Forum:Coding with templates

I'm copying some templates from Wikipedia (specifically: Template:General VG character and Template:Pokémon species. However, their coding does not work on Wikia's wikis. I have the infobox coding in the common.css, I have Template:!, but they won't work.

Mainly, I think using and affect it. With coding like this, you see it all in the infobox whereas it should all be hidden:

If you put that in a template on Wikipedia, you won't see it in the end result. If you put that in a template on Wikia, you'll see it in the infobox. Is there a way to fix this?--Richard 17:25, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * In Wikia the HTML table syntax in parser functions doesn't work. You need to use only Wiki syntax for tables. But you can't use a "|" character inside a parser function so you must replace the "|" character in tables inside parser functions with the  |  template (copy Template:! to your wiki if it doesn't exist) --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 17:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh that sucks. Oh well thanks for your help.--Richard 22:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)