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Help[]

How do I put a message at the top of my wiki?

Harry Timon 16:20, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

This can be done by editing MediaWiki:Sitenotice, see Help:Site notice for details.

Questions...[]

I saw some sites with "Points" for users when theyadded stuff. How do I do that?

I saw that on the right side of a page extra information. How do I do that?

How do I make my own templates?

plz answer me, i need alot of help.

--Spedster777 20:57, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

The points feature isn't available any more. Read Help:Templates for more information about creating templates. Tedjuh10 - Talk 20:01, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Sir,my account kuya03 was blocked, can you unblocked my account sir?I need it now....TNX

I'm unable to contribute[]

Hi, I'm already registered with Wikia but I can't create a new article. I'll put everything in and then when I click Save, it just brings me to a blank "Special Page" called "Create Article". Is there a reason behind this?

Ju Juitsu 22:57, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Answer

  • If you are using the new wiki editor, you may not. It may be a glitch. Email wikia and they might be able to sort it out.

Follow up question:

  • I have been editing wikia since October and have over 4000 edits on several wikias. I am still unable to edit any of these help pages on this wiki, which is incredibly frustrating. Why, and how can I fix this? Anno1404 01:34, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
My user rights are: Autoconfirmed users, Users according to my preferences page, and I still cannot edit here.
Help:User_access_levels#All_users states:
"Anyone can read the wiki as well as create new pages and edit unprotected pages, including users without a user account."
Are all of the article pages on this wiki protected now?
When I attempt to edit these help pages, I get this message:
Please note: The Help namespace is semi-protected due to Shared Help.
You do not have permission to edit pages in the Help namespace.
Anno1404 02:22, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
Response: Help_talk:Shared_Help#I_cannot_contribute_to_these_pages Anno1404 20:41, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Inter-subpage linking[]

I'm creating a template/set of templates - We have 3 similar but very separate pages associated with each article. They are:

  • Main
  • Main/Subpage1
  • Main/Subpage2

The template(s) sit at the top of each page and display links to the different pages on the same subject:

  • Main-to-subpage links are easy
  • Subpage-to-main links I can do (a link to "../")
  • Subpage-subpage links... I can't figure that one out. Can you suggest anything?

Thanks!

--DuneFish "Good fences make good neighbors." 23:28, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Whoops - wasn't as difficult as I thought - link to ../subpage1 will do it. Simples!

Help[]

I made a wiki today but it says im not an admin--The cheif 05:16, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Please use the Forum, or contact Wikia Staff using Special:Contact. Tedjuh10 - Talk 20:07, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Search Works How?[]

Forgive me, I don't get the search function. I can make a search box, or use the default one, but it never seems to find anything, even text I know is present. Help.Alexander Baker 23:58, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried Help:Searching? If so, I recommend Special:Contact if you have further questions. Kirkburn (talk) 10:33, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

dropdown box[]

how do you make the "show" or "hide" for drop down box beside the word instead of below. I tried making the content box and the show/hide button is shown below instead of beside. Anyone can explain why ? Thanks in advance.--JackZ 08:53, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

This page is for discussing the Help:Contents page. For staff assistance, please use Special:Contact. For user support, please post on the central forums. Just click the yellow "Help forum" link on the sidebar. --Uberfuzzy 17:17, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

Natural Attack and Defense[]

In dueling and battling, there is reference to natural attack and defense points...how do I figure out mine? (you used 100/200 respectively) are these the number of stmaina and energy I have? Please provide more guidence. Thank you. 173.142.36.203 19:41, May 1, 2010 (UTC)katrinmd

It seems you have wandered to this wiki from somewhere else. --Uberfuzzy 23:49, May 2, 2010 (UTC)

Magazine?[]

How do I create a magazine? And can I do this withut signing up?

See Help:Magazine_Creator, and no. --Uberfuzzy 17:30, May 24, 2010 (UTC)

Looking for egipcian gods[]

Hello, I'm from Portugal and I'm looking for the 3 egyptian gods. I'd like to buy them for a good price


Please, don't just mess around on this Wikia. This is silly and childish 81.106.110.93 19:03, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

unable to edit main space pages again[]

this is really ridiculous, I cannot edit main space pages again. I was supposedly okay-ed a while ago. With a confirmation of my e-mail, the edits I have, and the amount of time I have edited.

there are only 351 pages in this wiki, which can easily be monitored by the community without blocking most good faith editors. Anno1404 14:41, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

I can edit the pages again. sigh. Anno1404 15:50, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

Possible to add a ask a question link to the forum?[]

Is it possible to add a "ask a question" link to the forum on the main page? Anno1404 15:50, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

How do you reply?[]

i feel dumb just asking this. how do you reply to someone in the talk sections? do you just go to edit?

