User:Pedentic/Mentor

You requested a mentor?

Ask away! --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 04:11, 21 May 2007 (BST)

Alignment

Hmmm...firstly, how does one go about changing the location of text and such on a page (ie align left or right or center)?

No problem. As an example, by typing in

{| align="right" |Impressive, no? |}

One may obtain:

Impressive, no?

Just substitute the "right" for either left or center, depending on the situation. Well that one was easy. What else? --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 23:07, 21 May 2007 (BST)

Another question relating to this topic: does that same code work for templates also? Thanks. --Pedentic 04:05, 8 June 2007 (BST)

Absolutely. Lets take this simple pillbox for instance:

{{pillbox|image=Pmlogo.png|color=white|text=Shiny!}}

Shiny!

And the alignment:

{| align="right" |{{pillbox|image=Pmlogo.png|color=white|text=Shiny!}} |}

Makes:

Shiny!

Yay! Fun with editing. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 04:32, 8 June 2007 (BST)

This is odd. The code I'm using to center-align templates on my user page doesn't do anything except left-align the template and put a "|}" below it. Any ideas? --Pedentic 04:53, 8 June 2007 (BST)

I didn't see any such code, so I assume you removed it. Either one of these will center your templates:

Grammar This user or group supports the use of proper grammar and spelling on the Wiki.

Mall Information Center This user has helped the Mall Information Center.

Or

Grammar This user or group supports the use of proper grammar and spelling on the Wiki.

Mall Information Center This user has helped the Mall Information Center.

Make sure to copy/paste the code. Signed. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 13:40, 8 June 2007 (BST)

Hmmmm...it works when you do it...most interesting.... I find that strange, because that's exactly what code I used. Perhaps the wiki simply likes you better. :) Also, in the second example above, what does the "|-" signify? Thanks! --Pedentic 17:09, 8 June 2007 (BST)

What does it signify? Hmm... I hadn't considered that question. I suppose it merely allows for items to be organized in sequence in a fashion of which one is above another. Merely by removing "-", the lower alignment forces the templates to become side-by-side, rather than one on top of the other. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 15:44, 10 June 2007 (BST)

Deletion

I'm kind of confused about page deletions. Specifically, I would like to have this page removed. It was a prototype group page, but I'm now done with it. Do I simply put it up on the speedy deletions page? Thanks. --Pedentic 02:56, 23 May 2007 (BST)

Ah, another easy one. Just go to the deletions request page and write in your request under deletion queue. As this is a user subpage, and you are the original author, you may request a speedy deletion under criterion 8 if so desired, which will hasten the deletion process. It isn't necessary, but if you want it gone sooner rather than later, the option is available. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 03:44, 23 May 2007 (BST)

Help Pages

Are there specific guidelines for the creation of help pages? I came across a red link the other day, and would be interested in making the associated page. Thanky much.--Pedentic 12:09, 25 May 2007 (BST)

Creating a help page you say? Hmm... I find no policy that forbids a regular wiki user from creating such a page, but just to be safe, you'd better ask an admin. If it's fine, go right ahead, but make sure to write the page in a highly professional manner. If you should need help with any nuances that you are attempting, feel free to ask me for help. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 18:34, 25 May 2007 (BST)

Sadly, however, I seem to have forgotten which page I was going to create, and I cannot find the aforementioned red link. I'll keep looking, though. --Pedentic 02:10, 26 May 2007 (BST)

Playing with fonts

I've noticed that your signature is not of the standard wiki font. How does one go about meddling with fonts, specifically in regards to signatures? I've tried copying your sig code, but found myself rather confused by all the wikicode. Thanks! --Pedentic 21:05, 28 May 2007 (BST)

Wiki code stealer! Nah, just messing with ya, no shame in it. I kinda do that at times to learn nuances about the wiki. Anyway, on to the question. To change the font of your type, just place <font face="''your font here''">'''Your Text Here'''</font face> . By doing so, you can use different fonts, as long as they are supported by the wiki, which probably most are. For the fonts, I usually just open up WordPad, go to "Format", "Font", then pick the one you want to use. Right now, I'm using Futura Bk, as an example. If you were to, say, want to use "Frosty", your sig would look like this:

<font face="Frosty">[[User:Pedentic|{{c|DarkTurquoise|Pedentic}}]]^{[[User talk:Pedentic|{{c|DarkGoldenrod|''T!''}}]] [[Mall Information Center|{{c|LimeGreen|''MIC''}}]] [[Medics of Malton|{{c|DarkViolet|''MM''}}]]}</font face>

You'll get this:

Pedentic^{T! MIC MM}

Just use whatever you feel like. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 23:16, 29 May 2007 (BST)

Oh. That is not nearly so bad as I was expecting. Thanky much, kind sir. --Pedentic 12:00, 30 May 2007 (BST)

Not a problem. Anything else, just ask. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 16:13, 30 May 2007 (BST)

Line Breaks

Is there some arcane method of having text display on multiple lines, instead of all mashed together on one line? Check out the formatting I've used in this message to see what I'm talking about. Thanks! --Pedentic 12:29, 31 May 2007 (BST)

Come on, give me a challenge! Alright, look at the following line of text (it's just a copy of what you wrote):

Is there some arcane method of having text display on multiple lines, instead of all mashed together on one line?

Check out the formatting I've used in this message to see what I'm talking about.

Thanks! --Pedentic 12:29, 31 May 2007 (BST)

There we are, line breaks. Just use <br> to have your text wrap around. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 18:28, 31 May 2007 (BST)

Templates

You requested a challenge? So it is spoken, so shall it be! How might I go about creating a template for my group? It needn't be in-depth at this point, merely the basic foundation of template-making. Does that suffice? --Pedentic 21:19, 31 May 2007 (BST)

If you want the basic of the basic, you'll want to use a Flagbox. It'll provide an extremely simple start to the world of template making. Here is an example:

{{flagbox|#FF66FF|Redcross.jpg|[[Medics of Malton]]|This user is a member of the<br> [[Medics of Malton]].}}

Makes:

	Medics of Malton
	This user is a member of the Medics of Malton.

This is the very beginning. To make a complicated template from scratch takes time, and continues to provide opportunities for learning for myself. I'm a member of The Template Junkies, so I'm not terrible at it, but there is still much to be learned. Hopefully this will provide a start for you. If you need further help, I could make you if you wish, per your specifications. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 05:09, 1 June 2007 (BST)

I'll delve deeper into this particular subject later. Thanks!--Pedentic 13:30, 1 June 2007 (BST)

Navigation Bar

How might I go about making a cool navigation bar like the one you've got across your user and subpages? --Pedentic 13:30, 1 June 2007 (BST)

A nav bar is pretty much a simple template, so it's not too difficult. However, with the multitude of ways in which one may be created and altered, you're probably going to have to do a little searching around on your own. You can change many different things, and they can, of course, look different, but I'll show you how to make one that looks like mine. Here is some sample coding:

{| align=center style="border: 1px solid Black; width:100%; border-spacing: 0px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px;" | style="background: White; text-align: center;" | '''''[[User:Pedentic|Main]] • [[User talk:Pedentic|Talk]] • [[Medics of Malton]] • [[Mall Information Center]]''''' |}

Makes:

This can be altered to make something completely different. This is just a sample. If you would like further help, just let me know, and I'll cook something up. If you wish to incorporate it into your page design, that's a whole different story. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 14:30, 1 June 2007 (BST)

If it's not too much trouble, could you explain the individual bits of the above code? While I appreciate your offers to templatize for me, I would prefer knowing the background so I can eventually do these things myself. Thanks in advance for the time I fear this may take. --Pedentic 02:52, 2 June 2007 (BST)

Alrighty, lets begin. Here are the bits that change the above template:

align=center style="border: 1px solid Black; width:100%; border-spacing: 0px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px;"

| style="background: White; text-align: center;" |

Let me explain them. The "align=center" portion dictates on where on the screen the template will reside. As an example, replacing "center" with "right" will yield this template:

As you can see, the template has shifted over. As for "style=border: 1px solid black", this, obviously, changes the border. As an example, changing it to something like "style=border: 4px solid red" will yield this template:

