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=To Do List=
=Migration Procedure=
Find old unmoved page on calontiri wikispace
* Right-click on any images and save to a folder on your computer to be uploaded to the new wiki later.


Recurrent/Ongoing:
Find new migrated page on calontiri.info (if old page didn't migrate, see below)
* Add plain character redirect pages (Magnus) for people with special characters in their names (Magnús) for ease of searching (see below)
* Fix formatting problems.  Bullet lists (*), and italics ('') often didn't convert properly.
* Check "Recent Changes" for vandalism (link in left sidebar)
* Upload the images (recommend having a second tab open with the upload page).
* Make new pages for people mentioned in court reports
** Cut and Paste the simple image file names (Image.gif, etc. ) into the appropriate areas on the new page
* Update footer boilerplates with the dynamic template code <nowiki>{{FooterBoilerPlate}}</nowiki>
** Label images as appropriate
* Polish up pages with damaged formatting
* Add categories to the bottom of the new page - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
* Upload devices from the Kingdom Armorial
* Save the new page.
* Tag people with the relevant categories (Groups, Activities, Service, other affiliations, Awards)
* Tag images with the relevant categories (Amory, Graphics, Photos, Projects, Scrolls)


=Creating Redirects=
Click on any new categories you just created and make sure their parent categories are correct.
It sometimes happens that a name has special characters which are hard to type and which the wiki doesn't index with the plain characters as usually expected.


In such cases, a page with the plain name can be created for indexing/search purposes with the following command to automatically redirect to the "real" page with the special characters:
Go back to old wikispace page
* Change tag from "people" to "people moved", etc.
* Add note at top of old page, "This page has been moved to ..."


<nowiki>#redirect [[pagename]] source</nowiki>


=Creating New Accounts=
If old page didn't migrate to the new wiki:
New users can be created by sysops ("bureaucrats"), in the following manner:
* Open the old page for editing.
* Convert view to Wikitext Editor using the menu down arrow on the right side of the edit bar
* Copy the encoding.


#Go to Special:Userlogin, when logged in as a sysop.
Create the new page on calontiri.info
#Click on "Create an account" link to get to the account creation form.
* Put the new page name in the search bar, then click on the name in the search results.
#Enter the username and the new user's email address, and click the "by email" button.
* Paste the encoding from the old page into the edit box.
#The account will be created with a random password which is then emailed to the given address (as with the "forgot password" feature). The user will be requested to change password at first login; when this is done, the e-mail address will be marked as confirmed.
* Correct the formatting problems as above.
#:<small>When you click the "create account" button instead, you have to manually send the user his password. If you've set $wgMinimalPasswordLength=0 (default configuration up to version 1.15) and you've left the password field blank, the user will be emailed an e-mail address confirmation request but will be unable to access Special:Confirmemail to perform the confirmation. Instead, the user will get an error (unless you've added it to $wgWhitelistRead); the user will be able to login with a blank password and then confirm email, but their password will not have been reset (it will have to be reset manually).</small>
* Deal with images as above.


==Fixing Old Accounts==
[[File:Blankpicture.png|right|Person Placeholder]]
#Log into hosting account
#Active Products/Services
#Log in to cPanel
#phpMyAdmin
#Databases
#mathurin_mw19473
#mwwr_user
##user_password or user_newpassword = [BLOB - 137B]
##So how to see the blob...? and fix it?


=Templates:=
[[File:BLANK TN.GIF|right|Flank Device Placeholder]]


==Templates:==
*People - [[Template:People]]
*People - [[Template:People]]
*Events - [[Template:Events]]
*Events - [[Template:Events]]
**Lilies - [[Template:Lilies]]
*Groups - [[Template:Groups]]
*Activities - [[Template:Activities]]
*Cultures - [[Template:Cultures]]
*Awards - [[Template:Awards]]
*Reigns - [[Template:Reigns&action=edit&redlink=1|Template:Reigns]]
*Menus and Recipes - [[Template:Menus]]
*Elevation Planning [[Template:Elevation Planning|Template:Elevation Planning]]


==To use a template:==
To use a template, open an page article like you normally would.  (Search for "Jane Doe" and click on  the name in the "Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!" link.) 
In the edit box, put the code "subst:People" using double-curley brackets {{ on one side, and double close-curley brackets on the other side.
Save the page without any other coding, which will substitute in the Template.
Re-open the article for editing to personalize it and fill in the blanks.


*Open a new page like you normally would.  (Search for "Jane Doe" and click on  the name in the ''"Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!"'' link.)
==Categories/Subcategories:==
*In the edit box, put the code <nowiki>{{subst:People}}</nowiki>, or other Template name as appropriate.
Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
*Save the page without any other coding
*This will substitute in the Template text.
*Re-open the article for editing to personalize it and fill in the blanks.


