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, 19:31, May 2, 2008New page: How to code for beginners <nowiki>''Car''</nowiki> italicizes the word Car <nowiki>'''Car'''</nowiki> Bolds the word Car <nowiki>'''''Car'''''</nowiki> Bolds and Italicizes the word Ca...
How to code for beginners
<nowiki>''Car''</nowiki> italicizes the word Car
<nowiki>'''Car'''</nowiki> Bolds the word Car
<nowiki>'''''Car'''''</nowiki> Bolds and Italicizes the word Car
<nowiki>[www.nick.com]</nowiki> links to an external site, nick.com
<nowiki>[[Category:A]]</nowiki> adds an article to Category, A
<nowiki>[[:Category:A]]</nowiki> links to the Category, A
<nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians|WXYZ]]</nowiki> links to the category, Conservapedians, using the word WXYZ
<nowiki>[[:Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> links to the picture A.GIF
<nowiki>[[Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> loads the picture A.GIF on an article
<nowiki>[[Car|Hello]]</nowiki> links to the article Car with the word Hello
<nowiki>[[Car]]</nowiki> links to the article Car using the word Car
<nowiki>{{Car}}</nowiki> adds the template Car to an article
<nowiki>#Redirect[[A]]</nowiki> redirects an article to the article, A
<nowiki><big>abc</big></nowiki> makes the text abc bigger
<nowiki><big><big>abc</big></big></nowiki> makes the text abc even bigger
<nowiki><ref>[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> cites nick.com as a reference for an article's claim
<nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki> makes a list of all the references used in an article
<nowiki>{{SUBST:ABC}}</nowiki> substitutes all the information from Template:ABC into the article, note all future changes to the template:ABC will not be shown on the article
<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> puts your signature on a page
<nowiki>{{welcome}} --~~~~</nowiki> welcomes a user to Conservapedia, note this should only be put on a user's talk page
==Use a reference more than once in an article==
<nowiki><ref name="a">[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> is used for the first time
after that simply use <nowiki><ref name="a"/></nowiki>
==Creating a list of internal links==
<nowiki>*[[A]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>*[[B]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>*[[C]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>*[[D]]</nowiki>
==Making templates==
<nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a template
<nowiki>{{{1|car}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a template whose default is car
<nowiki>{{{myage}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a template
<nowiki>{{{myage|car}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a template whose default is car
named parameters for example <nowiki>{{myage}}</nowiki> versus <nowiki> {{{1}}} or {{{2}}} or {{{3}}}</nowiki> do not have to be put in any particular order
for example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|12}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 12 is my age
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{2}}}</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|12|December}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 12 is my age I was born in the month December
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|myage=19}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my age
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{mymonth}}}</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|myage=19|my month=January}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my age, I was born in the month, January you also could put <nowiki>{{User age|my month=January|myage=19}}</nowiki> for the same result
==How do you make a custom signature==
first make a subpage of user page which has your custom signature for example, User:Deborah/sig
go to, my preferences click on raw signatures and put <nowiki>{{SUBST:User:Deborah/sig}}</nowiki>
<nowiki>''Car''</nowiki> italicizes the word Car
<nowiki>'''Car'''</nowiki> Bolds the word Car
<nowiki>'''''Car'''''</nowiki> Bolds and Italicizes the word Car
<nowiki>[www.nick.com]</nowiki> links to an external site, nick.com
<nowiki>[[Category:A]]</nowiki> adds an article to Category, A
<nowiki>[[:Category:A]]</nowiki> links to the Category, A
<nowiki>[[:Category:Conservapedians|WXYZ]]</nowiki> links to the category, Conservapedians, using the word WXYZ
<nowiki>[[:Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> links to the picture A.GIF
<nowiki>[[Image:A.GIF]]</nowiki> loads the picture A.GIF on an article
<nowiki>[[Car|Hello]]</nowiki> links to the article Car with the word Hello
<nowiki>[[Car]]</nowiki> links to the article Car using the word Car
<nowiki>{{Car}}</nowiki> adds the template Car to an article
<nowiki>#Redirect[[A]]</nowiki> redirects an article to the article, A
<nowiki><big>abc</big></nowiki> makes the text abc bigger
<nowiki><big><big>abc</big></big></nowiki> makes the text abc even bigger
<nowiki><ref>[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> cites nick.com as a reference for an article's claim
<nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki> makes a list of all the references used in an article
<nowiki>{{SUBST:ABC}}</nowiki> substitutes all the information from Template:ABC into the article, note all future changes to the template:ABC will not be shown on the article
<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> puts your signature on a page
<nowiki>{{welcome}} --~~~~</nowiki> welcomes a user to Conservapedia, note this should only be put on a user's talk page
==Use a reference more than once in an article==
<nowiki><ref name="a">[nick.com]</ref></nowiki> is used for the first time
after that simply use <nowiki><ref name="a"/></nowiki>
==Creating a list of internal links==
<nowiki>*[[A]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>*[[B]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>*[[C]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>*[[D]]</nowiki>
==Making templates==
<nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a template
<nowiki>{{{1|car}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter for a template whose default is car
<nowiki>{{{myage}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a template
<nowiki>{{{myage|car}}}</nowiki> creates a parameter named myage for a template whose default is car
named parameters for example <nowiki>{{myage}}</nowiki> versus <nowiki> {{{1}}} or {{{2}}} or {{{3}}}</nowiki> do not have to be put in any particular order
for example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|12}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 12 is my age
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{1}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{2}}}</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|12|December}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 12 is my age I was born in the month December
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|myage=19}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my age
another example let us say there is a template called Template:User age, that looks like this, <nowiki>{{{myage}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{mymonth}}}</nowiki>
you would put <nowiki>{{User age|myage=19|my month=January}}</nowiki> for the template to display, 19 is my age, I was born in the month, January you also could put <nowiki>{{User age|my month=January|myage=19}}</nowiki> for the same result
==How do you make a custom signature==
first make a subpage of user page which has your custom signature for example, User:Deborah/sig
go to, my preferences click on raw signatures and put <nowiki>{{SUBST:User:Deborah/sig}}</nowiki>