Warriors Wiki:Community Portal/Help Desk/Archive 1

Help in doing Citations
Hi, I'm Blackstar9297 and when I edit something that needs a cite, I can't figure out how to do it. I woul like Step-by-step instructions. Please help, ASAP. Thanks.

Trouble getting an account :(
Greetings, I don't mean to bother, but I've been wanting an account here for months. I finally work up the courage to sign up, and then it tells that it can't register me. :( I've tried like 15 times and it still doesn't work. I don't want to be an unregistered contributer any more. Sorry to bother, but please help. 24.87.66.177 23:05, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but this most likely means that you are under the age requirement of 13. I wish there was something we could do, but the age requirement is set by Wikia, not by us. Perhaps once you turn 13 you could try registering again? I apologize. insane brick'd 23:20, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Frostheart
Hi, I'm Frostheart (backup account) I know this doesn't belong here, but a lot of experienced users talk here and I really think this is important. You seem, I was cleaning my computer from viruses and stuff, so it logged my out of all my websites so they could check everything. When I went to go sign back in again, it said my password was incorrect. I requested a new password to my email, but nothing came. I wrote down my email and password down on a piece of paper and I checked 3 times that I spelled my password right. Is there ANY way I can just fix it? Thanks. Frostheart♥ 21:43, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Well, I don't really think this should be posted here as it has absolutely nothing to do with project charart. However, I'd like to help. Are you sure you're typing the password correctly? Night Fall 21:45, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

If you're typing the password correctly and everything, I guess it's a glitch. Wait a few days, then try again. If that doesn't work, you'll have to create a new account.  須  21:57, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Frostheart; I'm going to move this to the Help Desk once you've seen this message, because this doesn't belong here and should go somewhere else more appropriate. --Bram ble 00:16, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Frostheart. If it doesn't work after a few days like Blackclaw suggested, and you really don't want to make a new account, you could try contacting Wikia staff with Special:Contact. They may be able to retrieve your account if it was a server glitch or something like that... insane brick'd 23:31, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Template help
How do you edit all ready exisiting templates?Foxfall =^^= 01:02, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Go to a template's page using the search box or Category:Templates. It will be named like this: Template:. An example is Template:Charcat. Templates deal with various bits and pieces of coding, so make sure you know what you're doing when editing them. If that didn't answer your question, please ask a more specific one. :) Thanks, Bram ble 01:07, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Art Gallery Template
I haven't seen this anywhere and I was hoping to show off my art that is being approved. Can you help me with that? ➪'❀❤Dappleclaw❤❀'GO SHADOWCLAN!!! 23:24, June 21, 2010 (UTC)

Sure! You know the tool bar at the top of the editing screen? Well, there's a button that has about three pictures on it. It's In between the video and picture buttons. Click on that and you can create your gallery! :)-- Moonflight A Star In Her Own Mind... 00:49, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

Oh I see it! Thanks! :) ➪'❀❤Dappleclaw❤❀'GO SHADOWCLAN!!! 22:27, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

Archives
How do you create archives on your talkpage? Holly dapple  03:38, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Create a new article under your user talk space, for example: " ". Cut the sections you wish from your current talk page, paste it to this Archive, and save both. You should also make a link from your current talk page to this archive. You should make archives if the size of your talk page exceeds a certain length. Kind regards,  Helix talk 03:49, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, okay, I knew it was simple. Thanks, Helix! Holly dapple  03:51, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Projects
I want to be able to work on charart and become a warrior in project characters, but I don't understand how to do all that stuff! - Mistfire

Hi, Mistfire. To join a project just leave a message on the project's talk page asking to join, and you'll be added in. Then just keep an eye on the talk page to start contributing. If you want to learn how to do the actual work of the projects, you could look at some charart tutorials and for Project characters, the FAQ and an editing tutorial. insane brick'd 16:21, July 6, 2010 (UTC)

And also, how can I create a signature?

To create a signature, you might want to check this tutorial.  Helix talk 06:04, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Userboxes
One more thing. How can I put userboxes on my User? Mist fire  16:32, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

To get a list of available userboxes, check the Userbox Project. Click on one you wish to use from that table (e.g. "Birthday"), and there will be a description, and an explanation about how to use it (what do you need to add to your userpage). To arrange userboxes on your page, you might want to check this tutorial. Kind regards, 20:16, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

Making Your Own Character
How do you make your own cat? I was looking at recent edits and found a cat named Beeflight. How do I make something like that?

Thanks!

-Cinderdapple/star

If you mean a separate article for your own cat, it is not allowed on this wiki (we list only cats appearing in the books). However, you can add information about your character on your own user page.  Helix talk 06:04, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!!