66.81.36.49 03:05, July 2, 2010 (UTC)amatus

Help Index[]

I think it might be very HELPFUL if the help index is listed in the front help page instead of being listed in tiny letters on the bottom of the help sub-pages. This will insure that new users can quickly find the help they are seeking instead of pressing different buttons hoping to find the right right subject and wasting time. It's not a hard thing to do and will save time and effort. Talk 19:42, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

I don't mind the tiny letters, I just want a link to Help:Index from the first help page instead of having to click one of the buttons first. Duskey(talk) 20:33, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

Interlanguage link request[]

Could an admin please add the interlanguage link [[pt:Ajuda:Conteúdos]] to this page? Thanks. 019mgq 17:00, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

A wikia alerts feed?[]

I just got a notice pushed to my talk page about about some server maintenance. I dismissed it, and now I want to see it again. Where is it? Is there a Wikia news alert feed somewhere? This seems like something that should be easily findable from help.wikia.com or community.wikia.com, but I'm unable to find it. --GrantB 15:11, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

How do you delete a wiki?[]

I don't really need my wiki anymore, and I need to delete it. How do you do this? Thank you very much.

Please read Help:Delete#Deleting a wiki. 019mgq 01:41, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
Use Special:Contact to contact A Wikia Staff--Sam Wang (talk) 10:54, December 8, 2011

Userbox Problem![]

I need a HELP! on my page at http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/wiki/User:Fafa123, I didn't find the userbox that i could make. what should i do? and how do i make userboxes? --Fafa123 19:59, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

This is a question for your Wiki's admins, not here. Anyway, I think you want to use the Template:Userbox that's on your wiki. If you don't know how to use templates, then you need to spend time reading some Wiki how-to docs. --GrantB 20:10, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

tiny typo[]

In the box that is at the bottom of the standard Help page, a caption for a large button reads "Dig deeper in to wiki editing" and "in to" should be "into". Thumlyly 9/28/10

Redirecting all pages here[]

See: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Editor_moved_all_help_pages Anno1404 18:21, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for the confusion, but we are working to update all of the help pages to match the new look. I just wrote up a style guide with some suggestions. Let me know if you would like to help update this week. Thanks, --Sarah (Help Forum) (blog) 22:18, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Automatic edit summaries[]

How do i make an Automatic edit summaries?--Kjam 00:41, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

Leave infobox fields blank?[]

Hi, I'm wondering how to leave a field in an infobox blank. I know everyone just says don't put anything there, but that's not working... for example, on this template: [1], if I didn't want to include a "Faction" field on a certain page but still leave it on the template so other pages could have a Faction field, how would I do that? Any help would be greatly appreciated!--Tiptup Jr. 06:23, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

You do it by placing each field in the infobox within an #if: statement. The #if: statement first verifies whether the field has been passed to the infobox; if so, then the field is displayed, otherwise nothing is shown. Check w:c:pt.onepiece:Predefinição:Personagens for a live example. Note that the #if: uses pipes to separate its elements; the parser will confuse these pipes (which belong to the #if:) with the pipes used to define the table. So, within an #if: statement, to specify a pipe that belongs to the table you must use {{!}} instead. -- 019mgq 13:12, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
Thank you so much! After tinkering around some, I've got it to work to my advantage... I had to do quite a lot searching and I still couldn't find an answer to that, so once again- Thank you. :) --Tiptup Jr. 21:52, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

Header Problem[]

Hi, I'm an admin over on the Ōkami Wiki and right now we're having some problems with the header image on the site. The image is located here. It's exactly the same as it has always been but recently it has begun to appear incorrectly on all the pages. Just look here and you will see what I mean. The whole image is there but right at the bottom is what appears to be the top of the image repeated. Any help would be greatly appreciated--Soul reaper 08:34, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

Contents Box Where I Don't Want It[]

Hi there. I'm redesigning the front page of the Alex Rider Fannon Wiki using the Lostpedia front page template, but a content box for article navigation keeps appearing when I publish and I don't want it there. Is there some way to hide or block it from appearing?

Thanks, WarriorLoverInc 18:01, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

Programming various templates and wiki pages[]

I recently adopted Zoey 101 wiki, and I need help programming templates and making wiki pages. Is there a way to program a wiki page so that it works as a community page, and a way to program a new template? --Dimes Are 4Ever 01:22, May 19, 2011 (UTC)

i cannot see the edit box or headline PLEASE HELP. Not even TIMEOIN could fix it, and he's a god![]

Hi, im LukaSlayR13, and my problem is that when i go to edit on SkyrimWiki (not that it matters where...) and the white box (like the one these words are in) isnt there, and the header/ headline (like the above) isnt there either. i can usethe code view but due to the lack of code knowledge in my brain i dont use it. Also, on Blogs and Blog posts, i cannot use the "preview" or "publish" buttons, even IF (that is if) the box (usually only the header) appears. I NEED to help my fellow Wikians and i have been de-ranked by 3 positions already due to this problem. Please help my lingering soul....


LukaSlayR13


LukaSlayR13•'Ipod songs are like kids. You can listen to them or lose them, but there's usually no refund' 04:04, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

help me to unblocked me pls.

