Help:Editing
From Akaitenshi
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So, you're new to the whole Wiki thing... Have I got news for you! So was I (Kykmi) before I started this website. I know HTML (oh yay... how exciting!) which is in my opinion a very good basis for coding in general. In any case, on this page I will teach you how to create your user page, wishlist, and add in a picture here and there. It's incredibly easy and only takes but a few moments of your time, which I realize, understand, and fully support it all going toward FFXI.
As a side note, this is not going to be a fancy guide; it will tell you how to do the most basic of tasks to get your page up and running.
The first thing you're probably asking yourself is "Where the hell is my member page?" A valid question indeed! Well it'd be easy for me to tell you to go find it yourself, but thats not the point of a guide, is it? After you log in, your name will be at the top of the page beside a little person; click on this to reach your blank member page! (Fig.1)
Figure.1
So you have this blank page presented in front of you. Theres a whole bunch of links at the top, and theres an evil monkey in your closet. Well, the last thing may not be true, but the rest is. Regardless of your evil monkey situation, locate the edit link (Fig.2) at the top, and click that link like its never been clicked before (because realistically, if you're reading this... it probably hasn't!)
Figure.2
Next is for the fun part. You should see a giant empty text box with absolutely NOTHING in it. More likely than not, you're going to want to fill this up with something pretty. The first thing we are going to do is place your glorious 'business card' template. Start by making a header but putting your character name, surrounded by two '='s. It should look like this:
==LOLCHARACTERNAME==
Inputting that will create something like this:
LOLCHARACTERNAME
As for the template itself, here it is!
{{UserProfile |playername=XXX |race=XXX |allegiance=XXX |job=XXX |craft=XXX |zilart=XXX |promathia=XXX |ahturhgan=XXX |assrank=XXX |other=XXX}}
playername - Your main Characters name
race - Race and gender
allegiance - San d'Oria/Windurst/Bastok and Rank
job - Jobs and Levels
craft - Crafts and Levels
zilart - Zilart Mission
promathia - CoP Mission
ahturhgan - ToAU Mission
assrank - Assault Rank
other - Any other details you wish to add (mule names, playing times, ect)
Now that you've took a gander at that, you're probably slightly confused as to what to do with it. Highlight all the items in bold, copy (CTRL + C), goto your user page and paste it (Fig.3).
Figure.3
Right, so its pasted. To seal this deal all you have to do now is replace the XXX (boing!!) with the corresponding information. For instance where it says 'playername=XXX' you will change that to 'playername=LOLCHARACTERNAME'. Simple! Hop to it!
10/1/07 Update! "Assault Rank" added to profile template.
So you have your header (your LOLCHARACTERNAME) and your template. I hear you asking: "Well what else is there to add, Master Kykmi?" Oh ho my dear friend! There is ever so much more! Since we are just covering the basics of what you need, I will tell you how to add pictures, your wishlist, and some basic formatting code. Due to the wonders of technology and coding, you can easily place information under your header without destroying the formatting of your page (Fig.4).
Figure.4
Since we clearly want to add the wishlist, we can make a simple formatted list like this:
- lolWishlist
- Hats
- Gil
- Sandwiches
Alternatively we could have something a bit more loud and obnoxious like this:
Wishlist
- Jesus
- A Chocobo
- Ice Cream
There are many ways you can choose to format your wishlist, but for now one of those two would be sufficient. The code for them are as follows. Please note there is some formatting that I haven't yet covered, but keep reading to learn about it.
*'''lolWishlist'''
**Hats
**Gil
**Sandwiches
===Wishlist===
*Jesus
*A Chocobo
*Ice Cream
Adding pictures with this is incredibly simple and easy! Anyone can do it (provided you have a picture to post)! First, save a picture you wish to upload onto your hard drive (remember its location).
- Go to a image hosting site, such as Photobucket.
- Click the 'Browse' button and locate the file you wish to upload. Click 'OK'. It should automatically input the correct information into the first and second text field. Should you want to change the file name you can in the second field (don't forget the extension!).
- Add a little description if prompted and click 'Upload now'. Once this stage is complete the image will now be on the server and you can link to it at your will.
To insert your newly uploaded image, the process is also simple. You will be presented with the image upon a successful upload, so that takes out the hard part. Just right click on the image, goto 'Copy Image Location', browse back to your User Page, and paste! Thats it!
For instance if I pasted the following link http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f218/ChibiKawaiiMei/FFXI/welcome.png, this image would appear, as if it were magic (maybe it is!):
Adding a link to a website is very similar to adding a picture. The only difference is place the URL, then the site name after (separated by a space). For example, if I wished to make a link to FFXIclopedia, the code would look like this:
[http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Main_Page FFXIclopedia]
Theres a couple basic formatting things you should know to make your page look a bit prettier. I'll run right through them.
The biggest mistake people make is by pressing enter to make a new line and expecting it to format correctly. This is not the case. If you need to start a new line, or separate text or images by a line or two, you must add the following code:
<br>
This is essentially the same as pressing enter, and is the short form for the work 'break' (as in page break). If I had a nickel for every time I used that code, I'd pretty much be rich.
A couple others are of course italics and bold. To make italics, surround the text with two ''. This will cause text that looks like this:
I am normal text
...into this!
I am lolitalic text!
The example of that looks like this: ''I am lolitalic text!''
Its pretty much the same idea for bold text too... except instead of two '' you put three '''. This will cause the text that looks like this:
I am normal text
...to look like this!
I am lolbold text!
The example of that looks like this: '''I am lolbold text!'''
Finally there are page lines which are done by placing four ----. That will seperate your page with a line so you can break up sections neatly.
You can also create the aforementioned sections by placing any word inside two =='s as above. This will create a bolded word with a horizontal rule underneath it.
Section Demonstration
Horizontal rule:
The code for these are as follows: ==Section Demonstration== and ----
For the final piece of code I'd like to demonstrate, it's more for when you are posting on a talk page (should you choose to ever do that). It is basically your signature; your user name with a link to your user page as well as a time stamp. The coding for it is as follows:
~~~~
If you don't want a timestamp, you can put only three ~'s instead of four.
So that's it! You're done! We covered some basic formatting, your information, how to post up pictures, and your wishlist. I hope to see more user pages popping up now that this guide is here. Remember, it doesn't have to be fancy, but it does have to be there... So get to it, see you in Vana'diel!
Kykmi 15:00, 7 March 2007 (EST)
--Meilin 14:42, 1 October 2007 (EDT)
