I've figured out a bit about syntax, but there are some other things here more unique to the PotBS Wikia which remain elusive to me for context.
First - with the Plethora of symbols used in the templates, how would an editor take advantage using them in freeform text areas? :-) &grin;
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Reward Coins ? &coins; => found Dubloons icon 
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Nation Flags ? &brflag; &frflag; &spflag; &pflag;
While using the Search box, is there a way to be more focused like quoting "Treasure Map" rather than just finding any match for the words Treasure -or- Map?
{I've read a reference to including INDEX - will try that one day}
Lastly, I tend to remove the {{Missionlist}} and just reEnter [[Mission Name]]. Is there a Help reference for some of the fancier PotBS "Magic Words".
Thanks ClericTaven (talk) 19:48, August 20, 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I understand what kind of icons you are looking for. Do you want to have clickable symbols/text like MediaWiki:Edittools? Or you don't know how to add actual images to a template/text?
- The example texts you entered above look like HTML entities of some sort. There's no way to display a british flag by typing "&brflag;". We can make a template that will display a flag if you type "{{flag|br}}" or something (that's how my signature works).
- {{Missionlist}} is just another template, not a magic word per se. We don't really use magic words, maybe you're thinking of parser and string functions? You can see what we can use at the bottom of Special:Version.
- If the above doesn't help, I'd need a more detailed description of what you're looking for.
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IK 23:09, August 20, 2012 (UTC)
- Apparently the term used is Markup.
- Mostly an extension of the Unicode font characters to be displayed.
- I believed that some how PotBS Wikia had its own substitutions to show icons.
- ClericTaven (talk)
- The term for these is "special characters" :) I don't think you can have custom characters anywhere, they are probably supposed to be standardized.
- Markup is the general term for the simplified coding we use on a wiki, so it includes everything on the page you linked.
- -- IK 17:35, August 22, 2012 (UTC)
- Well, some images I used in templates are in this category.
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IK 02:28, September 2, 2012 (UTC)