User blog:GlassCrescent/Newcomers Guide: Making a character page

You should have designed a character by now so you're ready to make a page for them. So where do you start?

Creating a page
You can add a page from the top right of the navigation bar with the small page icon. Upon clicking the icon you are prompted to add a page title. Name the page title your characters first and last name. If there happens to be another page named this you should rethink your characters name to make it individual and seperate from other's characters.

After entering the page title and clicking next it sends you into an editor where you can begin your page. If you don't write anything on the page it wont be created.

Infoboxes
Infoboxes are very useful for organising information about anything. They are collapsable (or non collapsable) boxes that are usually to the right of the screen. Infobox templates are available to put onto a page through the normal editor. You can add an Infobox on the top bar of the editor. Insert; Infobox; Character template

Input the information of your character if there are any rows that don't apply to your character you don't have to input anything.

Then the infobox is ready!

Adding more information
All your characters basic information should be in the infobox... but how about their personality and backstory? Write about your character's life and personality so others can understand them better. You can also use it for things you need to remember about them.

Spice it up!
With coding and images you can change a basic page into something more fitting for your character! Using dividers you can make or find online you can seperate different sections. Adding borders sometimes helps to make a page stand out but some pages look better without it.

Adding categories
When you come out of the editor (making sure to save the page) toward the bottom of the page there is a small bar that says "Categories: Add category". To help organise pages we use categories. Most categories have the first letter capitalised and the rest in lower case and if they have been used once they should appear in a list underneath.

All characters have the category "Character". But other categories you can add include:
 * Your character's species
 * Your character's gender
 * Your character's occupation