Forum:Templates


 * Moved from User talk:Topher208. Issues like this concerning the whole wiki should be discussed in the forums.

Topher! I have just been stricken with an amazing idea to make the site look more...professional. We should add templates, e.g., a template for for episodes, a template for characters, and a template for locations. That's how Avatar Wikia does it, and it is one of the most popular wikias out there. That's what I really think we should defiantly do for the site. I really hope you agree, for this is something I find needed.

Also, that reminds me. On Avatar Wikia, they set up a different color for the infobox of the characters depending on them. So, that's another good reason why that's what we should set the Episode infobox and also character one.

Please respond quickly, SuperFlash101 21:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Avatar Wikia is one of the most popular ones? I'm an admin there! And I was working on a template for characters (see my user page) but there appears to be subtle differences between the Avatar Wikia site and this one, maybe it hasn't been updated? Just last month the Avatar wikia got this huge update, I guess since we don't have admins or the creator here, it can't get updated? And they have different colors for characters based on their nation, what can you base this characters on? I just started making the character template red and orange because of the logo felinoel ~ (Talk) 00:51, 22 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry I haven't gotten back sooner, I had a hard day at work. Templates are a great way to keep things organized the same way wiki-wide. I don't have any experience making templates, so we'll just have to play around until we get things right. I would add actors/performers to the list of things that should have templates. There will also eventually need to be a fourth for other production people, but that can wait as our primary goal right now is getting on-screen information into the wiki. I'll get to work on an actor infobox, so nothing conflicts with what you're working on with the character one.


 * I don't know about the differences between Avatar wiki and here, but the stuff I've brought over from Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki, has all worked so far. Hopefully we get some control over the site soon. I asked Drjones007, the site's MIA creator, to email me back by tomorrow regarding passing along some admin rights. If we don't hear from him, I'll pass the situation up to Wikia itself and hopefully they'll be able to help. —Topher 06:43, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * If you end up getting in touch with the wikia guys or the MIA creator, ask them if they site is up to date because there were other wikia sites who recently updated their format or something? felinoel ~ (Talk) 07:32, 22 August 2008 (UTC)