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t:s, a template for making skin pages
Some skin pages look inconsistent with each other. Some have numbered sections, others with page names in all caps, and others don't have any of those. Let's change that!
Here, I (Patred) have made a template called “t:s” that attempts to make a new style for consistency between all of these other styles. All you need to do is fill the parameters in the template!
Parameters and code
This is beautified wikitext for better readability:
====== Manual skin name (so the tab name doesn't bug out) ====== {{template>t:s | skin_name = This is the skin's name. Don't type it in full caps unless it's intended by the game. | skin_icon_id = This is the skin's icon id, which will show up as an image. It takes the image from the skin_icons folder in the media manager. | skin_description = The skin's in-game description. It'll show up in italics. | obtaining_method = How can it be obtained? Start with lowercase, so it doesn't show as "Name Can be obtained with X." | skin_effect_list = The skin effect list. All bullet points except the first require the list syntax: a newline, two spaces, an asterisk, another space, and then the text. }}
Or if you prefer more crammed text, maybe for faster loadability:
====== Manual skin name (so the tab name doesn't bug out) ====== {{template>t:s|skin_name=Name|skin_icon_id=123|skin_description=In-game description|obtaining_method=can be purchased.|skin_effect_list=**Footprint**: Leaves dark smoke wherever you walk. * **Avatar**: Unlock avatar}}
No matter the style you use, it'll yield the same result. Just don't mess up the vertical bars or equal signs. If you need to add a vertical bar without breaking the template, type \|
. The plugin will recognize if the equal sign is for text or for parameters, so you don't need to type anything extra there.
Usage
Let's use this template now, using Dragonet as an example:
====== Dragonet ====== {{template>t:s | skin_name = Dragonet | skin_icon_id = 53 | skin_description = Your world is for me to guard! | obtaining_method = can be purchased for 198 [[features:mini_coins\|Mini Coins]]. | skin_effect_list = **Footprint**: Leaves dark smoke wherever you walk. * **Avatar**: Unlock avatar-Dragonet }}
yields this:
Dragonet
Your world is for me to guard!
In Mini World: CREATA
Obtaining method
Dragonet can be purchased for 198 Mini Coins.
Skin effects
- Footprint: Leaves dark smoke wherever you walk.
- Avatar: Unlock avatar-Dragonet
In Universe
By the way, the result doesn't include the rounded box…
Also, note that the result ends with an “In Universe” section to put all the lore shenanigans after it. If you don't want this (i.e. the skin has absolutely nothing about lore), use t:s2
. It's the exact same template with all the parameters except that category:
Dragonet
Your world is for me to guard!
In Mini World: CREATA
Obtaining method
Dragonet can be purchased for 198 Mini Coins.
Skin effects
- Footprint: Leaves dark smoke wherever you walk.
- Avatar: Unlock avatar-Dragonet
Questions
Too complicated! Could you give me a manual template for me to fill in?
Sure:
====== Skin name here ====== ---- {{ :skin_icons:icon_id_here.png?128&nolink|}} //Skin description here// ===== In Mini World: CREATA ===== ==== Obtaining method ==== Skin name here can be obtained with something ==== Skin effects ==== * **Footprint:** It walks ===== In Universe =====
What if the something about the skin isn't available or I can't fill it yet?
If the icon isn't available
Either put it into a very high number like 9999, which will make the icon invisible, or as 0, which will display an unknown icon:
If the description isn't available
Leave the skin_description
parameter blank or just outright remove it.
If the obtaining method isn't available
Simply type “cannot be obtained.” or “has an unknown obtaining method.”
Can you make a template for the In Universe section of a skin's page?
It's currently hard for me to make an unified template for that section. There are characteristics of a skin, some documented and some not, interviews, backstories, etymologies, trivia… Simply lots of subsections. If this wiki was based on MediaWiki, I would've already done it. For now we'll need to agree on a certain order of subsections and the names for them.