Language Request[]

Hi, in Wikia Help main page is interlanguage links and there is not interlanguage link to Ohje Wikia/"Finnish Help wiki". Anyone admin or wikia staff can add it, please! link to Ohje Wikia Tofu II 16:49, March 12, 2011 (UTC)

Can you add the inter-wiki link to the italian version as well? Thank you. Leviathan_89 11:17, August 30, 2011 (UTC)

Changin your Hub Help![]

I want to change my Hub on my Wiki to gaming. How can you do it?Thanks! --Koranean-Air 08:56, September 3, 2011 (UTC)Koranean-Air

Test Tool

How about registered users have a new ability: Create Test. So you can create a test about anything related to your wiki topic and have actions such as select and then submit and see how much you've got correct or wrong. Sound interesting?
Signed: Sam Wang 05:06, October 27, 2011 (UTC)

Chat[]

Please let people access chat from any browser. It keeps saying I connected from another browser when I didn't. Please fix this.

Maxwell Cohen 18:47, October 30, 2011 (UTC)Maxwell Cohen

Try using Google Chrome--Sam Wang (talk) 10:55, December 8, 2011

Default wiki theme[]

How do i set monobook as the default wiki theme for all users including unregistered ones (im the admin on one) User:Zurgat/Sig 17:14, November 26, 2011 (UTC)

Fancy Stub Help?[]

Can anyone help me make one of those fancy stubs? Like the 'Chiron needs your help' ones of the Percy Jackson wiki. I really need it for the Tapestry wiki and none of us over there know how to make one. Thanks if you can help! Dove of War 14:46, January 14, 2012 (UTC)

Red Link[]

There is a red link in the main page, so the source should look like:

<div style="width:620px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><verbatim>HelpButtons</verbatim>

<div style="font-size:14px;">'''Welcome to Wikia Help! What can we help you with today?'''</div>

<div style="width:620px"><centralhelpsearch /></div>

<div style="float:left; width:300px; margin-right: 20px;">
<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Wikia_Basics|<span>Wikia Basics</span><br />New to Wikia? Just getting started? We've got you covered.]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Contributing|<span>Contributing</span><br />Everything you need to know about adding content to a wiki.]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Designing_your_wiki|<span>Designing Your Wiki</span><br />Backgrounds, colors, layouts, and organization!]]</div></div>

<div style="float:left; width:300px;">

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Getting_Technical|<span>Getting Technical</span><br />Advanced materials for technical customization.]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Managing_Your_Community|<span>Managing Your Community</span><br />Attracting members, encouraging editors, and handling tough situations.]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Managing_Your_Account|<span>Managing Your Account</span><br />Lost your password? Trying to change your username? Help is here.]]</div></div>

<div style="text-align:right;font-weight:bold">[[Help:Index|View all topics...]]</div><br style="clear:both"/>

==Frequently Asked Questions==


<div style="float:left; width:300px; margin-right: 20px;">
* [[Help:Start a new Wikia wiki|How do I create a new wiki?]]
* [[Help:Contacting Wikia|How do I contact Wikia?]]
* [[Help:Changing_your_username|How do I change my username?]]
* [[Help:Profiles|How do I manage my profile?]]
* [[Help:Closing_an_account|How do I close my account?]]
* [[Help:Modifying text|How do I edit a wiki page?]]
* [[Help:Wiki activity|How do I see what's new on a wiki?]]
* [[Help:Theme designer|How do I customize my wiki?]]
* [[Help:Layout builder|How do I create page templates?]]
* [[Help:Main page|How do I set up my main page?]]
</div>

<div style="float:left; width:300px;">
* [[Help:Blocking|How do I block people?]]
* [[Help:Making a successful wiki|How do I make my wiki successful?]]
* [[Help:Attracting contributors|How do I attract new users?]]
* [[Help:Wikitext|How do I use wikitext?]]
* [[Help:Magic words|How do I use magic words?]]
* [[Help:How to report bugs|How do I report bugs?]]
* [[Help:New page|How do I create a new page?]]
* [[Help:Formatting pages|How do I format pages?]]
* [[Help:Photos|How do I add photos?]]
* [[Help:Wiki activity|How do I see what's changed recently?]]
</div>
<br style="clear:both"/>

==Other support resources...==


<div align="center" style="width:620px;">
'''[[w:c:community:Community_Central|Community Central]]''' •
'''[[w:c:community:Admin_Central:Main_Page|Founder & Admin Central]]''' •
'''[[w:c:community:Special:Chat|Community Chat]]'''<br />
'''[[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog|Staff Blog]]''' • '''[[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Technical_Updates|Technical Updates]]''' • '''[[w:c:community:Webinars|Webinars]]''' • 
'''[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Help]'''<br />'''[[w:c:community:Community_Central_Forum|Support Forums]]''' • '''[[Special:Contact|Contact Wikia]]'''
</div>
</div>
__NOEDITSECTION__

[[de:Hilfe:Übersicht]]
[[fr:Aide:Contenu]]
[[es:Ayuda:Contenidos]]
[[it:Aiuto Wiki]]
[[nl:Help:Inhoud]]
[[pl:Pomoc:Zawartość]]
[[pt:Ajuda:Conteúdos]]
[[ru:Справка:Содержание]]
[[Category:Help| ]]

Or move Help:Designing your wiki to Help:Designing Your Wiki Sam Wang 04:17, January 24, 2012 (UTC)

Interwiki?[]

Can an admin please change the link to the MediaWiki site to be an interwiki link so it doesn't have that weird external link symbol?

