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The main reference for editing wiki pages can be found [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents here]. | The main reference for editing wiki pages can be found [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents here]. | ||
It's also worth printing out a copy of the [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/6/66/MediaWikiRefCard.pdf MediaWiki Reference Card], which covers the most commonly used markup (I keep a copy of it under my mouse mat ----). | It's also worth printing out a copy of the [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/6/66/MediaWikiRefCard.pdf MediaWiki Reference Card], which covers the most commonly used markup (I keep a copy of it under my mouse mat ----). | ||
| − | + | For editing large and complex sections of wiki code (such as large tables with many CSS style tags), it can sometimes be easier to copy the code into an editor like [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] - which provides more advanced features than the in wiki editor, such as find/replace - and then copy the edited code back into the wiki edit box. | |
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| + | [http://www.picpick.org/en/ PicPick] is a screen capture program that has the ability to grab just a section of the screen, and it includes a basic image editor. | ||
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| + | Most image content for the site though should be sourced from the game files where possible, to ensure that eg. captures of semi-transparent images don't include the background. The files comprising the game's User Interface can be extracted using [http://wow.gamepedia.com/Viewing_Blizzard%27s_interface_code this] method, and then a program like [http://www.xnview.com/en/ XnView] can be used to browse the images, which are in .blp format. [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6127-BLP2PNG.html blp2png] can then be used to convert them to a format compatible with use on the web. | ||
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| + | Because images on the wiki may be added into pages through template code, their file names should be all lower case, and of a similar form. Being descriptive in the file name also saves having to fill in the description field when uploading, and makes it easier to find groups of files in the [http://wiki.sewowhelp.info/Special:ListFiles file list]. eg.: | ||
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| + | * icon class druid.png | ||
| + | * icon trade blacksmithing.png | ||
| + | * icon race orc female.png | ||
| + | * icon dungeon ragefire chasm.png | ||
| + | * icon ability warrior shield slam.png | ||
| + | * screenshot npc auctioneer sowata.png | ||
| + | * screenshot npc bow and rifle vendor kaja.png | ||
| + | * screenshot location booty bay.png - | ||
| + | * map world city azeroth orgrimmar.png - Maps form the main map called up by pressing 'M'. | ||
| + | * map world zone northrend icecrown.png | ||
| + | * map world dungeon ragefire chasm.png | ||
| + | * map mini valley of wisdom.png - minimap scale maps, which may have been stitched together from several images (or extracted from game data and cropped). | ||
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==Wowhead Tooltips== | ==Wowhead Tooltips== | ||
Revision as of 09:04, 26 July 2015
Wiki Editing
The main reference for editing wiki pages can be found here.
It's also worth printing out a copy of the MediaWiki Reference Card, which covers the most commonly used markup (I keep a copy of it under my mouse mat ----).
For editing large and complex sections of wiki code (such as large tables with many CSS style tags), it can sometimes be easier to copy the code into an editor like Notepad++ - which provides more advanced features than the in wiki editor, such as find/replace - and then copy the edited code back into the wiki edit box.
Colors
These are the hexadecimal red/green/blue values for the colors used in game to represent all the character classes, item qualities, and a set of bright colors based on the golden ratio, some of which are used on this site.
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Uploading Images
PicPick is a screen capture program that has the ability to grab just a section of the screen, and it includes a basic image editor.
Most image content for the site though should be sourced from the game files where possible, to ensure that eg. captures of semi-transparent images don't include the background. The files comprising the game's User Interface can be extracted using this method, and then a program like XnView can be used to browse the images, which are in .blp format. blp2png can then be used to convert them to a format compatible with use on the web.
Because images on the wiki may be added into pages through template code, their file names should be all lower case, and of a similar form. Being descriptive in the file name also saves having to fill in the description field when uploading, and makes it easier to find groups of files in the file list. eg.:
- icon class druid.png
- icon trade blacksmithing.png
- icon race orc female.png
- icon dungeon ragefire chasm.png
- icon ability warrior shield slam.png
- screenshot npc auctioneer sowata.png
- screenshot npc bow and rifle vendor kaja.png
- screenshot location booty bay.png -
- map world city azeroth orgrimmar.png - Maps form the main map called up by pressing 'M'.
- map world zone northrend icecrown.png
- map world dungeon ragefire chasm.png
- map mini valley of wisdom.png - minimap scale maps, which may have been stitched together from several images (or extracted from game data and cropped).
Wowhead Tooltips
This wiki includes JavaScript that modifies links to items, abilities, etc. on the wowhead.com site, so that they have icons and correctly colored text, as well as mouse-over tooltips. Use edit or view source on this section to see the code used (it's not posible to provide a text example here without the JavaScript converting it).
[2] (with enchant, gem and pieces for set bonus in the tooltip)
