User talk:Gbdf

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Welcome to AQWorlds Wiki

Greetings Gbdf. I see you have just joined our wiki and no one has welcomed you yet. Well, here is your welcome!
 We, the staff of this wiki, hope that you can contribute in a positive way.
 Check out Help:Contents if you are not sure how to begin. It tells you everything you need for getting started.
 I suggest, if you are looking to edit right away, that you check out our To Do List. These are pages that we need help with.
If you have a question, feel free to contact me here.
 Also, remember to use your signature (~~~~) after posting on a Talk Page such as this.

--Naf2.png // SysOp and Administrator // Sent On: 11:35, 17 January 2012 (EST)

Re:Hello ! =

You are talking about a user's signature. Your personal signature can be edited right here. Look for the heading "Signature." In that bar you can type "wikicoding" or "wikitext." You can check the "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link)" box to use the coding. It is somewhat complicated to add pictures as your signature so I will try to explain it as simply as I can.

1. You need to upload the picture you want to use to the wiki. You can upload pictures using the Special:Upload page.

  • The basic coding to add pictures to pages is is [[File:Filename.filetype]]
    • For example. The coding [[File:Naf2.png]] produces my signature image:
Naf2.png

3. Then, in your "Signature" section on the [[Special:Preferences|preferences page], type in the coding for your picture. Save the page.

4. Now, when you press the "signature" button on the edit bar (The bar that appears when you are editing a page. The signature button is the second button from the right) it will insert the following code --~~~~

  • When you save the page, that coding becomes whatever you placed in your "Signature" box on the preferences page.

There are many advanced ways to create effects and such but I feel this is a basic tutorial. If you get this down and want to step it up, I'll teach you that at that time.

A few notes about signatures:

  • Do not sign pages that you edit. Your credit for editing that page is stored on the history of that page.
  • Sign at the end of all messages you write on someone's or something's Talk Page.
  • Make sure the image isn't HUGE. Make it a respectful size. You can re-size images using coding; that I can teach you later.

If you have questions, please contact me again. I am always happy to help.

--Naf2.png // SysOp and Administrator // Sent On: 14:55, 19 January 2012 (EST)

  • P.s. You can look at the coding I used in this message to help if you feel lost.

Re:Hello again !

Risizing is easy because there is wikicode that will do it for you. Take my signature image:

Naf2.png

Obviously that image is way to big. One can add a bit more coding to make it smaller. The coding for my signature picture is: 

[[File:Naf2.png]]

By looking at that coding, we can add more to make the image smaller. We use the additional code: 

|*px

The *'s will be replaced with a number. The term "px" stands for pixles which are what make up the images. By changing the number of pixles we can change the image size. So, for example, if I add that code to my picture's code: 

[[File:Naf2.png|100px]]      (Note: Add the |*px inside the brackets.)

then I will get:

Naf2.png

Simple.

Now, designing images is completely different. The wiki does not make images on it's own. Many users of the wiki have computer designing or artistic skill and design their own in programs on their computer. You can also find images online via google if you want. Some users are nice enough to design signature images and such for other users if they ask nicely. If you do not feel you can design your own, I would be willing to design one for you. Really, everything is up to what you want.

--Naf2.png // SysOp and Administrator // Sent On: 15:22, 20 January 2012 (EST)

Re:Thanks !

Glad to hear you understood my rant :).

Contributor of the Month January 2012 can be found here. You should apply soon. Not much time left. I suggest joining LoreForum so that you can keep updated with everything we are doing.

Now, about your picture. I have the name already completed but about the dragon: Do you want the full picture (character, portal and all) above your name?

OR

Do you simply want the dragon itself floating above your name?

I can do either; I just have to know what you want.

--Naf2.png // SysOp and Administrator // Sent On: 11:22, 25 January 2012 (EST)

Re:Pictures

Well, this one took a while. Here is what I have. Thoughts?

Gbdf Dragon.png

A signature version of this may be:

-Gbdf Dragon.png

As you see, now when you click on the image it takes you to your user page. The coding for this is: 


[[File:Gbdf Dragon.png|130px|link=http://www.aqworldswiki.com/index.php/User:Gbdf]]


--Naf2.png // SysOp and Administrator // Sent On: 12:55, 28 January 2012 (EST)

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