---****--- Roads 19:47,1/25/2012

Appearance[]

Please change MediaWiki:HelpButtons to:

<style>
.helptopics a {
margin: 10px;
text-align: center;
width: 260px;
height: 260px;
display: inline-block;
border-radius:130px;
color: #666
background-color: #ccc;
}

.helptopics a span. {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 18px;
color: #333;
}

.helptopics a:hover {
background-color:#ccc;
}

.bodyCentralSearchWrap #bodyCentralSearchInput {
border: 2px solid #ccc !important;
}
</style>

Sam Wang 04:27, February 25, 2012 (UTC)

Why? — SpikeToronto 09:08, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
I mean:
<style>
.helptopics a {
margin: 10px;
text-align: center;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
display: inline-block;
border-radius:150px;
color: #666;
font-size: 18px;
background-color: #333;
font-weight:bold;
}

.helptopics a:hover {
background-color:#ccc;
}

.bodyCentralSearchWrap #bodyCentralSearchInput {
border: 2px solid #ccc !important;
}
</style>
And change Help:Contents to:

<div style="width:620px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><verbatim>HelpButtons</verbatim>

<div style="font-size:14px;">'''Welcome to Wikia Help! What can we help you with today?'''</div>

<div style="width:620px"><centralhelpsearch /></div>

<div style="float:left; width:310px;">
<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Wikia_Basics|Wikia Basics]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Contributing|Contributing]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Designing_Your_Wiki|Designing Your Wiki]]</div></div>

<div style="float:left; width:310px;">

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Getting_Technical|Getting Technical]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Managing_Your_Community|Managing Your Community]]</div>

<div class="helptopics">[[Help:Managing_Your_Account|Managing Your Account]]</div></div>

<div style="text-align:right;font-weight:bold">[[Help:Index|View all topics...]]</div><br style="clear:both"/>

==Frequently Asked Questions==


<div style="float:left; width:310px;">
* [[Help:Start a new Wikia wiki|How do I create a new wiki?]]
* [[Help:Contacting Wikia|How do I contact Wikia?]]
* [[Help:Changing_your_username|How do I change my username?]]
* [[Help:Profiles|How do I manage my profile?]]
* [[Help:Closing_an_account|How do I close my account?]]
* [[Help:Modifying text|How do I edit a wiki page?]]
* [[Help:Wiki activity|How do I see what's new on a wiki?]]
* [[Help:Theme designer|How do I customize my wiki?]]
* [[Help:Layout builder|How do I create page templates?]]
* [[Help:Main page|How do I set up my main page?]]
</div>

<div style="float:left; width:310px;">
* [[Help:Blocking|How do I block people?]]
* [[Help:Making a successful wiki|How do I make my wiki successful?]]
* [[Help:Attracting contributors|How do I attract new users?]]
* [[Help:Wikitext|How do I use wikitext?]]
* [[Help:Magic words|How do I use magic words?]]
* [[Help:How to report bugs|How do I report bugs?]]
* [[Help:New page|How do I create a new page?]]
* [[Help:Formatting pages|How do I format pages?]]
* [[Help:Photos|How do I add photos?]]
* [[Help:Wiki activity|How do I see what's changed recently?]]
</div>
<br style="clear:both"/>

==Other support resources...==


<div align="center" style="width:620px;">
'''[[w:c:community:Community_Central|Community Central]]''' •
'''[[w:c:community:Admin_Central:Main_Page|Founder & Admin Central]]''' •
'''[[w:c:community:Special:Chat|Community Chat]]'''<br />
'''[[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog|Staff Blog]]''' • '''[[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Technical_Updates|Technical Updates]]''' • '''[[w:c:community:Webinars|Webinars]]''' • 
'''[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Help]'''<br />'''[[w:c:community:Community_Central_Forum|Support Forums]]''' • '''[[Special:Contact|Contact Wikia]]'''
</div>
</div>
__NOEDITSECTION__

[[de:Hilfe:Übersicht]]
[[fr:Aide:Contenu]]
[[es:Ayuda:Contenidos]]
[[it:Aiuto Wiki]]
[[nl:Help:Inhoud]]
[[pl:Pomoc:Zawartość]]
[[pt:Ajuda:Conteúdos]]
[[ru:Справка:Содержание]]
[[Category:Help| ]]
So it has help buttons with circle backgrounds Sam Wang 04:59, February 27, 2012 (UTC)


Implementing chat[]

Hello , I want to ask about the Special:Chat , how to put this features on my wikia? Please answer my question! -THANKS Hilman008 10:33, May 1, 2012 (UTC) thanks


Please answer this question! I have to know as well! Xman8745 (talk) 02:30, November 9, 2013 (UTC)

Spotlights[]

