User talk:WormTT/Adopt/Jenova20/Template

I haven't a clue what i'm doing here, it's jibberish to me. Reading the exam and the test again has done nothing for me and i've just ended up avoiding these pages since (even though they're not going away) Now i'm not expecting the kind of help i got with the copyright exam, but i am pointing out that i can barely understand most of this module and rereading it isn't helping. I can't understand it and i don't want to skip it...is there a way to learn it much much simpler without loads of jibberish coding i don't really get right now? Thanks  J e n o v a  20 13:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok. Templates aren't the easiest, but I'm glad you're coming back and giving it another go. I'm quite happy to give you all the support you'd like to get you through this, I'm sure you will get it eventually. How about we go through the basics, step by step here? Let me know if you understand what I'm saying before we move on to the next step :)
 * I'm afraid there will be jibberish coding, but if you understand what's going on, it's not really jibberish :)

Step by step
Right. Here's the first few steps. Let me know if you get them :) Right. That's a start, does that make sense so far?
 * On wikipedia, templates can be shown on any other wikipedia page using curly braces. So to call a template called "time", you'd type June 29, 2024 . (Like this - June 29, 2024)
 * Templates are generally stored under the "Template" namespace. So to see how the template called "time" works, you'd go to Template:time
 * However, templates can be stored anywhere. If it is not stored in the "Template" namespace, you need to specify exactly where it is stored. So for example, to call your test template you would type . (Like this - )

The first bullet point did, after that it's difficult to follow. Do you have an easy one for me to learn so i can make this easier for you aswell and we can avoid head banging on walls? Thanks  J e n o v a  20 16:10, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I did put up User:Worm That Turned/Adopt/Template beginner which was my attempt at an easier module. But I don't mind walking you through it - I have a very hard head :)  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 08:09, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Let's have a look at Namespaces - Wikipedia is split up so that different information is held in different places. A "namespace" is a prefix that helps people understand what sort of information they are likely to find in that space. So, for example, this page is in the "User Talk" namespace, as the title is prefixed with User talk:. Other namespaces you may have come across are File:, Wikipedia:, Help: or User: - but there are over 20 different ones. Templates are generally held in the Template: namespace, so if you put something between curly brackets, the software automagically adds "Template:" and looks. If, however, you specify a different namespace, it will look there instead.

Any thoughts, questions or head banging?


 * It took a while but i get that, it makes sense to me.
 * Thanks  J e n o v a  20 10:45, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok. So we've got the idea of namespaces down. Now, if you use the curly brackets -, the software assumes that you are looking in the Template namespace. So June 29, 2024 is equivalent to  , the software does all the work for you. If, however, you want to call a template that isn't stored in the template namespace (say, for example, a personal one), you just put the full path.
 * For example, I have a personal welcome template I use at User:Worm That Turned/Welcome. So if I wanted to call it, I'd type . The software sees that I am using a full path (starting User:), and so it doesn't look for Template:User:Worm That Turned/Welcome, as that would be silly.
 * Pausing for head banging ;)  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 10:30, 16 May 2011 (UTC)