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How to code for beginners


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

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

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

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


{{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

--~~~~ puts your signature on a page

{{welcome}} --~~~~ welcomes a user to Conservapedia, note this should only be put on a user's talk page

References

<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

Proposals

{{delete}} propose deletion of an article

{{merge with|A}} propose merging an article with the article, A

Linking

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

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

[[: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

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

Font

''Car'' italicizes the word Car

'''Car''' Bolds the word Car

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

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

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

<u>Hello</u> underlines the word Hello

<s>abc</s> strikes through abc

<font color=blue>Word</font> makes Word blue

<font size=55>abc</font> sets abc to the font size of 55


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"/>

Creating a list of internal links

*[[A]]

*[[B]]

*[[C]]

*[[D]]


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 {{SUBST:User:Deborah/sig}}