How the people put their wikias on spotlight ? -=_[Window_789456]_=- 20:10, May 22, 2012 (UTC)

See w:c:community:Spotlight. — SpikeToronto 06:36, May 23, 2012 (UTC)

Search box text[]

I was wondering how to change the words displayed in the search bar. Rather than have it say "Search this wiki" I want it to say "Search the Net" (related to my wiki). Please help. Teenbat - God of Blood 01:40, August 20, 2012 (UTC)

I’m a little confused, TeenBat. If you change the text in the search box to say “Search the Net” instead of “Search this wiki”, it will not be searching the net; it will only be searching the local wiki. The text you are proposing would be misleading, inaccurate, and incorrect. — SpikeToronto 04:01, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
Its MediaWiki:Tooltip-search. But remember what Spike said.  Ultimate Supreme talk · wiki I · wiki II  06:41, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I don't mean it to be misleading. Anyone who is using the wiki would understand. It's the Ender's Game Wiki, and 'The Nets' are used in those novels quite often. Teenbat - God of Blood 01:18, August 22, 2012 (UTC)
And anyway, I made it so it would say "Search the Philotic Web". Teenbat - God of Blood 01:23, August 22, 2012 (UTC)

Chat[]

When I want to chat, I get a blank page. I use Google Chrome and it doesn't work on an iPad or Laptop. I tried typing in Special:chat as well as clicking links, but the result was the same. A blank page. —This unsigned comment is by Daminark (wallcontribs) 04:13 September 8, 2012 (UTC). Please sign your comments by adding "~~~~" in the source editor.

Unfortunately, this is not a help wiki. There is no one here to answer your question. Please try any of the various forums at the Community Central Wiki. Also, you may use Special:Contact at the wiki where you are having difficulty to contact Wikia Staff. Hope this helps! — SpikeToronto 10:27, September 16, 2012 (UTC)

Help:Contents' search is broken[]

This contents feature is now broken due to the help move to CC. Please fix the search box embeded into Help:Contents so that it actually searches CC rather than the wiki the user is on at the time. Thanks! :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 07:19, November 13, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out, we are looking into it! BertH (help forum | blog) 01:48, November 14, 2012 (UTC)
Good luck! ;) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 04:35, November 14, 2012 (UTC)

"Locking" Wiki?[]

Hello! I would like to ask if it is possible to make it so nobody may contribute to your wiki? unless? they are an Administrator. Thanks.

F960 (Pikadex) (talk) 22:52, November 25, 2012 (UTC)

Hmm... Well, firstly this isn't the right place for this kinda question. Please use Forum:Support Requests in future. Why do you want your wiki locked? This isn't the right attitude for wiki-editing. However, if your wiki is under extreme attack from IPs Wikia staff will lock the editing of said wiki to only let logged in users edit. This can be attempted via Special:Contact/general and will only be temporary. On the other hand, Wikia isn't a personal web-site hosting service; if that is your aim you will have more luck achieving that on a dedicated web hosting service. Starfleet Academy (Messages) 23:34, November 25, 2012 (UTC)

Links[]

The links to the old forum should be updated and link to the new one, however, there are now 3 support forums for different subjects. Should it include links to all 3, only to the root forum, or not be changed at all?
Penguin-Pal (talk) 16:20, December 31, 2012 (UTC)

Contents[]

How do i put contents in wikis like this one:

Untitled2`1e

Is it in templates? or is it only in a specific page?

SmoshFan101 (talk) 07:22, June 6, 2013 (UTC)

oops,i knew it already now, you can do it by putting _ _ T O C _ _ (NO SPACES)

SmoshFan101 (talk) 07:37, June 6, 2013 (UTC)

The Table of Contents will appear automatically (without forcing it) if you have enough headers (big text, like "Contents" just above) on your page. In the future, please take questions like this to the forums. Elecbullet (talk) 11:14, June 6, 2013 (UTC)

Search Bar[]

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to make the search bar on a wiki a little different, such as incasing it in a cloud. Thanks. --IStoleThePies | Message Wall | Contributions 22:55, June 6, 2013 (UTC)

Links At Bottom Don't Work[]

Broken Links

The links at the Bottom of the Help Contents don't point to the right places; they go to blank pages in my own wiki, rather than Comm Central, which I think is where they're supposed to go.

: )
RG

-----
Legends: Rise of a Hero Wiki
Game of Thrones: Ascent Wiki 02:08, June 15, 2013 (UTC)

Same here. It's something to do with the
  1. NewWindowLink parser function and the page being fetched from CC. I did a test of said parser function on a wiki and it works fine on ordinary pages. If this wasn't happening before the 1st, then it's something to do with this revision that dumped the, so-called, "ugly URLs". ;) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 04:52, June 15, 2013 (UTC)
This should fix it. Report back in a day or so when the cache clears if it doesn't. Rappy 06:24, June 15, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Rappy, and will do. :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 02:48, June 16, 2013 (UTC)

Community Forum Help[]

I've been trying to work on my wiki's Forum (metalstorm.wikia.com) and for some reason when I try to add a new topic to Help desk and my general discussion page (which I later deleted because I thought I did something wrong) it comes up with:

Badtitle

The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title. It may contain one or more characters that can't be used in titles.

