Help Index
I think it might be very HELPFUL if the help index is listed in the front help page instead of being listed in tiny letters on the bottom of the help sub-pages. This will insure that new users can quickly find the help they are seeking instead of pressing different buttons hoping to find the right right subject and wasting time. It's not a hard thing to do and will save time and effort.  Talk 19:42, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't mind the tiny letters, I just want a link to Help:Index from the first help page instead of having to click one of the buttons first. Duskey ( talk ) 20:33, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

Interlanguage link request
Could an admin please add the interlanguage link  pt:Ajuda:Conteúdos  to this page? Thanks. 019mgq 17:00, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

A wikia alerts feed?
I just got a notice pushed to my talk page about about some server maintenance. I dismissed it, and now I want to see it again. Where is it? Is there a Wikia news alert feed somewhere? This seems like something that should be easily findable from help.wikia.com or community.wikia.com, but I'm unable to find it. --GrantB 15:11, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Они нуждаются в вас.
Наша цель – быть полезными людям. Помоги детям инвалидам жить, ведь у них нет того чем наделила природа тебя... делаются периодические отчеты с фонда благотворительности.

How do you delete a wiki?
I don't really need my wiki anymore, and I need to delete it. How do you do this? Thank you very much.
 * Please read Help:Delete. 019mgq 01:41, September 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Use Special:Contact to contact A Wikia Staff--Sam Wang (talk) 10:54, December 8, 2011

Userbox Problem!
I need a HELP! on my page at http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/wiki/User:Fafa123, I didn't find the userbox that i could make. what should i do? and how do i make userboxes? --Fafa123 19:59, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * This is a question for your Wiki's admins, not here. Anyway, I think you want to use the Template:Userbox that's on your wiki. If you don't know how to use templates, then you need to spend time reading some Wiki how-to docs. --GrantB 20:10, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

tiny typo
In the box that is at the bottom of the standard Help page, a caption for a large button reads "Dig deeper in to wiki editing" and "in to" should be "into". Thumlyly 9/28/10

Redirecting all pages here
See: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Editor_moved_all_help_pages Anno1404 18:21, October 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry for the confusion, but we are working to update all of the help pages to match the new look. I just wrote up a style guide with some suggestions. Let me know if you would like to help update this week. Thanks, --Sarah (Help Forum) (blog) 22:18, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Automatic edit summaries
How do i make an Automatic edit summaries?--Kjam 00:41, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

Leave infobox fields blank?
Hi, I'm wondering how to leave a field in an infobox blank. I know everyone just says don't put anything there, but that's not working... for example, on this template:, if I didn't want to include a "Faction" field on a certain page but still leave it on the template so other pages could have a Faction field, how would I do that? Any help would be greatly appreciated!--Tiptup Jr. 06:23, December 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * You do it by placing each field in the infobox within an #if: statement. The #if: statement first verifies whether the field has been passed to the infobox; if so, then the field is displayed, otherwise nothing is shown. Check w:c:pt.onepiece:Predefinição:Personagens for a live example. Note that the #if: uses pipes to separate its elements; the parser will confuse these pipes (which belong to the #if:) with the pipes used to define the table. So, within an #if: statement, to specify a pipe that belongs to the table you must use  instead. -- 019mgq 13:12, December 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much! After tinkering around some, I've got it to work to my advantage... I had to do quite a lot searching and I still couldn't find an answer to that, so once again- Thank you. :) --Tiptup Jr. 21:52, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

Header Problem
Hi, I'm an admin over on the Ōkami Wiki and right now we're having some problems with the header image on the site. The image is located here. It's exactly the same as it has always been but recently it has begun to appear incorrectly on all the pages. Just look here and you will see what I mean. The whole image is there but right at the bottom is what appears to be the top of the image repeated. Any help would be greatly appreciated--Soul reaper 08:34, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

Contents Box Where I Don't Want It
Hi there. I'm redesigning the front page of the Alex Rider Fannon Wiki using the Lostpedia front page template, but a content box for article navigation keeps appearing when I publish and I don't want it there. Is there some way to hide or block it from appearing?

