Thread:Dser/@comment--20121113234705/@comment-1032852-20121114012918

Help:Bots and Wikipedia:Creating a bot are both useful resources for learning about bots, but in a nutshell, the most important steps for creating a bot are:
 * 1) Create a separate account on Wikia for your bot. For example, my bot account is Dserbot
 * 2) Download a bot software such as AutoWikiBrowser or Pywikipediabot (I would recommend the former for now)
 * 3) If I remember correctly, AWB is downloadable as a .zip file. You will need to extract the files from this folder once it is saved.
 * 4) Once the files have been extracted, an unzipped folder entitled "AutoWikiBrowser 5400" should show up. Open the folder and then open the "AutoWikiBrowser" application.
 * 5) Go to Options > Preferences and select the "Site" tab. In the dropdown next to "Project", select "wikia", and in the field below enter the subdomain of the wiki you plan to use your bot on (for example, for this wiki you would type in "community" without quotations). Click OK.
 * 6) Now go to Login/Profiles and log in as your bot account.
 * 7) Even though it is not required, I would highly recommend you try to reach a community consensus on your wiki to get your bot flagged. See Help:Bots for more information.
 * 8) Your bot should now be ready for use.

Hopefully this helps. :)