Board Thread:Crash Course/@comment-33513896-20171229023948

Hello, I'm Astrarche, and this post is for new users looking to figure out how exactly to get started.

I'll be breaking down how to create a page, how to use basic templates (property and infobox), basic page formatting (headers and font types), images, and translations.

With that, let's get into it!

Page Creation


To create a page, click on the widget with a page icon. It will take you to something that should look like this:



Select 'Blank Page' to give yourself a fresh canvas to work with and enter your article name in the title bar. Once you've done this, click create and it will take you to a page that looks something like this:



Basic Templates
The first thing you should do whenever you create a page is put a property template on it.

Property templates claim a page as your article and discourage other people from editing them.

The basic template is. To use it, replace USERNAME with your username.

The second necessary template for most, if not all pages, besides story pages, is an infobox.

Infoboxes vary depending on what you need them for. The most common ones are Character Infoboxes and Magic Infoboxes.

Here is my recommendation for a Character Infobox.

Here is my recommendation for a Magic Infobox.

Infoboxes can be directly accessed in source mode by replying to the options listed after the equal sign:



For a larger list of useful templates and infoboxes, click here.

Formatting
Besides templates, formatting is an important part of the pages we make.

The most important thing is to give your article section headers, which are done by putting a title between equal signs in source mode. What type of sections you will make varies on your personal style and the page you're creating.

Example:



Text Formatting goes hand in hand with headers.

To make bold text, enter TEXT

To make italic text, enter TEXT

To make a link, enter TEXT

Images
Images are an essential part of the wiki, to showcase what things look like by means of art or a faceclaim. Uploading images is actually not that difficult.

To add an image enter in

This should take you to an upload page, where you can select an image or gif from your computer to upload.

That will create something similar to this:

To resize your image, add this to the first code

By entering a number you are capable of changing the size via pixels. For infoboxes, I recommend 300px. For additional images on the page, I recommend somewhere between 200-400px depending on the height and width of the image.

Here is an example of an image with changed size:

You can also make it so images wrap around text as well as a caption. To do these things enter.

Direction refers to left or right. You can pick either side depending on your preference. Caption is where you enter your caption for the image. The example, as you can see, is on the right, with this text wrapping around it.

Translations
Translations are also an essential part of wiki that adds to the aesthetic appeal of your page.

For character names, I recommend getting your translations from [apps.nolanlawson.com/japanese-name-converter/ here]

For magics, aliases and etc, I recommend getting your translations from here

To properly format your translations enter English Name (Kanji/Characters, Romaji/English Pronunciation):

Also make sure to read the site's rules, these are imperative.

If you need any more help, feel free to leave a comment on this post and if I don't reply to you, it is likely that other members of the community will do their best to help you as well. 