Forum:Creating a standard layout

I wanna make a standard layout page and want it to show up when someone clicks on 'Create a new article', how can I do this? -- Zantam03 11:57, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Like the Fallout wikia has? I just copied all their templates / .css code, added my own layouts and changed the links for what opens what. It's pretty easy, but just a lot of work. -- Light Daxter - User - Talk 15:11, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Nah, that's way too much work. Just when you click on 'Create new article' I now get the option to use a blank page or a preset page, I wanna edit the preset page and perhaps add more. Is this possible? If yes, how? -- Zantam03 15:31, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

User blog:Toughpigs/Create a new article - feature update launching next week - the catch is there is only one, so you have to make one that fits all. Fallout's is a good idea. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 16:04, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Where do i find the code required to get the fallout one to work? The Emperor Zelos 12:53, April 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * There's a whole lot of them, actually. :P The category listing all of them is here. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  12:57, April 8, 2010 (UTC)

Ok i have gotten it working with the exceptioon of through the search engine


 * I'm gonna try this on my Wiki, but it looks like a lotta work. Simply copy/paste all templates the 888th Avatar linked to? Or is there some other things I should know / keep in mind when I start this? -- Zantam03 08:23, April 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's more subtle than that, unfortunately. The first three and the last are absolutely essential, and the rest you need to create yourself, based on theirs. Then, you'll need to change around the four essential templates to only utilise the templates you've created for this purpose...as you can see, there is a lot of work involved. :( The 888th Avatar   (talk)  08:33, April 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wow, yea.. a lot of work indeed :( thanks anyway. I thik I'll start working on it when I have a couple of days off -- Zantam03 08:36, April 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Worth noting, a creation layout template will not work with Wikia's 'start a new article' box. -- LordTBT Talk! 08:43, April 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nah, this is a different thing. This type of system is one of those where instead of clicking on the "Create a new article" link or following a redlink, you go to a specific page with dozens of layouts to choose from - here's the Fallout example. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  08:52, April 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * That tabbed layout looks usefull idea, Thik i found one befor but it was not as neat as that. Is the tabbed code available on the dev wiki or the template wiki ? - BulldozerD11 14:26, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

I don't think so, but I may be wrong (not very up to date about what goes on there). The tab code is a table with a few cells, each cell being a tab. Each cell is formatted with a class from their Common.css. The 888th Avatar  (talk)  14:36, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

Personally i created a fully automated system of templates with that where i can more easily add tabs =)

The Emperor Zelos 16:57, April 25, 2010 (UTC)