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=== Page Creation Templates === | === Page Creation Templates === | ||
We use templates like [[:Template:WeaponPage|WeaponPage]] to maintain a clean, consistent style across a large number of pages that share similar properties, such as [[Spell]]s, [[Weapon]]s, and other [[Equipment]]. These templates take your input in the form of standard parameters and use it to generate a pre-formatted page, optimise the page for search engines and embedded social media links, and add the page to the appropriate categories. | We use templates like [[:Template:WeaponPage|WeaponPage]] to maintain a clean, consistent style across a large number of pages that share similar properties, such as [[Spell]]s, [[Weapon]]s, and other [[Equipment]]. These templates take your input in the form of standard parameters and use it to generate a pre-formatted page, optimise the page for search engines and embedded social media links, and add the page to the appropriate categories. | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
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* {{SmallIcon|The Jolty Vest Icon.png}}[[The Jolty Vest]] and {{SmallIcon|Amulet of Lost Voices Icon.png}}[[The Amulet of Lost Voices]] were created using [[:Template:EquipmentPage]] | * {{SmallIcon|The Jolty Vest Icon.png}}[[The Jolty Vest]] and {{SmallIcon|Amulet of Lost Voices Icon.png}}[[The Amulet of Lost Voices]] were created using [[:Template:EquipmentPage]] | ||
* {{SmallIcon|Potion of Speed Icon.png}}[[Potion of Speed]], {{SmallIcon|Throwable_Smokepowder_Satchel_Icon.png}}[[Smokepowder Satchel]], and {{SmallIcon|Book NecromancyofThayUnsocketed.png}}[[Necromancy of Thay]] were created using [[:Template:MiscItemPage]] | * {{SmallIcon|Potion of Speed Icon.png}}[[Potion of Speed]], {{SmallIcon|Throwable_Smokepowder_Satchel_Icon.png}}[[Smokepowder Satchel]], and {{SmallIcon|Book NecromancyofThayUnsocketed.png}}[[Necromancy of Thay]] were created using [[:Template:MiscItemPage]] | ||
Another great benefit of this approach is that it allows us to populate database tables with the provided information. For example, every time you add a new item to the wiki using the appropriate page template, it automatically adds the item to a database table which can be queried from elsewhere. This is, for example, how the lists on weapon type pages like [[Longswords]] are generated. | |||
=== Other Templates === | === Other Templates === | ||