Base Character

Caption Text

## Base Skin 2

* Skin 1
* Skin 2
* Skin 3

If this is too difficult to follow along to, watch the Detailed Video Tutorial. There is also a less long-winded tutorial you can watch here.

Before you begin, make sure to create an account. At the bottom left corner of the page, you should see a yellow person icon. Click this and continue the tutorial after completing the account making process.

First check to see if your character is listed in the unfinished pages category. If they aren't there, find the 3 vertically aligned dots at the very top right portion of the page. You should see the "Add new page" button. From there, type in the name of your character (if your character name is taken on the wiki, please contact a moderator on discord). If your character has a name with spaces i.e., Magic Kid, make sure to capitalize each word. The name should be whatever you are called most often in canon; if you have a first and last name, try to opt for only the first name when making the page. Once the page is navigated to, if you aren't already in edit mode, click on the "Create" button to begin editing your character. You are now onto the editing stage. To begin, click on "INSERT" and click on "Template" from the dropdown menu. From there, type in "SMPCharacter" and click the proper box. **Capitals matter**. This will create the Infobox you currently see to the right.

If the instructions are difficult to follow, click "Edit" on this page and click on the aforementioned infobox and click "edit". This should show all options for how they should be filled in.

## SMPCharacter Infobox

For any boxes that don't apply for your character ie no alias or allegiance, leave those boxes blank.

### title1: Name

Name of your character. If your character has a first and last name, you can decide whether to keep this field to just the first but place the full name in aliases if that is what you decide to do.

### image1: MC Skin

You can choose one of two options for displaying your skin: showing just your current skin, or showing the skins you have used over the course of the SMP.

#### Just The Current Skin

To show just your current skin, type in the following: File:{Character Name}skin.png, replacing all spaces with underscores. Don't worry about uploading things now, it can be handled after this is saved. This will be elaborated on later in the tutorial.

For example, if your character's name was "Base Character", you would put "File:Base\_Characterskin.png".

#### Multiple Skins

To show multiple skins, you would format it like the following:

> <gallery>
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> File:Base\_Characterskin.png|Base Character
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> File:Base\_Characterskin\_werewolf.png|Werewolf Form
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> etc etc
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> </gallery>
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>

Preferably, show the skin you use first at the very top.

### caption1: caption for the image

This option simply shows a caption under the image as shown to the right infobox.

### ign

The Minecraft username associated with the character.

### gender/pronouns/species/aliases

Gender/pronouns/species/aliases of your character

### allegiance

The allegiance of your character. To link to the page of a specific group, write out two left brackets, write out the name of the group, and close it off with two right brackets.

### father/mother/siblings/partner

The father/mother/siblings/partner of your character. To link to the page of a specific character, write out the following:

> {{Playerheadlink|Base Character}}
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>  **Base Character**
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Of course, replace Dude Man with the name of the character. Keep in mind the same naming conventions apply as when you created your character i.e., the first name rule, spaces becoming underscores, etc. To read more into other options for displaying names in this way, see the Playerheadlink template. If you don't believe these people should get their own page, use the below. In the example, replace "Base Character", with your own character:

>
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>  **Father Base** (adoptive)
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### image2: Character Art

Character art works exactly the same as uploading skins for image1. For consistency, consider the following format:

> File:Base\_Characterfanart.png
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### others/relative(s)

Other people and relatives of the character. There is a slight addition to the previous boxes which will be written out as the following:

> {{Playerheadlink|Base Character|<small>(friend)</small>}}
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>  **Base Character** (friend)
>

This format is also suggested if, for example, your character has an adoptive father or mother.

### residence(s)/build(s)/conflicts

If you feel the residence/build/conflict has significance enough to warrant its own page, create a link to a page for it much in the same way allegiances are done: write out two left brackets, write out the name of the residence, and close it off with two right brackets. If not, simply write out the name.

### lives

There are five different options available for inputting lives as seen in the table:

[[File:LivesLeft3.png]][[File:LivesLeft2.png]][[File:LivesLeft1.png]][[File:LivesLeft0.png]][[File:LivesLeftukn.png]]make sure to include the brackets this time unlike what was done for image1.

### deaths

A bulleted list of each death your character has had. For example:

* Died during a roller-skating accident
* Lost a life to Billy

### kills

A bulleted list of kills your character has committed.

### Applying Changes

From there, click "Insert" and the SMPCharacter template portion of the page is finished! Nice work!

## Template For Organizing the Page

The following is a template for how to organize the page:

A basic summary of things like their relationships, residence, and other vital information. Some basics you may include, but not limited to, are the town they live in, the home they live in, certain relationships, and something on the status of their lives. If you decide to include the names of people, make sure to include a link to their page enclosed in double brackets as was done before. Referencing a character like Otto would be done like so and the name should be highlighted purple. Any further referencing of Otto should not be linked however so that the page isn't crowded with links.

## Physiology

A list of features about a character like brown hair and clothes.

## History

### Pre-History

Things about what life was like before Peregrine.

### The Grave Robbery

Text involving a storyline the character was a part of.

