Building a Community

Wikia UniversityFounders & Advanced Editors

This course is focused on material helpful to founders. Starting a brand new community is exciting, but what are the first steps? What should be your top priorities? The classes below will help answer these questions and get your community set up for success.

Class #1: Introduction to Theme Designer In this class we'll be taking a look at the Theme Designer and how it can be used to customize and enhance the visual look of your Wikia community. Additional resources: Next Class
 * Help:Theme Designer - More details and instructions for using Theme Designer.
 * Help:Background - Details and suggestions on how to optimize a custom background design, including a link to a template file.
 * Help:Favicon - Tips on creating a custom favicon.

Class #2: Setting Up Your Navigation Menu In this class you'll learn how to customize the top navigation menu on your wikia.. Additional resources: Next Class
 * Help:Navigation - Step-by-step instructions for editing your navigation menus.
 * Help:Admin Dashboard - Learn more about the other tools available to founders and admins.
 * Help:Main Page - Suggestions for setting up your community's main page, another place to showcase content.

Class #3: Video and Your Wikia In this class we'll be discussing how videos can enhance your community's content, and the best way to add properly licensed videos to your wikia. Additional resources:
 * Help:Videos - Learn more about how videos operate on a Wikia community.
 * Help:Video Embed Tool - Instructions for adding videos while creating or editing an article.
 * Help:Licensed Video Swap - Details about the tool admins can use to find properly licensed versions of videos already on a community.
 * Wikia Video - Wikia's library of licensed video content that's available for use. Search there to find videos for your own community!

More Wikia University Courses
 * Welcome to Wikia
 * New Editors
 * Community Administration (Coming soon!)