User:Deborah/coding

How to code for beginners

''Car'' italicizes the word Car

'''Car''' Bolds the word Car

'''''Car''''' Bolds and Italicizes the word Car

[www.nick.com] links to an external site, nick.com

[[Category:A]] adds an article to Category, A

[[:Category:A]] links to the Category, A

[[:Category:Conservapedians|WXYZ]] links to the category, Conservapedians, using the word WXYZ

[[:Image:A.GIF]] links to the picture A.GIF

[[Image:A.GIF]] loads the picture A.GIF on an article

[[Car|Hello]] links to the article Car with the word Hello

[[Car]] links to the article Car using the word Car

{{Car}} adds the template Car to an article

#Redirect[[A]] redirects an article to the article, A

<big>abc</big> makes the text abc bigger

<big><big>abc</big></big> makes the text abc even bigger

<ref>[nick.com]</ref> cites nick.com as a reference for an article's claim

{{Reflist}} makes a list of all the references used in an article

{{SUBST:ABC}} 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

Use a reference more than once in an article

<ref name="a">[nick.com]</ref> is used for the first time

after that simply use <ref name="a"/>

Making templates

{{{1}}} creates a parameter for a template

{{{1|car}}} creates a parameter for a template whose default is car

{{{myage}}} creates a parameter named myage for a template

{{{myage|car}}} creates a parameter named myage for a template whose default is car

named parameters for example {{myage}} versus {{{1}}} or {{{2}}} or {{{3}}} 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, {{{1}}} is my age

you would put {{User age|12}} 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, {{{1}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{2}}}

you would put {{User age|12|December}} 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, {{{myage}}} is my age

you would put {{User age|myage=19}} 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, {{{myage}}} is my age, I was born in the month, {{{mymonth}}}

you would put {{User age|myage=19|my month=January}} for the template to display, 19 is my age, I was born in the month, January you also could put {{User age|my month=January|myage=19}} 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   User:Deborah (contributions) (talk)