[WIKI] A comprehensive guide to editing the BTW wiki
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:55 pm
Hello ladies & gentlemen, since the wiki is a little tiny bit outdated these days and we're having troubles keeping it up to date, I'm calling to your sense of procrastination to contribute & improve it.
So, if you don't already know it, the Better than Wolves wiki is located here : http://www.sargunster.com/btw/index.php?title=Main_Page
Now it's not really complicated to follow how it is constructed but there are some things you may need to know.
Each page is constructed upon 3 different criteria. Either its:
- An item (for instance, the Anvil)
- A collection of items (for instance, the Plate Armor)
- A concept (for instance the Ages page)
The item template
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Where do I start ?
I guess there are a lot of things that i'm forgetting here but i'll try & answer all your questions and add them to the OP as we go on. So don't hesitate to help improving the wiki or this guide, and don't hesitate to ask questions (and post suggestions for this post of course).
So, if you don't already know it, the Better than Wolves wiki is located here : http://www.sargunster.com/btw/index.php?title=Main_Page
Now it's not really complicated to follow how it is constructed but there are some things you may need to know.
Each page is constructed upon 3 different criteria. Either its:
- An item (for instance, the Anvil)
- A collection of items (for instance, the Plate Armor)
- A concept (for instance the Ages page)
The item template
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Here is a basic template that we are trying to follow:
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{{Item}}
Intro text.
== Crafting ==
== Applications ==
== Keep in Mind ==
== Demonstration Video ==- The item box is a part of wiki code which generates the top right box you can see on most wiki pages. It uses a mediawiki template to do so.
The above is the item box for the Anvil. For each item, you have to specify 4 parameters:
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{{Item | image=ItemAnvil.png | type=Crafting | stackable=? | firstver=2.93 }}- image: What image should be displayed in the box. It is preffixed by 'Item' & is obtained by taking the 32 pixel by pixel image in the game & resizing it using a nearest neighbor algorithm to a 100x100 image.
- type: The category the item belongs to.
- stackable: Self explanatory.
- firstver: The first version of BTW the item appeared in. You can take a look here and search in the list.
- The intro text is a little piece of text giving a brief description of what the item does, or what it's used for. It is often directly copied from FC's MCF thread.
- The crafting part includes the recipe. It is formated using a template, for now, just know that we use 2 templates for item, the Crafting Table, & the Anvil. If an item is built on the anvil, it will use the following template:
This is the template used to generate the buddy block recipe which you can see here.
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{| class="wikitable" |- !Name ! Ingredients ! Input » Output |- !Buddy Block |align="center"|[http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Moss_Stone Moss Stone] + [[Soul Urn]] + <br>[http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_(Dust) Redstone (Dust)] + <br>[http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stone Stone] |{{Grid/Anvil |A1= Stone |B1= Stone |C1= Redstone Eye |D1= Stone |A2= Redstone Eye |B2= Redstone (Torch) |C2= Redstone (Torch) |D2= Stone |A3= Stone |B3= Redstone (Torch) |C3= Redstone (Torch) |D3= Redstone Eye |A4= Stone |B4= Redstone Eye |C4= Stone |D4= Stone |Output= Buddy Block |OA = 1}} |}
Notice the 4 lines & 4 columns in the template, indicating the name of the item. This name must follow the name of the grid image for this item (which you should find here but again the wiki is not always up to date yadayada SO, always try to first specify the name of the item correctly, the image may be there, you can see a list of all the images on the wiki here).
The OA at the end adds a little number on the output image if the recipe crafts more than one item.
Now if it's a recipe which uses the Crafting Table, you'll have to use the other template (it's not really that different). For instance:This is the code to generate the image for the anvil (which you can see there). Now it's not that different. You can see there's only 3 lines & 3 columns (obviously). The little difference is on the 9th line, there you can see thatCode: Select all
{| class="wikitable" |- !Name ! Ingredients ! Input » Output |- !Anvil | align="center"| [[Soulforged Steel]] | {{Grid/Crafting Table | A1= Soulforged Steel |B1= Soulforged Steel |C1= Soulforged Steel | A2= |B2= Soulforged Steel |C2= | A3= Soulforged Steel |B3= Soulforged Steel |C3= Soulforged Steel | Output= Anvil |OA = 1}} |}is specified whereas the previous wasCode: Select all
Grid/Crafting Table. This tells the wiki which grid it should use to generate its page.Code: Select all
Grid/Anvil - The Applications part tells what the item is used for, usually in details.
- The Keep in Mind bit is a bullet list of important information on the item.
- Finally the Demonstration video gives links to youtube videos on the matter at hand.
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You can find basic information directly embedded in the wiki by following the link labelled Editing Help on each edit page (right under the edit box). You can also look at the wikipedia & mediawiki help pages for more advanced topics.
Basically, what you have to know:
Basically, what you have to know:
- To make a link to an item: [[Item Name]]
- To link to an item using a different name: [[Item Name|Different Name]]
- To put an item into a category: [[Category:Name of category]]
- To insert a link to a category page: [[:Category:Name of category]]
- To create topics, put items between equal signs (a table of content will automatically be created if you reach a certain level):
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= 1 = == 1.1 == === 1.1.1 == == 1.2 == = 2 = == 2.1 == etc .. - To create an unordered list, put a star in front of the items of the list:
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*1 *2 *3 *4
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Well the Special pages are always a good place to look at. The oldest pages (found here) is a good start, it's most certain they are not up to date anymore.
After that you have the short pages category which can also attract your attention, & of course the wanted pages. Take care as this last one can be a bitch since we don't want to add vMc items & the links for those are auto-generated by our crafting templates.
After that you have the short pages category which can also attract your attention, & of course the wanted pages. Take care as this last one can be a bitch since we don't want to add vMc items & the links for those are auto-generated by our crafting templates.