Return to MetalStorm Wiki.


Please help, and thank you for helping.

--SpartanVenator117 (talk) 18:17, July 25, 2013 (UTC)

I've found out what my problem is. Nevermind. --SpartanVenator117 (talk) 20:29, July 25, 2013 (UTC)

link title§--74.87.133.62 19:46, December 22, 2015 (UTC) @charset "utf-8"; /* CSS Document */ @import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato); #loading,#success{display:none;} body { padding:0; margin:0; background:#efefef; font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; } .header { padding:10px; margin:10px auto 0; background:#fff; max-width:800px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 8px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 8px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 8px; border-top-left-radius: 8px; border-top-right-radius: 8px; border-bottom:1px solid #CCC; } .header h1 { margin:0; font-weight:100; color:#000; text-align:center; } .header p { text-align:center; font-size:15px; } .container { padding: 10px; margin:0 auto 30px auto; background:#fff; max-width:800px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 8px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 8x; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 8px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 8px; border-bottom-right-radius: 8px; border-bottom-left-radius: 8px; } h2,h3 { text-align:center; } .question_container { margin:20px 0; } .question { font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; padding: 10px; background:#cee3ff; } .answer { padding:5px 0 5px 20px; font-size:13px; } .answer:hover { background: #efefee; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; } .submit { border-top:1px solid #CCC; text-align:center; padding:20px 0; } 74.87.133.62 19:46, December 22, 2015 (UTC)input[type="submit"] { background:#4b97d3; color:#fff; padding:15px; border:0; font-size:17px; width:250px; cursor:pointer; } .footer { text-align:center; font-size:12px; } .footer p { border-top: 1px solid #999; margin: 0 auto 22px; width: 250px; padding-top:10px; } .footer img { height:30px; } How could I see how many edits I've made to the wiki? Aside from the number on my personal profile, that is. ネクロ (Necro) TALK 03:40, October 25, 2013 (UTC)

See Special:Editcount. Vĕģą-Ďāґķ 03:40, October 25, 2013 (UTC)

Title Editing[]

Hi, is it possible to edit titles of articles?

Cheers. 01Salty (talk) 04:58, January 18, 2014 (UTC)

Yes, click the little down arrow next to the edit button and select rename. Kiwichris (talk) 06:29, February 21, 2014 (UTC)

Image adding error[]

I got the following error message trying to add a message to a wiki. I was told to report it.

Could not create directory "mwstore://swift-backend/spiderman-films/images/d/d8". <a href="/index.php?title=Special:Contact&wpContactProblem=Bug:Directory+permission+error">Please report the above error using this form</a>

Any ideas why and/or what to do? Kiwichris (talk) 06:27, February 21, 2014 (UTC)

Source to Visual[]

Can't change to Visual while editing[]

Whenever I try to edit my wiki's Main Page, it automatically goes to Source mode, but I'm not very good when it comes to Source mode, so I try to change to Visual, but this pops up: "Rich test editing has been disabled because the page contains complex mode". How do I go to Visual mode and does this mean that if I want to switch to Visual mode, I need to delete everything?

Missdisneylandninja (talk) 19:31, February 28, 2014 (UTC)Missdisneylandninja

The current RTE editor of Wikia is unable to work with pages containing complex wikitext, so if you see this error, you can only use Source mode. However, Wikia is currently testing the new VisualEditor, being developed in conjunction with the Wikimedia Foundation—the organization behind Wikipedia and a multitude of other projects—which should be able to handle these cases as well. TK-999 (talk) 19:41, February 28, 2014 (UTC)

Picture frustration[]

I was just havin' a furustin' time with picture upoadin'. Like I had (a few minutes ago) uploaded a picture with the same name, but it changed the thumbnail preview picture and I couldn't delete it to change to the picture's name! and I can't erase my history of that mistake...What should I do?

Still doll85 (talk) 06:12, June 25, 2014 (UTC)

Using Different Fonts[]

How do I upload new fonts to my Wikia? Can I do this if I'm not founder/admin of the Wikia?

CheatSource (talk) 06:10, July 30, 2014 (UTC)

Page not showing?[]

I need help!!! When I make a page, it did not showed up on"pages on this wiki" plz tell me why

                                                               INeo (talk) 00:30, January 2, 2015 (UTC)iNeo
Paste the full page URL here and someone may be able to start looking for a solution for you. 119.224.114.67 06:01, January 2, 2015 (UTC)

Unwanted Activity[]

How do I delete unwanted "Activity" from the "Wiki Activity"? I made a mistake and I wanna get rid of it Still doll85 (talk) 00:19, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

Photo question[]

I know I'm startin' to be a pest, but I have question. I uploaded a newer version of a picture for an article. And the picture moved to another part of the "Photos" secetion. I kind of hastily forgot to put down "newer version" for the summery. Now my question is: Why did it happened? Still doll85 (talk) 06:56, February 8, 2015 (UTC)

Please take down BenjamiTheTrainKid wikia![]

Please take down BenjaminTheTrainKid Wikia! It is designed to harass users, including me.


http://benjaminthetrainkid.wikia.com/wiki/Background_Information


Benjamin Hamilton (talk) 02:42, September 19, 2015 (UTC)Benjamin

Help with the Navigation[]

When I try to edit the navigation on my wikia, I can't link it to category pages that already exist. I need help. the link to the wikia: http://endiethewolf.wikia.com/wiki/EndieTheWolf_Wikia So, can anyone help? I desparately need some info on editing it.

