User talk:Mode.ry

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 * yeah my name got permitted :D thanks mr. bot program. Mode.ry (talk) 13:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * and here's my new new sig :] &mdash; mode.ry [[Image:User mode.ry sig.png|talk]] 13:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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Hey there! Glad to see you've created an account! I got your message and have a few ideas about what may be causing your problems. One possibility is a preview error. Sometimes when previewing an edit, templates are not displayed properly (especially complex templates). A good solution to this is to test the template in a sandbox (perhaps even a personal sandbox as a subpage of your user page). It also could be a simple coding error. If you want, you could save the template you're trying to make in a personal sandbox and I'd be glad to have a look at it. Hope you enjoy your time here at the great wiki encyclopedia! Happy editing! -- omtay 38  22:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tips. I did as you said test the template i was programming on one of my subpages first. Now, i know what i did wrong. ! or !- are only needed for the table columns itself as they would otherwise be treated as part of the parser functions (can these be called parameters?) and cause problems. I thought i have to use these "mini-templates" within a second template that is surrounded by the first one. But now I know that the program acts after mathematic rules: interior brackets first, outer bracket last. It works all quite well as i wanted it to. The last problem i had was the following: In several pages i used this template, the last template boxes did not get processed]. Did this happen because the page got too big because of the template? (My template got quite big with all these #switch functions. If an template is used, does this mean the page quasi has to save the entire script with all the functions, or does it only has to save the processed table? ) Can this be avoided somehow or will i have to split the page? &mdash; mode.ry [[Image:User mode.ry sig.png|talk]] 08:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)