Wiki Creation Walkthrough

Thanks to the generous assistance of User:Darc, TowersWiki has the Template:LokiCharPage wiki construction kit available for use by our players. Of course, use of this template is not required: if you're good with MediaWiki and CSS, you're more than welcome to build your characters' pages from the ground up. For those who would prefer a slightly more plug and play experience, however, using the template is much easier. While the template itself provides some basic instruction, this page will show you the process step by step.

• For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll use Anne Bowesly, the Ventrue Prince of London, as our sample character. You can refer to her page as we continue through the process.

• First, you'll need a wiki account. One will be automatically created for you upon character approval.

• Once you have an account, log in (using the box in the upper right corner), and navigate to: https://towersmux.net/towerswiki/CharacterName -- in this case, https://towersmux.net/towerswiki/Anne_Bowesly. Use underscores (_) in place of spaces. If there's nothing there, select the option to create the page. If there is already content there, then you may need to choose a different name for your character's wiki page. Alternatively, if it's a page for a character who has been retired, idled out, etc., please speak to someone on staff so they can move the old page out of the way.

• One way or another, you should now have a blank editbox. Copy and paste the following:

{{LokiCharPage 
| fullname=Your Character's Name Here
}}
[[Category:Characters]]

Click "Save Changes", and you should see a very basic page with several red links. It probably looks very plain and empty right now, but not to worry: we'll fix that in the next few steps.

• Click the "CharacterName/Infobox" red link, or the "Edit" button in the "Overview" titlebar -- both will accomplish the same thing. Copy and paste the following, correcting for your character:

{| align="center"
|-
| '''Name:'''
| Your character's full name
|-
| '''Appears In-Game As:'''
| Your in-game character name 
|-
| '''Occupation:'''
| Your character's job
|-
| '''Apparent Age:'''
| How old your character looks
|-
| '''Demeanor:'''
| Your character's Demeanor
|-
| '''Eye Color:'''
| Your character's eye color
|-
| '''Hair Color:'''
| Your character's hair color
|-
| '''Date of Birth:'''
| Your character's date of birth
|}

You don't need to use all of these entries if you don't want to, and you can add more of your own if you like: just follow the same basic format, i.e., each entry should look like this:

|-
| '''A New Entry:'''
| Text of that entry

When you're done, click "Save Changes", and then back out to the main character page. You'll probably need to refresh the page, but once you do, you should see the information you just entered displayed in the "Overview" box. It may be a little squished, but we'll fix that.