The "px" or "pixels" dictates the thickness of the border. You may also write the color as either a word or in HTML. As for width, that dictates the left to right length of the template. It can be expressed in either pixels or percentages. As an example, replace "width: 500px" with "width: 80%" to obtain the following:

The percentage will change the size of the template depending on the size of the screen it is being displayed on. For 80%, it would stretch across 80% of the screen. "Border-spacing: 0px" dictates the amount of space between the words or pictures within the template and the border. For example, replacing "border-spacing: 0px " with "border-spacing: 50px" would yield this template:

As far as I know, percentages may not be used for this portion. For "clear: both", ummm... frankly, I still haven't figured that out. When I know what it's for, you'll know. For "margin-bottom: 0px", that dictates the amount of space between the bottom of the template and the rest of the page. You could also use "margin-top", "margin-left", and "margin-right" if you wished, but for this exercise, we're keeping it simple. Lets substitute "margin-bottom: 0px" for "margin-bottom: 50p":

Neat, huh? Moving on... "style=background: White" dictates the color of the background. Lets substitute "style=background: White" with "style=background: #99CCCC":

As with the border, you may use either words or HTML. To find the codes for the different colors, I usually use this site. It's very simple to understand. Lastly, "text-align: center" dictates where in the template the text will be. Lets substitute "text-align: center" for "text-align: left":

So... that about sums it up. I'm still trying to figure that "clear" thing out. Anyway, if you need anything else, let me know. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 03:56, 2 June 2007 (BST)

*Whistles* Wow. You should look into getting a job writing help pages. Also, I've found that it doesn't matter what word follows the "clear:", nor does it matter if that bit is in there at all. Go figure...anyhow, thank you so very much!
--Pedentic 02:02, 4 June 2007 (BST)

Not a problem. I really don't know all that much about the nuances of editing, but this is just some basic stuff I've picked up along the way. I do not have near the experience to create help pages, but thanks for the compliment. If there's anything else, let me know. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 02:27, 4 June 2007 (BST)

Hey, technical knowledge is of much value, as it's what makes things on this wiki shiny. Moving on, earlier in this sub-topic you said, "If you wish to incorporate it [the navigation bar] into your page design, that's a whole different story." How different of a story do you mean? --Pedentic 03:46, 4 June 2007 (BST)

I meant if you wished to create complex backgrounds and formatting and the like, such as Dux Ducis' page. As in, changing up the style and colors of it. What I've shown you thus far is mostly quite plain. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 04:18, 4 June 2007 (BST)

Cripes! Methinks I'll keep to the basics and plainess at this point. More questions pending... --Pedentic 04:44, 4 June 2007 (BST)

Continuation

After making a cool navigation box, how do I get it to display on one line, instead of what it looks like now? Thanks! --Pedentic 17:09, 8 June 2007 (BST)

Also, let me look at your nav box. I'll see what I can do. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 17:40, 8 June 2007 (BST)

Eh, you already took care of it. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 17:42, 8 June 2007 (BST)

I thought you did... anyway, done. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 17:44, 8 June 2007 (BST)

Thanks, sir. What exactly was the issue, and is it possible to make the nav bar longer without it wrapping lines? --Pedentic 03:40, 10 June 2007 (BST)

I think it had something to do with you using percentages instead of pixels to dictate its length, but I'm no entirely sure. If you wish to make it longer, just increase the pixel count. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 15:41, 10 June 2007 (BST)

I've made a navigation bar for my group pages, but I can't call it. I've tried {{Medics of Malton/Nav}}, but that didn't work. Do I have to put it in the template namespace? --Pedentic 01:19, 19 August 2007 (BST)

I did what I could, couldn't figure out what was wrong, so I took the easy way out. Yes, it works, I tested it. A different path, but the same result. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 03:31, 19 August 2007 (BST)

Thanks! Also, is there a way to do external links without the little box to the right of them? --Pedentic 02:28, 20 August 2007 (BST)

I'm afraid not, at least I don't know of one. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 02:54, 20 August 2007 (BST)

Pictures Within

How would I go about making a navigation bar, but with images in it? Specifically, I'm trying to make a navigation bar for my group's pages, but I'd like to have our image at both ends. How might this be done?--Pedentic 03:23, 6 August 2007 (BST)

