User:MalonyJenkins/FAQ

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MalonyJenkins - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Because editing a wiki isnt the easiest job.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Welcome to the page. I came to the Wiki to improve the mass amount of information and bring it up to 34.28 (at time of writing).

Admittedly my editing style is a tad odd. Hopefully any questions relating to my editing style or how to do certain things on edits can be answered below.

PZWiki Editing

I've had a question or two on how to actually do editing on a wikipage. Lets assume you're already registered and logged in. Please review this page which the administrators have already set up before continuing: Basic Content Editing



How do I put in a redirect to another page?

If you have come across a duplication or a unconnected language page, the redirect code is:

For example, on the Apple/fr page:

 
#REDIRECT [[Pomme]]
 

Simply change the name of 'Pomme' to the page you want to go to, and place it on the page.



How do I change the colour of the page that you have edited?

Okay, this is an example code you'd need to look at:

<div class="header" style="margin: 5px; align: right; background: #CEF2E0; padding: 13px; text-align: left; font-size: 100%; color:#000000; border: 1px solid #A3BFB1"> <!-- Code for Background Colour --> 

The " background: #CEF2E0;" is the part you need to change, and change the HEX code. Please try to use a colour that is gentle on the eyes. The only reason a colour was even put in was to make it easier to read. The wikipages are not meant to be a techni-colour rainbow.



Q:When looking at the food/item/etc pages, I've noticed a </div> is missing at the end.

This is completely intentional. It means whatever is typed in future, the background colour of the page will continue to run, and Wikipedia stops the code once it reaches displaying the category. If this changes in future, add a </div> at the end.



Q: How does the Navigation Bar Work?

Okay, this is the example you'd had been looking at:

<div style="float: left;background: #CEF2E0;border: 1px solid #A3BFB1; margin: -30pt -10.5pt">   '''Navigation''' - [[ Main_Page|Index]] -> [[:Category:Food|Food]] -> [[:Category:Perishable_Food|Perishable Foods]] -> [[{{PAGENAME}}]]   </div><!-- Code for Navigation Bar at top, special blank char's before '''Navigation''' to give space -->


Code in Div Function of Code Comments Example use
background: This sets the colour of the Navigation bar The code uses HEX colour code. Hex code is a six-digit, three-byte hexadecimal figure used in HTML, CSS, SVG, and other computing applications to represent colours. background: #CEF2E0;
border: This sets the border width of the bar and the colour. The code specifies the pixel width (#px) of the border, and the type of border (solid), and the colour of the border (which is chosen in HEX code) border: 1px solid #A3BFB1;
margin: This sets the placement of the bar off the main page. Depending on where you'd want the bar, this is how to control it. The placement is decided by pt figures in relation to the corner of the page and its alignment. margin: -30pt -10.5pt;
[[{{PAGENAME}}]] This creates a link to the name of the page and to link to it. The [[#]] on the outside create a link to the content in the centre, and the {{#}} part of it labels the page as the content in the middle of the link. User:MalonyJenkins/FAQ
[[:Category:Food|Food]] This creates a link to the category in the NavBar. The : before the name of the category is to denote it is linking to a category, and not a actual page. Otherwise putting [[Category:Food]] would make the Wiki search for a PAGE named this. Food



Q: I've tried to copy one of your pages and the Navigation Bar doesnt space out properly

Okay, this is an example code you'd had been looking at:

<div style="float: left;background: #CEF2E0;border: 1px solid #A3BFB1; margin: -30pt -10.5pt">   '''Navigation''' - [[ Main_Page|Index]] -> [[:Category:Food|Food]] -> [[:Category:Perishable_Food|Perishable Foods]] -> [[{{PAGENAME}}]]   </div><!-- Code for Navigation Bar at top, special blank char's before '''Navigation''' to give space -->

At the spaces between [[{{PAGENAME}}]] and </div>, while it looks like spaces made with a spacebar, this is not actually correct, what you actually see is a blank special character that has been pulled from the windows CHARMAP program, which is the No-break space (Alt+0160). If you place three of these before '''Navigation''' and after '''[[{{PAGENAME}}]]''', it will treat it as a character space and move the bar/text along.

When this code is copied to a fresh page, the computer copies it as a normal spacebar space, and thus it is no longer affects the coding and needs to be re-entered.



Q: What is the Version Category used for on the page

With Project Zomboid in constant flux due to development, keeping the pages accurate is crucial to have the website operating properly. The administrators decided years ago to implement a version policy by implementing a Version Notice Template and also to start making Categories relating to when the page was edited. Every page so far I have brought up to date has the [[Category:Version 34.28]] tag at the bottom of the article.

This allows for someone to see when the information was last updated. If you update a page in a later version, please create a NEW category (say for example, Version 38.21) and replace that tag as well as in the page design. It helps anyone who visits the page know how old the information is. Alternatively add a notice saying it has been updated to a new version.





PZWiki Troubleshooting

Occasional problems arise on the Wikipedia, hopefully this explains part of it:



Captcha Issues

Q: I try to edit a page with a Hyperlink and it asks me to answer the Captcha which hasnt appeared. Whats wrong?

I got caught out with this a fair few times and only realised recently what was wrong. The Google Captcha relies on Javascript to function inside your browser. If you do not have Javascript or have a program equivalent to run it in your browser, it will not show up and you will be unable to see it.

Alternatively, programs such as script blockers can stop it from running, if you have Java, check if the addon is blocking it by either running the browser in safemode (e.g. firefox) or turn off each add-on one at a time and see which one effects it.

There is NO chance the Captcha will be turned off, it is there to protect the Wiki from constant Spam bombardment, and without it this Wiki would be a mountain of spam adverts and no articles.

For your reference, Pianoman is the resident spam remover, contact him if you see any adverse activity going on.



Editing Problems

Q: I try to submit a article but it says "The following text is what triggered our spam filter: n.umber?

(This response is from situations occurring at the date 29th August 2016)

The reason this error is coming up, is due to that the administrators for a lack of a better solution, have had to ban several words which kept being repeated by spambot articles. Unfortunately this means certain items such as code sections for ingame items, the words will come up (Such as N.umber or P.hone). The only way for now to get around the issue is to just either rename the word or put a break in the word.

The admininstrators hope this will be resolved but at this time effectly there are banned words that you can't enter.



Hope that was some help. Link to return to the Navigation Table