Help:Templates

Inserting Templates
If you don't know how to use a template in a page, this is the place to be.

Steps
To insert a template, read the following steps:


 * 1) Put your cursor where you want it to go, and type two curly brackets: {{
 * 2) Then type the name of the template in the search bar that comes up.
 * 3) Click "Insert" next to the search bar and the template should pop up.

If you need more help with templates, visit this page.

Templates to use
There are some templates that are for usage on the pages that you create. Some of these are infoboxes. Read below the different types of templates that you can use. If you don't know what an infobox is, visit this page.

Infoboxes
Infoboxes are a way to put information inside a nice, organized box. We have some infoboxes that you can use, so you don't have to create them yourself.

Here are a list of infoboxes that you can use while editing and creating pages:


 * Programming language
 * HTML Tag

We are often creating new ones, so the list will be constantly added to. When you are using infoboxes, make sure you insert the infobox before you put any text in the page. Then, click "Insert paragraph" to add text so that the infobox doesn't go down as you are writing your article.

Message Templates
Here are a list of message templates that you can use in your articles. Here are some:

Stub (This is a template to use if your article is shorter than others) Disambiguation (This is for distinguishing between articles of similar titles) Warning (This is to display a yellow warning) WarningRed (This is to display a red warning) Note (This is to display a note that isn't a warning) OftenConfuzedWith (This is to display a confuzed with note at the top of the page)

Other Templates
Everything else:

Cite (To make a[citation needed] if you need a reference to something if your information isn't confirmed) Example (To have an example in preformatted text with an "Example" header)

Editing Templates
If you would like to edit a template that you think would look better, feel free to. Our templates are open to editing and anyone can help improve them. The only templates that we keep from users editing are the Stub template and the Disambiguation template. Please keep in mind the following things:


 * Every single instance of the template that you edit change on every page
 * Every edit to a template is going to be checked by a content-moderator
 * Edits that are not helpful to the community or vandalism to the template is not welcome and may be subject to a permanent ban

Template:Warning, Template:WarningRed, Template:Note
''These templates are subject to editing. Please help this wiki by making the templates better.''

Creating Templates
Creating templates is great, as it helps to expand the community. Please consider the following things if you think you would like to create a new template from scratch.

Prefix
Always remember that when you create templates, where you type the page name, remember to prefix the name with "Template:" (no space between the colon and the page name)

Source edit mode
Also, you have to remember that creating templates is always in source edit mode. If you are not good at source edit mode, read this article and/or this one. Those two articles will help you with source edit mode. When adding a category to a template, you have to use the tags so when you append a template into a page, it doesn't put the category Templates on the page it is in. If you would like to use a category that is only on the page it is inserted on, use the tags.

Styling
Note that you probably need a basic understanding of CSS to make a template. Templates often use  tags and inline CSS to style the box. So, maybe try reading about div tags on this other site, and get to know some basic CSS properties.