I will see if I can figure out how to do that :)

-Cinderdapple/star

I tried it and it didn't work out like I wanted it to. How do I get it to be like this User's Page: http://warriors.wikia.com/wiki/User:Beeflight

I am really confused. I figured out how to do it,its just it is hard,and I am confused. Could I just give someone want I want it to look like and say and they do it,so I can just copy and paste it in to my User Page??? :(

-Cinderdapple/star/ Cinderdawn 17:13, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Check your Talk page Cinderdawn. I left you a couple messages about this. Ashshadow o r Creamsplash  17:17, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Sorry if I'm not doing this correctly, but I'm having the same trouble as Cinderdawn, but I see that she has a character now. Sorry if this is not in the right catorgory, I've checked the help page and I don't see any comment post thing, so I'm just editing. But what I'm really confuesed is how do you get a character on the profile page. I'm kinda new here so please don't blame me if I stuff up.

Owlscreetch

Character Art
How do you make character art?


 * You might want to check this page for tutorials on how to make character art, and the Project page for news, information and guidelines.  Helix talk 19:12, July 18, 2010 (UTC)

Avatar Problems
I don't know if this problem may be solved, but I am having trouble uploaded a new avatar. I went to my preferences, browse for my image, click save, and bypassed my browser's cache, but the picture still remained a penguin. I deleted the penguin from my files and tried the steps again, but it did not work. Then, what I did was I chose one of the Wiki's default avatars instead of browsing for my own, and it worked out fine. Then, when I went to put my picture up, instead of being a picture if my dog, it was the penguin picture again. Perhaps it's jst my computer and it looks fine to the rest of the Wiki community. But if not, how do I fix this problem?

Regards, Moon  flight  Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ  23:49, August 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * I see a penguin as your avatar. Maybe there was a temporary system error; you should try uploading it again now. 10:24, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

It must have been a glitch, because now it's working. :) 23:21, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Question
How do you make those headings with a line under them and that show up in the contents? I want to add one to my userpage.Starfire0123 22:44, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

Just put two equals signs on either side of the title you want for the section. Like this:

Title
(put more text under here to be in the section) Hope this helped. 23:02, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

Keep in mind that three headers (be they first level, as that one is, or second level, which is what you get if you use trios of equal signs instead of pairs) before the Table of Contents will show up. 00:14, August 16, 2010 (UTC)

is there an adimistradior i need to talk about the chat ban. Cloudybrook

Template?
How do you get those templates you see on user's pages that have their mother, father,clan....etc and that look like those on the articles? 20:46, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

Click here Template:Charcat for info. -- Mist fire  22:30, August 25, 2010 (UTC)

Question
How do you make those 'show' and 'hide' bars (Idk what their called), I see them on lots of user's pages I wanted to use them too. ➪'❀❤Dappleclaw❤❀' GO SHADOWCLAN!!! 17:28, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

You must create a table with a "collapsible" property:

You can change the "width" argument to set its width (500px in the above example), and the "lightgreen" colour to any other colour for the title bar. You can add all kinds of effects, structure etc. Just check how did some users do it on their pages, by viewing the sources of those pages. 17:41, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! ➪'❀❤Dappleclaw❤❀' GO SHADOCLAN!!! 17:44, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Ceremonies
Is that how you do warrior/apprentice ceremonies? Snowpoppy67.180.19.149 17:44, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

I was wondreing if I was able 2 re-name my acount or delete it and make a new one with my prefured name; *Scorge9226*
 * To create ceremonies (like those on character pages), check Template:Ceremony. The usage is explained there. 17:41, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ummmm i'm pretty new and i was wondering how do you become part of the community or sign up?? Cinderheart x Lionblaze 23:57, April 26, 2011 (UTC)CiderxLion
 * Ummmm i'm pretty new and i was wondering how do you become part of the community or sign up?? Cinderheart x Lionblaze 23:57, April 26, 2011 (UTC)CiderxLion

One, please make a new section at the bottem of the page. Keep in mind that you can only do it once, so choose wisely. Go here to rename your account. 19:07, December 10, 2011 (UTC)

Question
i tried to make a customized signature, but where is the signature input box? I put it on my sig. page, and to my prefrences page, but i couldn't figure out where the signature input box was....please answer me ASAP! Scarletvixen.