==Dynamic Template:==
The major categories are:
There is a special type of ''dynamic'' template used for boilerplates that will automatically update across all the created pages with that command typed in, when the boilerplate is updated.  Aka "template call". Aka transclusion.
*People - citizens and friends of Calontir.  Subcategories for:
* So far the Template:FooterBoilerPlate is the only such template
**group membership (Vatavian),
* Code to include on a page is <nowiki>{{FooterBoilerPlate}}</nowiki>
**personas (Russian),
* This code is on the above templates already, so only needs to be added if a Template isn't being used to create a new page. Or if an old page is being updated to get rid of the old boilerplate.
**service (Waterbearer), etc.
*Kingdom - kingdom information.  Subcategories:
**History
**Royal Lineage
**Awards
*Groups - branches, guilds, colleges, and households of Calontir. Subcategories:
**Branch - official groups of the SCA, subcategories Vatavia, Coeur d'Ennui, etc.
**Guilds - official guilds and colleges of Calontir, subcategories - Scribe's Guild, Brewer's Guild, etc.
**Household - unofficial, loosely defined groups of people based on a common interest, noble family, etc.
*Activities - martial, Art & Science, service
*Events - official events in Calontir


=Categories/Subcategories:=
Some subcategories fall under more than one category/subcategory.  For example, Vatavian is a subcategory of People, but also a subcategory of Vatavia.


*Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
MediaWiki automatically makes a Category page for any category assigned to a page.
*Categories are case-sensitive.
 
Categories are assigned by putting the relevant code at the bottom of the page.  Double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets.  Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.


==Major categories are:==
For example, Sofya la Rus is Category:Hillian (Heraldshill), Category:Russian, Category:Herald, etc.


People - citizens and friends of Calontir.  Subcategories for:
The same code is use to create category trees.  So the page Category:Vatavian would have the code for Category:Vatavia at the bottom (along with the code for Category:People). Then the Category:Vatavia, would have the code for its parent, Category:Branches. In turn, Category:Branches would have the code for its parent, Category:Groups .
*group membership (Vatavians or Coeur d'Ennui),
*persona (Balkan, Breton, Italian, Russian...),
*service (Waterbearers), etc.
 
Groups - branches, guilds, colleges, and households of Calontir.  Subcategories include:
*Branches - official groups of the SCA, subcategories Vatavia, Coeur d'Ennui, etc.
*Guilds - official guilds and colleges of Calontir, subcategories - Scribe's Guild, Brewer's Guild, etc.
*Households - unofficial, loosely defined groups of people based on a common interest, noble family, etc.
 
Activities/Interests
* [[Cultures]] (Balkan Culture, Breton Culture, Italian Culture...)
* [[Arts and Sciences]] (Archery Equipment, Armor, Beverages... simplified from the Kingdom Judging Categories)
* [[Martial]] (Archery, Armored Combat, Cut and Thrust, Equestrian, Seige Weapons)
* [[Service]] (Archery Marshals, Armored Combat Marshals, Arts and Sciences Ministers)
 
Events - official events in Calontir.  Also can/should be cross-categorized:
*Branch hosting (eg. Vatavia) and/or
*History (for major kingdom events like coronations)
 
Resources - kingdom information.  Subcategories:
*Awards and Orders
*History
*Royal Lineage
*Songs
*Stories
 
Images
* Armory - devices and badges, aka coats of arms
* Graphics - miscellaneous web artwork
* Photos - photographs of people and objects
* Scrolls - scrolls and items created to be scrolls
 
Some subcategories fall under more than one category/subcategory.  For example, Scribal Arts is a subcategory of Service, but also a subcategory of Arts and Sciences.
Categories are assigned by: 
 
*If using VisualEditor ("Edit" button), the Category tool is found with the triple - icon on the right side between the ? icon and the pencil icon.
*If using the text editor ("Edit Source" button), double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets.
 
Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.
*For example, Sofya la Rus is Category:Heraldshill, Category:Russian Culture, Category:Heralds, etc.
 
The same code is use to create category trees.   
*So the page Category:Vatavians would have the code for Category:Vatavia at the bottom (along with the code for Category:People).
*Then the Category:Vatavia, would have the code for its parent, Category:Branches.
*In turn, Category:Branches would have the code for its parent, Category:Groups .
 
=Commonly Used Images=
[[:Category:Graphics]]
 
[[File:BLANK TN.GIF|Blank blazon]]
[[File:Blankpicture.png|Blank person]]
 
[[File:Calontiricrosslogo3.png|right]]
[[File:Calontir-Falcon-Web.png|200px|Gold Falcon]]
 
[[File:Calontir.svg|238x238px]]
[[File:Calontir-Prince-Color-Web.png|238x238px|Calontir Prince]]
 
 
{{FooterBoilerPlate}}
 
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