How to make a top-notch scummer's page

This wiki houses three types of people: Those that couldn't give a fudge about the MafiaWiki, those that have MediaWiki skills and can conjure up anything they want on a wiki-page and those that aspire to become a Wiki-Wizard. To check which category each scummer fits into all you need to do is search for their user page. If it doesn't exist; they belong to the "Fudge Wiki" group, if it looks fancy and awe inspiring they are one of the "Wiki-Wizards" and if it looks like someone attempted to make their scummer-page look good (when actually it's pretty awful) they belong to the "Wannabe-Wiki-Wizards".

The fact that you're on this page means that you are probably from this group. You aspire to make your scummer-page as good us those stuck-up "wizards", however you lack the sacred knowledge or creativity to make it look decent.

Well, you're in the right place, this page is all about making an amazing scummers-page, wgeurts has taken the time to research the ancient manuscripts and translate them into a language understandable by all.

Step 1: Making the user-page redirect to the scummer-page

Due to the technical admins we all have two user pages for some odd reasons, one prefaced by "User:" the other not. For example wgeurts has the pages wgeurts and User:wgeurts. To make the "User:-Name-" page redirect to the other one (this allows for quicker searches as users don't need to type "User:" to find your page) add the following to your page which is called User:*Whatever your MafiaScum username is*:

#REDIRECT [[*Whatever your MafiaScum username is*]]

You have now completed step 1, now it's time to actually make the page (and it's sub-pages).

Step 2: Making the sub-pages

A good scummer-page will have information on that users played games, modded games and that sort of information. Make pages for each separate topic in the following manner:

If you're making a sub-page for "Played-Games" then make a page called:

*Your Scummer-Page/Played-Games

So in my case "Wgeurts/Played-Games". Do this for each separate topic, changing the "/Played-Games" to whatever you want. For the sake of example this guide is going to use "Example/Played-Games" and "Example/Modded-Games".

Once you've made all the pages you need move on to step 3.

Step 3: Navigation

The most important thing for any website is how easy it is to navigate, the same applies to your scummer-page. I'm going to explain three different methods of navigation between your pages: Tabs, Nav-Bar by WikiTables and Nav-Bar by MafiaWikiNavbars.

Tabs

There are a few tab templates floating around the wiki however the best one is made by UberNinja this is what they will look like when set up:

Example

Played-Games

Modded-Games

Pretty cool huh? The template used to make these looks complex but is actually rather simple. First you add:

{{UNTabs|s=}}

After the "s=" right the number of the tab that you want "selected", in the example I put "1" here so the first is selected. Now it's time to add the tabs themselves. Due to the way UberNinja made the template you can have a max of seven tabs, however it's unlikely you'll need more.

First add this behind the "s=" and "}}":

|t1=|l1=

Looks cryptic doesn't it? It's actually quite simple; the "t1" stands for "Text 1" and the "l1" for "Link 1". Type the text you want on the first tab after "t1=" and the name of the page (this is case-sensitive) you want the tab to link to after "l1=". If you then want a second tab add "|t2=|l2=" and repeat the process until you've setup all the tabs you want. The syntax I used for the example was:

{{UNTabs|s=1|t1='''Example'''|l1=Example|t2=Played-Games|l2=Example/Played-Games|t3=Modded-Games|l3=Example/Modded-Games}}

WikiTable Nav-Bar

It is also possible to make a navigation bar using wiki table syntax, I've stolen this design from Wisdom's scummer page:

Example

Played-Games

Modded-Games

Also looks good doesn't it? This navigation bar will be easier for user with moderate knowledge of MediaWiki syntax to fiddle with, it also has an unlimited amount of possible links. Here's how to do it:

Copy and paste the following:

{| style="background: *Background-Color*; text-align: center; border: 5px solid *Border-Color*" align=center width=76%

|}

Now replace where I put *Border-Color* and *Background-Color* with the name of a color or a hex color code; like #ffffff for white. After that fill in the blank line with the following syntax to add the links:

| '''[[*Pagename|*Text shown for that link**]]'''

Click enter and repeat the process for every link you want to add. The syntax I used for the above example was this:

{| style="background: #FFBF00; text-align: center; border: 5px solid #7C0A02" align=center width=76%
| '''[[Example]]'''
| '''[[Example/Played-Games|Played-Games]]'''
| '''[[Example/Modded-Games|Modded-Games]]'''
|}

Wisdom's own navigation bar looks like this:

Main Page

Games

Modded Games

Achievements

Avatars

MafiaWiki Nav-Bars

I (wgeurts) recently added some CSS to the wiki allowing for quick easy navigation menu's to be generated. Here's an example:

• Example
  • SubTab
    • SubTab
• Played-Games
  • SubTab
    • SubTab
  • SubTab
    • SubTab
    • SubTab
• Modded-Games

As you can see this menu allows for sub-menu's which drop down after hovering your mouse over them. This menu will be the one to use if you want to really impress folks. Start by adding the following:

<div class="nav" align="center">
<ul>
</ul>
</div>

For every main link (visible without hovering) add this in-between the <ul> and </ul>:

<li>[[*Pagename to link to*|*Text shown*]]

To add sub-menus just add:

<ul>
</ul>

and continue adding links in-between those tags to go into the sub-menu in the manner stated above. The sub-menus can go two layers down max. This was the syntax I used for the example:

<div class="nav" align="center">
<ul>
<li>[[Example]]
<ul>
<li>[[SubTab]]
<ul>
<li>[[SubTab]]
</ul>
</ul>
<li>[[Example/Played-Games|Played-Games]]
<ul>
<li>[[SubTab]]
<ul>
<li>[[SubTab]]
</ul>
<li>[[SubTab]]
<ul>
<li>[[SubTab]]
<li>[[SubTab]]
</ul>
</ul>
<li>[[Example/Modded-Games|Modded-Games]]
</ul>
</div>

Step 4: Small Info-Boxes

Now you can navigate your pages it's time to start adding content giving viewers information about you. There are a few templates which create information-boxes; an excellent way of giving info at a glance without having the viewer read the main body. I recommend adding the following:

• Template:AlignmentPreference: This adds a little box with an image showing your favorite role/faction.
• Template:userbox: Provides some useful information and links to do with your account.

These templates are explained on the pages I've linked to, go ahead and use them if you want.

Step 5: The Body

There are two ways to do the main body; normally by just making it as you would make any wiki-page or the complex way using templates to make it look fancier. I'm going to explain the second way this step, feel free to add the main information without this though.