 * It is on the Special:Preferences page. 08:08, September 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * i can make it have my signature but i cant custamize it. can someone help me??!LillyStar 00:52, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * i can make it have my signature but i cant custamize it. can someone help me??!LillyStar 00:52, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

You can ask an experienced user to make you a custom signature or you can look up a signature tutorial like this one 00:58, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Siggie Help!
My siggie isn't working, all it shows is the coding. Could someone help me? Thanks! &#91;&#91;User:Dappleclaw&#124;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Georgia;background:#ff5000;color:black;&quot;&gt;&#39;&#39;&#39;Dappleclaw&#39;&#39;&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&#93;&#93;&lt;sup&gt;&#91;&#91;User Talk:Dappleclaw&#124;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Georgia;background:#000000;color:orange;&quot;&gt;&#39;&#39;&#39;Trick or Treat! Smell My feet!&#39;&#39;&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&#93;&#93; 01:58, October 7, 2010 (UTC)

My siggie isn't working either, shows only coding too: 16:40, October 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * On your Preferences page, check "Custom Signature". Other than that, if you use a sub-page for your signature (like username/sig), make sure that you edit / create it in Source mode, and not via the visual editor (click on the Source button in the top right when editing). Kind regards, 13:10, October 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I FINALLY got my sig to work but the second part doesn't link to the talk page as I wanted to. Looky here -> ♫ Moonleaf ♫ You are the moon that shines on the leaf... 00:43, October 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's working, no problem. ♫ Moonleaf ♫ You are the moon that shines on the leaf... 00:43, October 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * How do you make a siggy? I'm new so yeah...I don't have a clue. I want to make a ice blue one, but how do you do it? oAo Please help!
 * Here is if you want to learn how to make, them or you can always go to another user asking for a signature. Also, please sign with 4 ~'s so we know who we are addressing. 03:53, October 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Here is if you want to learn how to make, them or you can always go to another user asking for a signature. Also, please sign with 4 ~'s so we know who we are addressing. 03:53, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

Family Trees
How do you make family trees? ♫♥ Moonleaf ♥♫ You are the moon that shines on the leaf... 01:30, October 17, 2010 (UTC)

A basic explanation is here, and a more detailed one here. If you don't succeed in creating one, please leave a message on my talk page describing the tree you have in mind, and I will help. Kind regards, 16:39, October 17, 2010 (UTC)

Template Color?
Hi, everyone! I'm a relatively new member of Wikia, and I will probably have a good many questions in the future. My question now is: How do you add color to a template, as shown here? I would really appreciate some help! Thanks!

I refuse to pay 10$ for a plastic monkey! 14:13, April 23, 2011 (UTC)

Color is added as hex codes (eg: #FFFFFF) or simply by the name (Yellow, Green etc.). It's added thus:

{| style="background-color:" (white in this case)

and later as


 * -style="background:#E0B3FF"

(#E0B3FF is the shade of purple used for the first two names. Hope that answers your question. If it doesn't please ask a more specific one. 08:41, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

Coding Issues
I'm having trouble with coding on my page. So far, I took to the coding from Nightshine's page, created the sub-pages for some of the text, but now, it's not looking right. I do plan on tweaking it a bit once I've got everything in place. -- 21:27, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I could try to fix your page for you if you want. I can spot a few mistakes you've made, and there's no need to create a subpage for something like a border. 09:58, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Done. 05:05, June 21, 2011 (UTC)

Signature Issues
Hey guys. I'm having some major issues with my signature. On here it works just fine, but for some reason, when I go to use the exact same code on another wiki (Link to sig page), all I get is User:Cloudskye/Sig, and not the signature. Is there something I'm missing? Because I'm really confused... 05:13, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

I'm confused too. Even on this wiki, when I type the link to the subpage with my signature it still says that code. I think it's because on my preferences page there was no option to use a custom signature. There was before, but now there's just "use wikitext" option or something. Look at my sig. &#123;&#123;SUBST:Nosubst&#124;User:Dewstar(leaf)/Sig}} 16:31, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

 Nevermind. Clicking “use wikitext” works. 16:35, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

 Why does it say some code stuff around it now? 16:35, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

Boxes

 * You must create the Template:Nosubst template on your wiki (it's not there by default). 19:53, July 21, 2011
 * Hi. Those boxes that are on top of this page here, they also appear on some user pages, how do you make them? Robintalon123 06:29, August 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi. Those boxes that are on top of this page here, they also appear on some user pages, how do you make them? Robintalon123 06:29, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Pictures for Gallery

 * When I read the policy for images for the gallery, it said you are only allowed one personal picture. Does that mean I can only upload one image onto the gallery?
 * ~Shadowfluke


 * That is correct. You can upload one personal image for your userspace. I suggest ditching the gallery (as soon as I can figure out a way to do it, I will change the default userpage to be something other than the misleading gallery starter it offers). 16:56, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

Deleting images
Hi I know I have been on this wiki for a couple months but I want to know how to put delete tags on images because I have this charart but I made a new and better one so I decided to delete my old one but I don't know how.... 00:14, December 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yup. 00:17, December 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * To have an image deleted place REASON on the image's page. Replace REASON with why you desire the image to be deleted. 16:58, January 14, 2012 (UTC)