Help:Profile tools

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The profile tools are a suite of new user profile tools available to wikis.

These tools help expand the social aspects of the wiki, allowing more interesting ways of interacting with other users on the wiki. They are recommended for wikis wanting to build up the community side of their site.

A brief history

 * Originated on ArmchairGM.
 * Saw their first broader use on Halopedia.
 * Being introduced to more gaming and entertainment wikis.
 * Will eventually be available upon admin request.

Modules
The available modules are shown below in bold, with their prerequisites modules on the following lines.


 * User Profiles


 * Avatars


 * Awards
 * Profiles


 * Gifts
 * Profiles


 * Userboxes
 * Profiles


 * User Levels
 * Profiles

Supporting extensions
These extensions can be placed on your main page or community portal to "surface" social activity on a wiki

Meet the Community

This hook allows you to display avatars of the community. You can specify the number of avatars to show and the number of rows to show them in.



Welcome User

For logged in users, this will display any open friend requests, gifts or other social notifications.



Site activity

This is a visual version of recent changes that you can display on your main page. It also includes some of the profile activities that don't currently show up in recent changes.

See it in action
You can see the modules in action on:


 * GamerGear Wiki
 * Grand Theft Wiki
 * Halopedia