Wiki Editing Tutorial

Introductions

Hi, my name is localguest, and I'm one of the main contributors for the wiki. If you're inclined to know what work I've done on the wiki, you can visit this page. All work written by me is for the public domain, and is continued to be written (and modified by other contributors) as such.

Now I know that there are no groups currently out there for the wiki. Every player is entitled to edit the wiki in order to improve it and give their own idea - if they want to. There might be some who really do want to give their opinion, having a knack for writing and interpreting the game. Maybe going online in Paw'D everyday isn't your thing and maybe you just wanted to sit down and add what knowledge of the game you have to somewhere like the wiki, yet find yourself restricted to not knowing how it works. I shall guide you through a basic process on how to do this.

Logging into the Wiki

1. Go to Game Guide, you should now be on the Welcome page.

2. If you visited this site many times already, you should already know that this is the place to find the Arrow Crafting List, or the Item Database. Look for a small text with a icon on the top-right of the header of the page, then press "Log in".

3. Log into your Paw'd account as usual through this log in page (if you try logging in through the top-left link instead, it's not going to lead you to the editing feature for the wiki).

Getting Used to the Features

Finally, you should see more options appearing for you, that means you've successfully logged in. This should have replaced "Log in" with -Username-, Talk, Preferences, Watchlist, Contributions and Log out. You also have access to three more options, which is Edit, Move and Watch on the options right below.

• -Username-: This will normally be highlighted in red, indicating that you haven't created a page yet. This will be your user page, which you can customize to how you see fit.
• Talk: This will be your user talk page. Anyone can add something to this page, whether it is a conversation or extra space. You do not need to worry about this.
• Preferences: This is like a settings page. You can change around the options to any way as you see fit, but I recommend not messing around with it if you don't know what you're doing.
• Watchlist: This page keeps track of all the pages you've selected to be watched. When editing a page, you have the option to watch this page, or by simply clicking Watch, beside the Move and Search options. By watching a page, you're looking for other people who tried editing it (or in this case, just yourself).
• Contributions: This page brings up all the editing, creating a new page and activity you've done so far. There are filtering options to help manage what you see over a period of time.
  • Edit: Click on this to edit the current page that you're on. Changes won't be saved until you hit save in the following page, and you can preview before you confirm. Clicking on "This is a minor edit" doesn't really matter, it'll just mark on the log saying that it's a small edit (like grammar fixes or adding in a few lines).
  • Move: Moving is renaming a page. But the renaming process is difficult, so what the wiki has to do is create a new page under that new name, move your contents to that page, then the old page becomes a redirect link to the new page. Ensure that the pages you create have the right name in the first place.

The Editing Process

Now you have some idea of how the wiki works. But you still don't understand how to edit or create a new page. We'll jump into the creating process right away.

Creating a New Page

There are two ways to create a new page on the wiki.

• 1. All around the wiki, there may be red highlighted text that hasn't been filled in yet, so click on that red text and it'll take you to create it (it'll only create after you confirmed it, and editing is only available after creating the page). For example, Test
• 2. You can also just type in the page name you want to create on the address itself, which is: "https://www.pawdgame.com/wiki/" followed by the name you want for it. For example, https://www.pawdgame.com/wiki/Pets

The first option already provides you with the name of the page that the contributor wants you to create. But for the second option, you have to come up with a responsible name that'll work for the wiki. For instance, if I wanted to write a page about the NPC (non-playable character) Jenny, I'd make a page called NPC: Jenny.

What Do You Write?

Introducing the Topic

Say you really did want to create a page for the NPC named Jenny. Well, where do you start? The first thing you should do is to come up with a general statement that describes the person.

Jenny is a travelling baker in Saliko Village that sells pastries to the local residents, as well as new adventurers.

By creating the statement, we now have a sentence to begin with. It also helps the reader (aka us) better understand what the NPC does and is in the first place. The general format is "Name of thing" + is a + "type/classification" + "what it does/where it is".

You want to take advantage of the Show preview button early on. It really helps contributors show what the text/image/table will look like on the page before it is actually saved to the page, or not saved at all.

The Wiki Markup in a Nutshell

• • == -insert header name here- ==
  • === -insert subheader name here- ===
  • four of "-" on an empty line will create a line across the page
  • [ + link + one space + words you want to substitute the link name for + ]
  • ---- (creates a line across the page)

Uploading Images

Everyone knows that a wall of text is hard to look at unless you've got pictures. You can upload files by scrolling to the bottom of the page, and finding Upload file under Tools. You can also reach the location here.

Once you get to the upload screen, you want to browse for the picture that you want to upload (can't be bigger than 2MB). You can change the picture's name before uploading it by adding a destination filename. The summary and licensing aren't needed, and are entirely optional (unless you're using an image licensed by you that you don't want the public to use). You should be redirected to the picture/file you uploaded.

If you want to view the image you uploaded again, or want to see the list for any images that you can use for your page, you want to look at the file list or the upload logs. To reach the file list, you simply go to Upload file under Tools, then instead of uploading, click on Upload logs or List of uploaded files. You can also reach the file list here (or here for the upload log).

Adding Images to Your Page

When you were uploading the file, you may have noticed that the upload link also included information on how to show the image to your page. Let me just repeat what was put on the upload file link here. Note that thumbnails may not show up on the page (the second form may not work), so just use the full version of the file.

To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms:

• [[File:File.jpg]] to use the full version of the file
• [[File:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]] to use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with "alt text" as description
• [[Media:File.ogg]] for directly linking to the file without displaying the file

The wiki (powered by MediaWiki) tries to figure out how to place your picture alongside your text, and wiki markup helps with that decision making. Simply adding that somewhere in your page causes the picture to be added, and the extra options help shift the location of the picture.

Adding Tables to Your Page

The whole markup code for adding tables is a bit complicated. But with the basics, the key idea is this:

{| class="wikitable" style="width:300px; float:right; margin-left: 2em;"
! Required Class
| Any
|-
! Skill Branch
| [[Extra Abilities]]
|-
! Available at
| Level 1
|-
! Prerequisites
| [https://www.pawdgame.com/database/items#item=789 Lasher Spirit Bottle]
|-
! Range
| 4 [[meter | meters]]
|-
! Cooldown
| 1 minute
|}

The opening brackets ({|) and ending brackets (|}) close the code for the table. You start with the class, and you add any style or formatting options first. Every line must begin with | in it somewhere (except for headers, which is !). Every time you want to insert a line break, you use |- in between.

However, it's really tedious to try and write the code by yourself each time. Instead, you should find another page, copy the part of the source code that makes up the table, then paste it into your page, and modify it to your liking.