I'm so out of practice with templates... Alright, I'll give it a try. I've got something here. It's not pretty, and I doubt it'll work. I've never tried anything like this before. Just take a look:

{| style="border:solid black 3px; width:400px; font-family:Arial;" |- | rowspan=2 | [[Image:Redcross.jpg|80px]] || style="background:white; color:blue; font-size: 100%" width=400px; align="right"| [[Image:Redcross.jpg|80px]] |- |}

Changing one color without the other destroys it, and I can't center any text. But, I did get two images on either side. I guess that's something. Sorry I wasn't more help, but this is beyond my abilities. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 00:25, 7 August 2007 (BST)

What is the purpose of "rowspan" and the double pipe? --Pedentic 13:29, 7 August 2007 (BST)

I'm not HTML expert, I just use whatever is necessary. Rowspan, in a typical template, allows for the placement of text (or, perhaps, images) within a "head" or "body" of a template. In this case, it's just a leftover and is not necessary. As for the double pipe, it really just holds the whole thing together (try removing one of them and see what happens). Anyway, I've still got nothin'. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 18:32, 7 August 2007 (BST)

Ok. I've got the whole two picture thing to work. Now, there are a few more questions that this raises:

• How do I select a custom font size? I tried <fontsize=X></fontsize> to no avail.
• Can I make the text in the middle go onto two lines so that The Medics is above of Malton?

Feel more than welcome to play with it if you want. Just don't save changes if you can avoid it. Thanks! --Pedentic 04:10, 17 August 2007 (BST)

Fantastic work on getting the template to work. For a custom font size, try using the Z template, although I don't know if it'll work within another template. As for your second question, kinda don't have time right now, I'll be able to work on it tomorrow. I hope I was of some help. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 04:25, 17 August 2007 (BST)

Float

I have seen "float" followed by an alignment signifier (left, right, etc.) in some code that I've looked at. What is the purpose of such a formatting command? Is it relevant? Is it useful? Does it eat spaghetti for supper on Thursdays? --Pedentic 03:54, 10 June 2007 (BST)

Could you show me an example? --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 15:43, 10 June 2007 (BST)

No problem. The following snippet was pulled from Dux Ducis's main page:

{| style="border: 2px solid black; border-spacing: 0; float: right; font-size: 90%; margin: 0em 0.5em; width: 35%"

--Pedentic 16:04, 11 June 2007 (BST)

Oh, right. The float code is quite similar to the alignment code. In fact, I'd say that they're just about the same in practice. Let me show you an example using a picture. Look at this pic:

I'm sure you recognize the UrbanDead logo. One can float it by adding a little bit of code to it. You merely change this:

[[Image:Dead.gif|100px]]

To:

[[Image:Dead.gif|100px|right]]

Which makes:

Now, using the alignment template, you basically obtain the same effect. This:

{| align="right" |[[Image:Dead.gif|100px]] |}

Makes:

Pretty much the same thing. It seems like the float makes the pic move a little farther right, but it's not by much. I'm sure there's some other minor nuance between them, not to mention using float within a large template would be simpler than alignment, but, for the most part, no difference. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 18:28, 11 June 2007 (BST)

Oh, ok. So it's mainly for use within more complex strings of wikicode? That seems to make sense. Thanks! --Pedentic 02:44, 12 June 2007 (BST)

Dots

This may seem silly, but how does one go about making those little dots (like the ones separating links in my nav bar? Up to this point, I've just copied and pasted them. --Pedentic 15:14, 15 June 2007 (BST)

Look at the "Del" button on the number pad on the right side of your keyboard. There it is! --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 15:36, 15 June 2007 (BST)

Huh...never noticed that before. Thanks! --Pedentic 05:13, 16 June 2007 (BST)

Archives

Is there a standard for archive pages? Particularly: If I wanted, say, to make an archive for my talk page should it be a subpage of the talk page itself, or a subpage of my main user page? Does it even matter? I guess I'm just asking if there's a right way of doing it. --Pedentic 05:17, 16 June 2007 (BST)

I suppose there is no right way, but generally it is a subpage of your main page. That way if you store anything other than old discussion topics it won't seem strange. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 05:26, 16 June 2007 (BST)

