User talk:Clownfrogg

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Enjoy! -- Charitwo (Talk) 02:04, 24 June 2010

Template Help
Sure! I'm unfamiliar with wikidot. Is that a Wikia wiki? What kinds of things were you trying to do with a template?

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 04:04, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Well, someone offered a template box on Wikidot (it's a similar site to Wikia) but I don't understand exactly how to use it without making it into an HTML code. For instance, DC Wiki has a location and character template which is something I'm trying to replicate (obviously not in it's exact form) but I really have no idea how to even begin. Clownfrogg 07:20, June 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Whoops, sorry. I didn't have your talk page 'watched' so that I'd get an email when you posted.  I do now. ;)


 * Templates can be simple, and can be extremely complex, depending on what you're trying to do with it. It sounds like you'd like to have a box on the right side of the screen that holds information you put into it, correct?
 * So if you know HTML, the template isn't so hard. You'd basically write the HTML for that box in the Template page.  (Some name like Template:Character).  Then, to get the text you type in a field on the regular page to show up inside your HTML, you use a field call.


 * Here's an example: you would put this on your character's page:


 * This is telling the Wiki to use what's written on the Template:Character page, and put the Name field wherever you have .  There's a variation on this field call, like this:  .  This variation means that if the field isn't filled out, don't put anything on the page.


 * On the template page, you might have:


 * So when you saved the character's page, 'Guy Smith' would show up on the right side in big text.


 * And that's how templates work. It's just a way of standardizing the layout and design of many pages to be the same, regardless of what is put into each field.


 * Hopefully that helps. :)


 * &mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 21:40, July 26, 2010 (UTC)