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Offline Foxdude54

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Wikicode tutor?
« on: July 18, 2011, 12:10:18 AM »
I know the basic stuff, with the {{'s and the [['s, but I want to learn the more advanced stuff, as it looks pretty cool, like how some people have userpages that make me want to kill myself in shame of my lameness. Anyone want to help? Sorry that I don't have Skype, but I do have a yahoo mail.
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Re: Wikicode tutor?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 03:03:40 PM »
....No one will help?
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Re: Wikicode tutor?
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2011, 06:24:57 PM »
I suggest taking a look at ZeldaWiki's help pages, They are very detailed.
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Re: Wikicode tutor?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 06:41:06 PM »
I don't know if this helps, but I would guess the next things to look at would be tables and templates (just how substitution works, then maybe parser functions).  Then learn some HTML (try htmldog.com) and find out what HTML tags work on MediaWiki (and learn CSS there too - inline styles work).

As might be expected given my involvement in them, I recommend Help:Editing and Help:Tables ('Classes' section depends on the wiki's setup) at Pikipedia.
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Re: Wikicode tutor?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 08:13:05 PM »
Thank you, I'll take a look!
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Re: Wikicode tutor?
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2011, 06:59:00 PM »
Best way is to experiment. Copy and paste bits of code, remove bits, add bits, until it works. That's how I learned wiki code. Now I am very good with it and can make complex tables.
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Re: Wikicode tutor?
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2011, 04:42:29 PM »
These two pages cover most non-table things:
Help:Extension:ParserFunctions
Help:Magic words
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