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.
  • Since there are titles for almost every letter of alphabet in the wiki, you can follow the syntax easily. It is generally:

* [[book title|''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.

If you start from another direction, for example, if you 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.

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. When you enter a book that already has a book page 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.
• 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.

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

[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category: 2006 Releases]] (add the correct year)
[[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.

• 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 ==Title==, for example Awards) or
  • other blank lines (for example, Publisher).

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 "book" template 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.