Help:Book Template

To help you get started with adding content, we've created a few templates for common content items. The easiest way to use these templates is to copy and paste them into your new page or to use the template page as instructed below-- then you can start adding information.

New Book Entry on Books page

To create a new entry for Books:

• Go the main Books page -- navigate to the appropriate letter of the alphabet.
• Open the list by clicking on the "edit" button. Add the title to the list.
  • Find the correct place to list your book alphabetically. Generally you should ignore any introductory articles like "A", "An" and "The" and alphabetize by the next word in the title.
  • Once your open the page for editing, you can follow the syntax easily. It is generally:

* ''[[book title]]'' - [[author name]], date (Publisher)

• Save the list and click on the name of your book (which is in red type) which will take you to your newly created page.

Same Title, Different Author

If a book with the same title is already listed, there are several things that need to happen which are explained at Same Title Multiple Authors.

• At a minimum you will need to list your book as

* [[book title - your new author's name]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)

Save the list and click on the name of your book (which is in red type) which will take you to your newly created page. The page will be entitled "Book - Author's Name" to distinguish from other books with the same title.

• The best thing is to change the listing on the Book page as follows:

* ''[[book title]]'' 
** [[book title - the existing author's name|1]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)
** [[book title - your new author's name|2]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)
etc.

These should be listed in chronological order, with the earliest book being 1, etc. Save the list and both books will be in red type. This sets you up to follow the instructions on Same Title Multiple Authors.

• See Same Title Multiple Authors for how to create the new page that will direct people to all of the books (the existing books and your new book) with that same title. See Example Page.

New Book Entry on Author page

You can start from another direction, for example, list all of an author's books on that author's page. The book title will again show up in red type on that author's page. If you click on the name of that book it will take you to the newly created book page and you can continue on as explained below.

Note: When you list a book on the book or author pages, remember to make the title a wiki-link by putting [[ and ]] around the title of the book. If the book page has already been created the link will appear in blue. If the page has not been created it will show up in red. THAT's okay!! You or someone can create the book page. A red link just means the page needs to be created.

Note: Sometimes it is beneficial to check the blue link to see if it is the same book. If it is, great! If not, check Same Title Multiple Authors for more info.

If you did not start by adding the book to the Books list pages, please remember to do that by navigating to the Books page and then choosing the appropriate letter of the alphabet as above. Since you have already created the book page, when you enter it into the Books list it will show up as a blue link.

New Book Page

When your newly created page opens to the edit box, you can:

• Paste the template (below) into the edit box and you're ready to go! See The Template below for how to paste the template into the page.

• Fill in the information for the book, paying special attention to the code done in ALL CAPS - Author Name, ISBN Number and book description. Remember to make the author name a wiki-link by by putting [[ and ]] around the name.

Categories

• Add Categories: A book can have one or more categories. Categories help link your book to similar titles. For example, if you add the following:

[[Category:Time Travel]]

your title will appear on a page with other Time Travel titles. Add as many categories as you feel are appropriate. At a minimum, please add the following category:

[[Category: XXXX Releases]]

and fill in the year of the book was released. This will help readers find books by the year of release.

• • For a list of categories see Special:Categories
  • Examples of categories include:

[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Friends Falling In Love]]
[[Category:Classic Romance]]

Note: We are working on a way to help you quickly find the categories that have already been created. It is a good idea to check this list before you create a new category. The list can also be found by clicking Special Pages in the navigation menu on the left and choosing Categories.

Clean-up

• When you are done, it is helpful to clean up the page by deleting, for example, any unused
  • categories ([[category:]] is part of the template at the top of the page)
  • headings (information found between the two equal signs, for example, ==Awards==) or
  • other blank lines (for example, Publisher, if you have not filled that in).

The Template

To Copy and Paste

Below is the basic book template that you can highlight, copy and paste into the blank book page. Modify it to meet your needs.

[[Category:]][[Category: XXXX Releases]] <!--add the correct year-->
* '''Author''': [[AUTHOR NAME]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Publisher Name]]
* '''Year''': Year Published
* '''Setting''': Information about the setting.
* '''Amazon Listing''' - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/PUTISBNNUMBERHERE/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 BOOKTITLE HERE]

BOOK DESCRIPTION

== Awards == 
* 
== Related Titles ==
* 
== Reviews ==
* [Link To Reviews]

To Link to the Template

We have also created a Template:Book page that will paste in the template even if you have forgotten to copy it first.

• Type in

{{subst:Book}}

on the blank book page to insert the same book template as above. The template does not show up until you then save the page (with the {{subst:book}} in the edit box).

• Save the page. The saved page will show up with all of the fields blank or samples as in the template above (ugly).
• Choose edit at the top of the page. The edit box will open with the blank template, and you can fill in the fields just as if you had pasted the template in the edit box of the page.