Forum:Template Issues

Hello, I'm new here on Wikia and I have been trying to set up pages, and continue to run into the same issues. Firstly, keeping things in coded view. When I hit preview, the coded listing goes away, or when I come back to edit a page later the coded part has disappeared completely, making it hard to pinpoint where any new material added is going to be.

Second, the content box. The only content box I seem to be able to use is. Are there any other ways of getting a table of contents up without it having to automatically be forced to the right side?

Third, and probably my biggest issue; using templates. I continue to find really cool, and helpful templates, such as one for setting up info for a game. They are amazing and would make setting up the wiki a lot easier, but every time I try to preview them it simply comes out in red saying "Template:Infobox game" etc. Is there a pay portion to this site that prevents the use of most templates, or do I have to download something to my account in order for them to work? If anyone has any helpful information I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much. —This unsigned comment is by Akakocomics (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with !


 * First: if you like to work in coded view only, you might want to turn off your Rich text editor.
 * Second: standard content boxes can be forced by using . Normally, the content box appears automatically if a page has (more than) three headings.
 * Third: It looks like you don't have the template you want to use added to your wiki. You probably have seen it used on another wiki where it is already 'installed'. This is all very basic template stuff and you're probably best off by starting to read the template help pages. -BramTalk/IGW 19:36, May 26, 2010 (UTC)