My you're fast! --Pedentic 05:35, 16 June 2007 (BST)

Web links

This is not a wiki question persay, but do you happen to know how to do a piped link for a webpage in the game settings? All mine says is "link", and that is kind of annoying. Thanks! --Pedentic 03:33, 21 June 2007 (BST)

Good, an easy one. Click here. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 03:59, 21 June 2007 (BST)

Easy indeed! Thanks! More questions pending... --Pedentic 04:29, 21 June 2007 (BST)

Slowdown

In case you haven't noticed, I've not posted here for about a week. It's not that I've mastered everything (far from it!), but rather that I've become very busy with life in general. I will still post here, but probably not very often for a while. At this point I am very much trying to keep my group's page up to date, as we're getting a new member just about every day! Also, sorry if my basic plagiarism of a template offends you. I stole copied used borrowed it for my own talk page/sanity. Anyhow, thanks for all the help you've been! There will be more questions, just not for a while probably. --Pedentic 04:04, 30 June 2007 (BST)

That's fine. If you haven't seen my user page, I'll be less active until the 25^th of July anyway. Anytime you have a question, I'll still be here to answer it. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 16:28, 30 June 2007 (BST)

Backgrounds

I'm back. Woohoo. Anyhow...how does one go about making a background color for one's user page? --Pedentic 02:42, 23 July 2007 (BST)

Wow, been a while. Anyway, for a simple background color, simply place the following where you would like your background color to begin and </div span> where you would like it to end:

<div style="background-color:black; border:0px black; padding:1px; color:#000000"> </div span>

Which makes this (just highlight):

Nice, eh?

I've also added options for padding and border changes, like in templates. Anything else I can do for you? --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 16:34, 23 July 2007 (BST)

Not at the moment. I've got to go try it out on my user and subpages. Thanks much, sir. --Pedentic 18:46, 23 July 2007 (BST)

Ummm...when I try to put a background to my userpage using the code you included, it looks awfully odd. Suddenly some text keeps its white background, and the character box gains some white edging. Any ideas? I've left the page looking weird. --Pedentic 12:21, 24 July 2007 (BST)

Ach, using templates within templates can make some weird results. Try as I might, I couldn't get either border to go away, but the white border around the text will leave if you remove the center template you're using. If I had the time, I might think of something, but it's simply not there. Sorry, but perhaps someone with a bit more experience will be able to help you. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 16:50, 24 July 2007 (BST)

I'm such an idiot. I couldn't believe that I hadn't forgotten about the most simplistic way of centering text using <center></center>. Well, at least your text is fine, but I don't know what to do about your character box. Sorry about going ahead and editing your page, I just got a little excited figuring out a way to fix the text... --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 16:39, 25 July 2007 (BST)

Hey, I have no problem with you making my page work properly. This time....Nah, it's fine. --Pedentic 22:58, 26 July 2007 (BST)

Order of Operations

I should like to fix these pages but do not know how to best go about it. Here's what I was thinking:

1) Change the first redirect to point to the end page

2) Put the second (now bypassed) redirect up for deletion

However, the second redirects have better page titles (in my opinion). So should I:

1) Edit the pages that link to the first redirect to link to the second

2) Put up the first redirect for deletion

What do you think? --Pedentic 22:58, 26 July 2007 (BST)

I think you should have all pages that link to the first redirect changed to the second redirect and put the first up for deletion. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 20:59, 27 July 2007 (BST)

Pictures as links

Is it somehow possible to use a picture as a link? Specifically, I'm thinking about replacing the MM in my signature with a mini version of my group logo. In short, I'ml trying to make a picture into a link. How might this be done? --Pedentic 23:18, 7 August 2007 (BST)

Sure, just use a redirect, as is the case with Zombie slay3r's sig. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 02:19, 8 August 2007 (BST)

{{{1}}} and Such

I am trying to update my group's recruitment ad to comply with the new rules, and came across the AMS' ad. What is the purpose of the {{{1}}} in the middle? Does it denote a user-defined value in a template? --Pedentic 22:46, 22 August 2007 (BST)

That's just for the timestamp. Fancy.--Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 22:56, 22 August 2007 (BST)

