Help:Character Pages

Page Creation

Page creation for characters and NPC is automated; new pages are created once an hour for both characters and dragons.

Page content is initially taken from +sheet. Data includes:

Rank
+glance info (age, height, hair, eyes)
Home
Birthplace
PB
Position (if applicable)
Dragon (if applicable)
Craft (if applicable)
Craft Specialty (if applicable)
Wing (if applicable)
Owner (if NPC)

See +help sheet updates for information on how to set player-controlled values.

Data is updated from the +sheet system on an automated basis, and will not show up immediately.

Preloads

New pages are automatically preload with a number of useful templates.

{{Family}} and {{FamilyEnd}}

These templates generate a table of data on any family members listed in +sheet. For each family member it lists:

Relationship to the character
Name
Rank
Age

As many of your character's family members will likely not be listed in +sheet, you can extend this listing manually by adding table rows between the two template tags. For example:

{{Family}} {{!}}- {{!}}Father {{!}}Kemmil {{!}}Ret. Vineholder {{!}}{{Age |birthsecs=727693200}} {{!}}- {{!}}Mother {{!}}Mira {{!}}Ret. Vineholder {{!}}{{Age |birthsecs=744742800}} {{FamilyEnd}}

RP Logs

There are three templates under the banner of RP Logs:

{{NewLogs |name={{BASEPAGENAME}}}}

Lists the newest 20 logs the character was involved in, with a link to previous logs. This template can be replaced with other strings from here.

{{#ifexist: {{BASEPAGENAME}}/Mentions | {{:{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Mentions}} | }}

Lists any logs the character was mentioned in.

Shows a gallery of a character's icons. See below for details on how to upload icons.

Adding Content

After a page has been created, more content can be added. To do so, browse to the page, and under 'Page tools' click 'edit with form.'

This will take you to a webform that will allow you to fill out other information including:

Uploading a profile picture
Mother
Father
Siblings
Children
Friends
Livejournal or other URL

Below these options, there is another box where other information can be added (descriptions, histories, etc).

Icons

Icons are used in logs; they are not required.

To upload icons for your character, click 'Add New' and then 'Multi-Upload'. Icons should be named with a prefix of the following:

Icon <character name>
Icon <Character name>

For example: Icon k'del.jpg or Icon K'del sad.jpg

Characters are limited to 50 icons.

Dragons

Dragon pages are also automatically created after they are added to the DTU system.

Data that may be pulled from that system includes:

Dragon name
Impressee
Hatchling name
Dragon color
Wing
Egg name
Size
Game Clutch ID
Description
Home
Hatchsecs
Dam
Sire
Hatch Date

Values can be set by your area admin; please contact them if there is anything missing from your dragon.

After your dragon has been created on the wiki, you can click 'Page tools' and 'Edit with Form' to fill out any other values.

Data reuse

The NorCon wiki is designed to reuse data wherever possible. Values set in your profile (or in your dragon's) are then used elsewhere in the wiki to populate lists.

This data is refreshed on an automated basis; please be patient if it does not show up immediately.

'Tabbed' Character Pages

An alternative to the default character page is the tabbed character page - for example, K'del.

To change to this page type:

Click 'edit' (not form edit)
Change {{Profile to {{ProfileTabs
Now, add a = Heading= everywhere you would like a tab to start. Whatever goes between the equals signs will be what it is called.

Dragon Tab

To include your dragon's page within your character's, add the following template: