Thread:PetersCorporal/@comment-5558954-20150109010410/@comment-10907352-20150109165802

First, you have to create a new page. Give it the name you want, for example "Template:CasesInGreenvile". Remember to write "Template:" and then the name of your template. If you don't write that, it will look be just like a normal page. You can choose the name you like as long as it makes sense.

I'm not an expert in computing and wikitext, so I just worked with a model. The only advice I can give you is to do the same. In the page you've just created (Template:CasesInGreenville), copy and paste the wikitext of another template. You can choose mine, for example. Go to the page "Template:CasesInTownville", then click on "Edit".

Please, just copy and paste all the text you see in your new page. Notice I am trusting you to do this with my template. Don't change anything, just copy the text and paste it in your new page. Then leave the page of my template exactly as it was.

Now, your template CasesInGreenville would look exactly like mine, as you just have the same wikitext I have in my template page. To create, your template, you can change these things.


 * Where you see the names of my districts (Countryside, etc) write the names of your districts. If you have created pages for your districts, write them between these brackets . That will link the text to your district pages.


 * Where you see the names of my cases, write the name of your cases between these brackets . That will link the text to your cases.


 * You can also change the width. Where you see the word "width" and then a percentage like 100%, or 20%, you can change it to whatever width you want.


 * You can change the colors too! Where you see six characters with a hash (#) before it, change those six characters and previsualize to see how it looks like. If you write, for example #D45678 will look like a dark pink. #FFF999 will look like a very light yellow. Try the combinations you want until you find a great color!

Remember to do all these changes in your template page, not in CasesInTownville. If you edit everything in CasesInTownville, the templates in my cases will change to the template for your cases.

To put the template in a case page, use the source editor (I think that's its name in English). It's only available in the classic editor. Write the name of your template between these brackets. When you do this, do not include the words "Template:"

I hope this can help you :D