A timestemp? How does {{{1}}} denote a timestamp? Also, how would I go about allowing for user input when making a template? --Pedentic 03:24, 23 August 2007 (BST)

Ach, you gave me an edit conflict :P Anyway, the {{{1}}} doesn't denote a timestamp, it's just a place to put it. Frankly, anything could go there, but as that is for recruitment, a time stamp is obviously the best choice. When making a template, adding {{{1}}}, {{{2}}}, and so forth merely makes a section for individual user input, depending on who is making use of the template. If you were going to call a template that had a {{{1}}} and {{{2}}} in the template, one would do so like this:

{{TemplateName|SomethingHere|SomethingElse}}

When you saved (or previewed) you would find that "SomethingHere" and "SomethingElse" would appear verbatim in the template. Easy. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 03:33, 23 August 2007 (BST)

Edit conflict? Ha! I'd do it again if I had the chance....or not. Anyhow, I must admit: I was expecting user input to be a lot more complicated. However, why does the reason in the template:cookie need "reason=" to work? --Pedentic 03:51, 23 August 2007 (BST)

Interesting... it seems as if I've just learned something new. One may substitute the numbers for words, such as {{{reason}}}, as an alternate form of user input. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 05:55, 23 August 2007 (BST)

Yay! New knowledge has been found! --Pedentic 11:51, 23 August 2007 (BST)

Recruitment Ads

In the interests of recruiting for my group, do you know if I am allowed to put a timestamp in our ad in such a way that it will update itself whenever the page is loaded? I'm thinking along the lines of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} and the like. Would this be unethical or prohibited? --Pedentic 21:37, 5 September 2007 (BST)

Sorry, I highly doubt that would be allowed. As an example, if you did that and your group for some reason became defunct, we would not be able to remove it under the current rules. Also, yeah, I'm thinking pretty unethical as well. Just make a note to update it every once in a while. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 21:48, 5 September 2007 (BST)

Yeah, I kind of guessed. Anyhow, thanks for the input. --Pedentic 03:55, 7 September 2007 (BST)

What might {{subst:}} be used for? The help page in that regard is lacking a detailed explanation. Thanks! --Pedentic 03:50, 8 September 2007 (BST)

Yikes, I don't think I'll be dealing with this too much. If it helps, I've located a rather detailed explanation here. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 06:11, 8 September 2007 (BST)

Wow. That is possibly the most complicated thing I've ever read. --Pedentic 03:12, 9 September 2007 (BST)

Making a Template

I am trying to make a template the incorporates the suburb danger colors as a graphic. My preliminary work can be found in my sandbox. However, is there some way of making the colored boxes square? The code used to make the boxes I simply copied from Category:Danger Reports. Any ideas? --Pedentic 04:10, 20 September 2007 (BST)

I'm a little confused. You wish to create a template, which I can certainly help you with, but the boxes with color are already square, while the white are rectangles. Could you possibly be more specific? --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 02:29, 21 September 2007 (BST)

The colored boxes appear rectangular on my screen...anyhow, here's what I envision for the rest of the template: I would like to make the first row span all three columns (I think I figured that bit out), but also have the text aligned to the right. Also, I would like the third column to span the bottom two rows and am having trouble in that respect. I've been going a lot off the Help:Tables page, but am still getting confused. Your suggestions are appreciated. --Pedentic 03:14, 21 September 2007 (BST)

Is this what you're looking for? Probably not, but it's the only idea that came to me. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 04:01, 21 September 2007 (BST)

That's close. The only difference is that the only text would be at the top and in the third column. Also, I see square boxes in that pictures. On my screen, the ones in the table are rectangular, but the one underneath is square. Perhaps I should switch to Firefox... --Pedentic 03:58, 22 September 2007 (BST)

Notice of Slowdown

With the assumption that you haven't noticed, I've not used this page for quite some time (roughly 2 months). That is because I feel that I now know enough to handle myself and my self-appointed duties on the wiki. I thank you, as your aid has been invaluable. Be assured that I will contact you should a new question ever arise. Again, thank you. Have a wonderful day! --Pedentic 04:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

But of course. If you ever need anything, my talk page is always open. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 05:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)