### The Whale Incident

You can place as many of these as is applicable.

### A Time Away from Home

Text involving the most recent storyline and their current standing; whether alive or dead.

## Relationships

Insert a table of relationships by first clicking "INSERT" and clicking on table. Edit the properties of the table so that it does not have a caption, is styled like a wiki table, is collapsible, sortable, and not collapsed initially. You should end up with a result like so:

From there, select the upper left most cell, click the arrow to the left, and click insert above. Highlight the entire first row, and click on where it says "Merge". You should then see a table like this:

Finally, to finish the formatting of the table, click on one of the cells in the last column and click "Delete Column". Continue this until you have just two columns left. Fill in the information below until it looks something like this:

In the "Name" column, two things should be placed in. First, click on "INSERT" and then "Template". Select Playerheadlink first, filling in the first character you wish to list (capitalize each word in the name!), and follow the same process to open up the templates again. Select Relationshipindicator this time. There should be grayed out text showing available options which begins as partner, best friend, very positive, etc. The end result should look like this:

  Lichen
  Zirker
 Sworn enemy | Keep adding rows for each character relevant. The possible options for the relationship indicator are grayed out.

## Some Heading

Feel free to add as many headings as you deem necessary to organize the page. Just make an attempt to make it look nice!

## Gallery

To add some gallery picture, use the 3 vertical dots clicked on earlier that was done to create this page, and instead click on upload new file. Make sure to place the proper licensing which will typically fall under "I created this image".

Once it is uploaded, click "INSERT", and then click "Gallery". Type in the name of the file and you should end up with what is below:

Who even is this?Oh Cool LecternsThese guys are sitting
## Categories

After you click save, you're nearly done! Make sure to scroll down to categories and click on the dropdown for it. Click on "ADD CATEGORY" and write out what category the character falls under. Please stick to the following categories exclusively, more may be added at the request of members. Just ask in #questions-and-suggestions in the discord. Here is the list of categories; add them to as many as is applicable:

* Active: If you're character is actively being played and is not retired or temporarily on leave
* Living Character: If your character is alive, even if they aren't being played by anyone at the moment.
* Deceased Character: For if this character has lost all canon lives and is dead.

More may be added in the future.

## Dealing With Broken Links

Most of the time, you will notice there are broken links that look something like this. To fix these, right click these red links and select "Open link in new tab". Click the "Create" button once there, but no worries, there isn't any need to fill out this information. Others may come fill it out in your stead, but if you think you can manage it and want to, go right ahead! If you opt to keep it empty, press save and scroll down to categories. Place the "Unfinished" category as one of them, and one of the following categories for whatever is applicable. If you want more added, check in with us in #questions-and-suggestions and we'll see if we like the inclusion:

* Unfinished Living Characters
* Unfinished Deceased Characters
* Unfinished Events
* Unfinished Storylines
* Unfinished Locations
* Unfinished Books
* Unfinished Groups
* Unfinished Other (For anything not applicable to all the others)

For the red links to the head image for the Playerheadlink template, you can typically leave these alone unless you know where to find the head image. For the player skin links we told you we'd elaborate on earlier, we will go into more detail about that now.

## Skin Uploading Suggestions

You can upload skins much like you uploaded images back in the gallery. If you don't have a CPM Model, the easiest route to go is using NameMC. This isn't monitored, and you can place what you like, but it is appreciated to follow the usual conventions.

### NameMC

Type in your minecraft ign, click on your name, and a walking animation of your character should appear. Below this, it should say Skin(some number). Click this number, right click the image, and click "Save image as". Format the image like the following:

> Dude\_Manskin.png
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Of course, changing Dude\_Man to the name of the character. If there are multiple skins you are uploading, try following the naming scheme used earlier in the tutorial.

### CPM

Before you begin, you will need some image editing software capable of applying transparency to an image. Open the file for your CPM Skin. From there, click "Display", and toggle the grid display so that there is no longer a wooden plank and grid beneath your character. Angle them to the best of your ability to match the skin represented on this page. Head into animations and test the walking animation. Take a screenshot as soon as the frame occurs. Place it in the image editing program, select only the gray background, and replace it with transparency. Adjust the image so that it fits within a 258x345. Export the image and upload it.

This is by far the hardest part of the process, so we completely understand if you'd rather just take a screenshot in game instead of matching things up.

## Add Player Head Image

If you want others to reference your character in their pages, it helps to add your player head before someone else does it for you. To find the image for your player head, the easiest way without worrying about image editing is to go to the website NameMC. Type in your minecraft ign, and immediately you should see your current skin's head. Right click this image, click "Save image as", and save it similar to the following example:

> Base\_Characterhead.png
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**CAPITALIZATION MATTERS**. Once saved, use the 3 vertical dots clicked on earlier that was done to create this page, and instead click on upload new file. Make sure to place the proper licensing which will typically fall under "I created this image".

## Congratulations!!!

It was a complicated process, but you made it through!!! If you have any further questions, go into #questions-and-suggestions in the discord. To see other helpful tutorials for making other pages, see the community dropdown at the top of the screen.