Thanks, WarriorLoverInc 18:01, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

Programming various templates and wiki pages
I recently adopted Zoey 101 wiki, and I need help programming templates and making wiki pages. Is there a way to program a wiki page so that it works as a community page, and a way to program a new template? --Dimes Are 4Ever 01:22, May 19, 2011 (UTC)

i cannot see the edit box or headline PLEASE HELP. Not even TIMEOIN could fix it, and he's a god!
Hi, im LukaSlayR13, and my problem is that when i go to edit on SkyrimWiki (not that it matters where...) and the white box (like the one these words are in) isnt there, and the header/ headline (like the above) isnt there either. i can usethe code view but due to the lack of code knowledge in my brain i dont use it. Also, on Blogs and Blog posts, i cannot use the "preview" or "publish" buttons, even IF (that is if) the box (usually only the header) appears. I NEED to help my fellow Wikians and i have been de-ranked by 3 positions already due to this problem. Please help my lingering soul....

LukaSlayR13

LukaSlayR13•'Ipod songs are like kids. You can listen to them or lose them, but there's usually no refund' 04:04, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

help me to unblocked me pls.

Language Request
Hi, in Wikia Help main page is interlanguage links and there is not interlanguage link to Ohje Wikia/"Finnish Help wiki". Anyone admin or wikia staff can add it, please! link to Ohje Wikia Tofu II 16:49, March 12, 2011 (UTC)

Can you add the inter-wiki link to the italian version as well? Thank you. Leviathan_89 11:17, August 30, 2011 (UTC)

Changin your Hub Help!
I want to change my Hub on my Wiki to gaming. How can you do it?Thanks! --Koranean-Air 08:56, September 3, 2011 (UTC)Koranean-Air

Test Tool How about registered users have a new ability: Create Test. So you can create a test about anything related to your wiki topic and have actions such as select and then submit and see how much you've got correct or wrong. Sound interesting? Signed: Sam Wang 05:06, October 27, 2011 (UTC)

Chat
Please let people access chat from any browser. It keeps saying I connected from another browser when I didn't. Please fix this.

Maxwell Cohen 18:47, October 30, 2011 (UTC)Maxwell Cohen


 * Try using Google Chrome--Sam Wang (talk) 10:55, December 8, 2011

Default wiki theme
How do i set monobook as the default wiki theme for all users including unregistered ones (im the admin on one) 17:14, November 26, 2011 (UTC)

Fancy Stub Help?
Can anyone help me make one of those fancy stubs? Like the 'Chiron needs your help' ones of the Percy Jackson wiki. I really need it for the Tapestry wiki and none of us over there know how to make one. Thanks if you can help! Dove of War 14:46, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

Red Link
There is a red link in the main page, so the source should look like: HelpButtons

'''Welcome to Wikia Help! What can we help you with today?'''

Wikia Basics New to Wikia? Just getting started? We've got you covered.

Contributing Everything you need to know about adding content to a wiki.

Designing Your Wiki Backgrounds, colors, layouts, and organization!

Getting Technical Advanced materials for technical customization.

Managing Your Community Attracting members, encouraging editors, and handling tough situations.

Managing Your Account Lost your password? Trying to change your username? Help is here.

View all topics... 

Frequently Asked Questions

 * How do I create a new wiki?
 * How do I contact Wikia?
 * How do I change my username?
 * How do I manage my profile?
 * How do I close my account?
 * How do I edit a wiki page?
 * How do I see what's new on a wiki?
 * How do I customize my wiki?
 * How do I create page templates?
 * How do I set up my main page?


 * How do I block people?
 * How do I make my wiki successful?
 * How do I attract new users?
 * How do I use wikitext?
 * How do I use magic words?
 * How do I report bugs?
 * How do I create a new page?
 * How do I format pages?
 * How do I add photos?
 * How do I see what's changed recently?

Other support resources...
Community Central &bull; Founder &amp; Admin Central &bull; Community Chat

Staff Blog &bull; Technical Updates &bull; Webinars &bull; MediaWiki Help Support Forums &bull; Contact Wikia

de:Hilfe:Übersicht fr:Aide:Contenu es:Ayuda:Contenidos Aiuto Wiki nl:Help:Inhoud pl:Pomoc:Zawartość pt:Ajuda:Conteúdos ru:Справка:Содержание

Or move Help:Designing your wiki to Help:Designing Your Wiki &mdash; [/wiki/User:Sam_Wang S a m ] [/wiki/User_talk:Sam_Wang W a n g ] 04:17, January 24, 2012 (UTC)

Interwiki?
Can an admin please change the link to the MediaWiki site to be an interwiki link so it doesn't have that weird external link symbol?