The_Aurora_Wolf (talk) 08:20, February 12, 2016 (UTC)TheAuroraWolfThe_Aurora_Wolf (talk) 08:20, February 12, 2016 (UTC)

What happens when you try to add it? Shyguy-emoticon.gifJoey (talk)

blank space to underscore[]

Is there anyway to change a text value like: This is an example

to: This_is_an_example

? To use for anchor name EoB (talk)

Please help me. I'm computer illiterate and handicapped. Kindly assist me in creating a wikia page for Steve Comisar. He is a highly notable actor and con man. Use these reliably sourced references:

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131409/

WIKIPEDIA: https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Comisar (Hollywoodstarlet (talk) 19:34, May 6, 2016 (UTC))

I go missing.[]

If I try to log in on certain pages, I'm told that my credentials cannot be found. So far, this has happened everywhere but from the front page of my wiki. Caused me to panic a bit, so... help would be appreciated.

Justzoni (talk) 16:55, May 25, 2016 (UTC)

Untitled message[]

don't know why you remove my recruitment post for boom beach

i deleted the old one first

wrote a new one

it had no swear words or vulgar refrencess , never "bumped" it once ,

and you put me on the can't use list

what did i do wrong ?

PETER A SWEET (talk) 10:53, October 15, 2016 (UTC)Addmeral Crush

Hey, this isn't a place to discuss some things from other wikis, maybe you should ask that over on w:c:boom-beach? -- Cube-shaped garbage can 11:00, October 15, 2016 (UTC)
Hello guys Let's help Grassy out of the TLC together! (talk) 06:17, November 25, 2017 (UTC)me

How do I add country flag icons to a Wikia I wish to create?[]

Very simple: I want to add country flag icons to a Wikia table I am creating.

I know NOTHING about coding, etc., so when I went to look up how to add COUNTRY FLAGS to my wikia, nothing made sense to me, and I just kept getting roundabout answers on how to do things.

I AM HOPING that someone can help me add country flag icons to a Wikia page in VERY SIMPLE terms? I checked the guide on the dev.wikia page, but got confused when it said to add a JavaScript? WHERE do I add this JavaScript? If someone could help me walk through this process in VERY SIMPLE TERMS, I'd really appreciate it, thank you!

Help page requests[]

How does one go about requesting a help page be written for a topic? Also am I correct in thinking that all help pages here on CC are used on all wikis unless rewritten by the wiki? Lady Aleena (talk) 05:23, January 3, 2018 (UTC)

How Do I Add External Images To An Article Without Uploading The Images?[]

Just a question, how exactly do I add external images to a Article Page on my wiki on Wikia? I want to show the image, example http://p1.liveauctioneers.com/119/9255/1858476_1_l.jpg as if it was already embedded on an Article Page, without uploading the images to my Wiki?

If anyone knows what I'm on about, please leave a reply at https://warrenwoodhouse.wikia.com/wiki/Message_Wall:Warrenwoodhouse

Thanks.

Warren Woodhouse | Blog | Talk | Videos | Quote: "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. What I can't accept is not trying." - Quote By: Michael Jordan 10:36, September 15, 2018 (UTC)

I'm going to reply here because that's how talkpages usually work and because everybody should know the answer if asked in a public place like this, but anybody feel free to put it elsewhere to notify the author.
Only images with their hosts defined in MediaWiki:External image whitelist, which is only editable by Staff, can be embedded directly into articles by simply putting the link to them. For example, full URLs to images on Wikia's servers will embed like that. On Community Central, links to Imgur images will embed like that as well, because that's defined in the external image whitelist.
You can request changes to the external image whitelist through Special:Contact/general, but Staff are very strict about it are usually only allow embeds from trusted image-hosting sites, such as Imgur or Photobucket, because images on there are sure to undergo image review, so it is very unlikely you'll get a permission to embed images from p1.liveauctioneers.com.
-- Cube-shaped garbage can 19:50, September 15, 2018 (UTC)

Changing from the Community Builder Skin to the Oasis Skin[]

Link: https://cartoonia.fandom.com

I was creating the Cartoonia Wiki when suddenly the "Use Community Builder" message showed up, I got interested in it but I found out it didn't had the same features as regular Wikis. I somehow can't switch it to the usual style that most wikis have, and, whenever I use Special:Contact, I kept getting the same message saying "Is there a specific reason why you want to change the wiki to the old layout?" And after a FEW months, THEY DIDN'T EVEN CHANGE IT!