Appearance
Please change MediaWiki:HelpButtons to: &mdash; [/wiki/User:Sam_Wang S a m ] [/wiki/Message_Wall:Sam_Wang W <font color=#bmbmbm>a <font color=#bobobo>n <font color=#bqbqbq>g ] 04:27, February 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * Why? — Spike  Toronto  09:08, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * I mean:

<pre style="margin-left:48px;"> .helptopics a { margin: 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px; height: 300px; display: inline-block; border-radius:150px; color: #666; font-size: 18px; background-color: #333; font-weight:bold; }

.helptopics a:hover { background-color:#ccc; }

.bodyCentralSearchWrap #bodyCentralSearchInput { border: 2px solid #ccc !important; }
 * And change Help:Contents to:

<pre style="margin-left:48px;">

HelpButtons

'''Welcome to Wikia Help! What can we help you with today?'''

Wikia Basics

Contributing

Designing Your Wiki

Getting Technical

Managing Your Community

Managing Your Account

View all topics... <br style="clear:both"/>

Frequently Asked Questions

 * How do I create a new wiki?
 * How do I contact Wikia?
 * How do I change my username?
 * How do I manage my profile?
 * How do I close my account?
 * How do I edit a wiki page?
 * How do I see what's new on a wiki?
 * How do I customize my wiki?
 * How do I create page templates?
 * How do I set up my main page?

<br style="clear:both"/>
 * How do I block people?
 * How do I make my wiki successful?
 * How do I attract new users?
 * How do I use wikitext?
 * How do I use magic words?
 * How do I report bugs?
 * How do I create a new page?
 * How do I format pages?
 * How do I add photos?
 * How do I see what's changed recently?

Other support resources...
Community Central &bull; Founder &amp; Admin Central &bull; Community Chat

Staff Blog &bull; Technical Updates &bull; Webinars &bull; MediaWiki Help Support Forums &bull; Contact Wikia

de:Hilfe:Übersicht fr:Aide:Contenu es:Ayuda:Contenidos Aiuto Wiki nl:Help:Inhoud pl:Pomoc:Zawartość pt:Ajuda:Conteúdos ru:Справка:Содержание


 * So it has help buttons with circle backgrounds &mdash; [/wiki/User:Sam_Wang <font color=#bdbdbd>S <font color=#bfbfbf>a <font color=#bibibi>m ] [/wiki/Message_Wall:Sam_Wang <font color=#bkbkbk>W <font color=#bmbmbm>a <font color=#bobobo>n <font color=#bqbqbq>g ] 04:59, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Implementing chat
Hello, I want to ask about the Special:Chat , how to put this features on my wikia? Please answer my question! -THANKS Hilman008 10:33, May 1, 2012 (UTC) thanks

Please answer this question! I have to know as well! Xman8745 (talk) 02:30, November 9, 2013 (UTC)

Spotlights
How the people put their wikias on spotlight ? -=_[Window_789456]_=- 20:10, May 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * See w:c:community:Spotlight. — Spike  Toronto  06:36, May 23, 2012 (UTC)

Search box text
I was wondering how to change the words displayed in the search bar. Rather than have it say "Search this wiki" I want it to say "Search the Net" (related to my wiki). Please help. Teenbat - God of Blood 01:40, August 20, 2012 (UTC)


 * I’m a little confused, TeenBat. If you change the text in the search box to say “Search the Net” instead of “Search this wiki”, it will not be searching the net; it will only be searching the local wiki. The text you are proposing would be misleading, inaccurate, and incorrect. — Spike  Toronto  04:01, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Its MediaWiki:Tooltip-search. But remember what Spike said. 06:41, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I don't mean it to be misleading. Anyone who is using the wiki would understand. It's the Ender's Game Wiki, and 'The Nets' are used in those novels quite often. Teenbat - God of Blood 01:18, August 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * And anyway, I made it so it would say "Search the Philotic Web". Teenbat - God of Blood 01:23, August 22, 2012 (UTC)

Chat
When I want to chat, I get a blank page. I use Google Chrome and it doesn't work on an iPad or Laptop. I tried typing in Special:chat as well as clicking links, but the result was the same. A blank page.


 * Unfortunately, this is not a help wiki. There is no one here to answer your question. Please try any of the various forums at the Community Central Wiki. Also, you may use Special:Contact at the wiki where you are having difficulty to contact Wikia Staff. Hope this helps! — Spike  Toronto  10:27, September 16, 2012 (UTC)

Help:Contents' search is broken
This contents feature is now broken due to the help move to CC. Please fix the search box embeded into Help:Contents so that it actually searches CC rather than the wiki the user is on at the time. Thanks! :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 07:19, November 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for pointing this out, we are looking into it! BertH (help forum | blog) 01:48, November 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * Good luck! ;) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 04:35, November 14, 2012 (UTC)

"Locking" Wiki?
Hello! I would like to ask if it is possible to make it so nobody may contribute to your wiki? unless? they are an Administrator. Thanks.

F960 (Pikadex) (talk) 22:52, November 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm... Well, firstly this isn't the right place for this kinda question. Please use Forum:Support Requests in future. Why do you want your wiki locked? This isn't the right attitude for wiki-editing. However, if your wiki is under extreme attack from IPs Wikia staff will lock the editing of said wiki to only let logged in users edit. This can be attempted via Special:Contact/general and will only be temporary. On the other hand, Wikia isn't a personal web-site hosting service; if that is your aim you will have more luck achieving that on a dedicated web hosting service. Starfleet Academy (Messages) 23:34, November 25, 2012 (UTC)

Links
The links to the old forum should be updated and link to the new one, however, there are now 3 support forums for different subjects. Should it include links to all 3, only to the root forum, or not be changed at all?

Penguin-Pal  (talk)  16:20, December 31, 2012 (UTC)

Contents
How do i put contents in wikis like this one:



Is it in templates? or is it only in a specific page?

SmoshFan101 (talk) 07:22, June 6, 2013 (UTC)

oops,i knew it already now, you can do it by putting _ _ T O C _ _ (NO SPACES)

SmoshFan101 (talk) 07:37, June 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * The Table of Contents will appear automatically (without forcing it) if you have enough headers (big text, like "Contents" just above) on your page. In the future, please take questions like this to the forums. Elecbullet (talk) 11:14, June 6, 2013 (UTC)

Search Bar
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to make the search bar on a wiki a little different, such as incasing it in a cloud. Thanks. -- IStoleThePies  | Message Wall  |  Contributions  22:55, June 6, 2013 (UTC)

Links At Bottom Don't Work
Broken Links

The links at the Bottom of the Help Contents don't point to the right places; they go to blank pages in my own wiki, rather than Comm Central, which I think is where they're supposed to go.



- Legends: Rise of a Hero Wiki Game of Thrones: Ascent Wiki 02:08, June 15, 2013 (UTC)
 * Same here. It's something to do with the  parser function and the page being fetched from CC. I did a test of said parser function on a wiki and it works fine on ordinary pages. If this wasn't happening before the 1st, then it's something to do with this revision that dumped the, so-called, "ugly URLs". ;) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 04:52, June 15, 2013 (UTC)


 * This should fix it. Report back in a day or so when the cache clears if it doesn't. Rappy 06:24, June 15, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks Rappy, and will do. :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 02:48, June 16, 2013 (UTC)

Community Forum Help
I've been trying to work on my wiki's Forum (metalstorm.wikia.com) and for some reason when I try to add a new topic to Help desk and my general discussion page (which I later deleted because I thought I did something wrong) it comes up with:

Badtitle

<p style="margin:4.8pt0in6pt;line-height:15.75pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title. It may contain one or more characters that can't be used in titles.

<p id="mw-returnto" style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Return to  <span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#D5D4D4"><span style="color:rgb(112,184,255);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">MetalStorm Wiki. <p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <p style="color:rgb(213,212,212);">

Please help, and thank you for helping.

--SpartanVenator117 (talk) 18:17, July 25, 2013 (UTC)

I've found out what my problem is. Nevermind. --SpartanVenator117 (talk) 20:29, July 25, 2013 (UTC)

Edits
How could I see how many edits I've made to the wiki? Aside from the number on my personal profile, that is. <font color="#003F87">ネクロ (Necro) <font color="#ZZZZZZ">TALK 03:40, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
 * See Special:Editcount. 03:40, October 25, 2013 (UTC)

Title Editing
Hi, is it possible to edit titles of articles?

Cheers. 01Salty (talk) 04:58, January 18, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, click the little down arrow next to the edit button and select rename. Kiwichris (talk) 06:29, February 21, 2014 (UTC)

Image adding error
I got the following error message trying to add a message to a wiki. I was told to report it.

Could not create directory "mwstore://swift-backend/spiderman-films/images/d/d8". <a href="/index.php?title=Special:Contact&wpContactProblem=Bug:Directory+permission+error">Please report the above error using this form</a>

Any ideas why and/or what to do? Kiwichris (talk) 06:27, February 21, 2014 (UTC)