If you can PLEASE change it to the usual style that regular wikis have, that'd be appreciated. If you can't, delete it (because I wanted to start it all over again and re-create it with the old wiki style that most wikis have) and have me be able to re-create it over again!


TO REITERATE: I USED COMMUNITY BUILDER BECAUSE I WANTED TO TRY IT OUT, BUT THEN I REALIZED IT DIDN'T HAVE MOST OF THE FEATURES THAT REGULAR WIKIS HAVE, AND I CANNOT RECREATE IT FOR SOME REASON. I CHOSE COMMUNITY BUILDER BY MISTAKE! THAT IS WHY! AND THE REASON I WANT IT DELETED (and eventually being able to be re-created again by me) IS THAT I CAN RE-CREATE IT WITH THE OASIS SKIN! (sorry, caps)

TomCat9000 18:33, March 2, 2019 (UTC)

Technical issues with making pages and editing,

Okay so my wikia here Nuclear Hurricane Minecraft Gamer Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia i cant seem to edit anything becuase it takes foever to load and me and my staff are having this Slow loading problem

LordOfMinecraft 13:53, March 21, 2019 (UTC)Nuclear hurricane of ardaLordOfMinecraft 13:53, March 21, 2019 (UTC)

Contents Problem[]

Whenever I have a template if i type on that page it gets added to the templates contents. How do I fix this?

Wikiflamer (talk) 21:58, July 9, 2019 (UTC)Wikiflamer

Turkish language[]

Add [[tr:w:c:tr.help:Yardım:İçerikler]] language. --BaRaN6161TURK (Discussion) 16:14, November 29, 2019 (UTC)

big billy 03:44, January 8, 2021 (UTC) i can't edit my profile or edit pages it says this There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, or search the related logs, but you do not have permission to create this page.

help

this page[]

what is this for page

falling through the flooor in sci pathos 3[]

how do i fix this i need help

Guko Quests bugs[]

I had just gotten the seventh dragon ball and went to guko to gain the quest. once I had gotten the quest it performed the first of two bugs being the incorrect quest file bugs. instead of saying the 100 block damage, take damage, and do damage points it showed a way higher amount then before. This has happened to me before when I did the quest for reaper and all I had to do was reload my game and then was able to get the correct amount for the quest. So it happened to me again and I decided to do it again but instead of the quest changing it completely deleted and I lost all my dragon balls and cannot ask for the quest again. It had taken me six hours to gain the dragon balls from the crap and inconsistent spawn rate of the dragon balls. I really don't want to do it again and it has just put me off the game for now. I wish for this bug to be fixed so this does not happen to anyone else. I also wish to gain the quest or get Broly as that was what I was going for and think I need a break from all this crappy bugs and glitches.

Deleting Things You Made[]

I need help with figuring out how to delete a thing i made. I didn't realize that I was taking other people's art and using it. I put it in the wrong area, because I didn't know you had to put it in a certain area and i HAVE PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT area but i want to delete it now. I don't want to use OTHER people's art. it is wrong, but I didn't mean to. it is amking me sad. HELP. HELP.HELP.HELP.HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please increase the navigation hitbox[]

<div class="centralhelpbox" data-link="Getting_Started" style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 240px; margin: 0 5px 10px 0; border: 1px solid silver; padding: 40px 20px 10px;">[[File:Getting Started icon.png|center|link=Help:Getting Started]]<br /><span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold">Getting Started</span><br />Where & how to get started on Fandom</div>

The Problem: The cursor: pointer; is suggestive of a clickable div, when it's actually only the 80×70 icons that link to other help pages. This is hugely misleading, and ends up being a point-and-click game – Not something I'd expect from a help page. --BryghtShadow (talk) 16:50, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Updated, thanks! I've used an overlapping span. I can't believe it's been like that for 9 years. noreplyz talk 03:18, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

How to change license in my wiki?[]

How do I edit the license under Category and Language fields? --Tangtang1 (talk) 12:45, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

App for computer.[]

Hello I was wondering if there was a fandom app for PC? —This unsigned comment is by Alexander Hay (wallcontribs). Please sign your comments by adding "~~~~" in the source editor.

There's no "app" as such (if you mean something like a version of the mobile app for desktop), but you can visit FanCentral if you want a similar experience of following topics and discussions around them. See also this landing page for more info on what it includes. –ReverieCode 09:38, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 And Z Fold 5's One UI 6.0 Coming On October 4, 2023![]

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, Tab S9/Tab S9+, Watch 6 And Z Fold 5, Tab S9 Ultra, Watch 6 Classic How This's Normal Coming On October 4, 2023! Suhaib Mahdi (talk) 12:03, September 27, 2023 (UTC)

Help me[]

Why am I not allowed to edit? I want to do editing on https://mlpfandom.com, but it won’t let me contact the administrators! Can you please give me permission to edit?

Infoboxes[]

Every time I try to use an infobox, I'm limited to certain data to place on the infobox. Can you tell me how to use the fully extended infobox? Thanks. ---Ian Prime.