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We have a template that you can use to organize each page of SIMs. To use this template, put the tag below into your character page and save the page. Then click the "edit" link to fill in the results. | We have a template that you can use to organize each page of SIMs. To use this template, put the tag below into your character page and save the page. Then click the "edit" link to fill in the results. | ||
* Link: [[Template:Bio-sim]] / Tag: <nowiki>{{subst:Bio-sim}}</nowiki> | * Link: [[Template:Bio-sim]] / Tag: <nowiki>{{subst:Bio-sim}}</nowiki> | ||
===Advanced Categorization=== | |||
If you have "filled out" your character page, and are including a SIM archive, in depth personal and professional histories all on their own pages, etc., then you will need a more complex category set-up to make it easier to navigate. Please do ''not'' use this method if you only have your one character page and less than two sub-pages. | |||
As mentioned, it is best to do this only if you have a number of pages. Your first task is to create a sub-category for your character. To do this, you would put the following category tag at the bottom of your main page: <nowiki>[[Category:Wolf, Tristan|*]]</nowiki> -- using your own character's name, of course. This creates a separate category for your character. The "|*" within the tag is used to put this page in the * section of the category, which is always displayed first. So the first article the user sees upon entering your category is the main character page. | |||
Now, once the page is saved, click on the category link, which should be red. This will take you to a page where you can edit the introductory text for the category. Add something like this: | |||
: "For information pertaining to <nowiki>[[Wolf, Tristan|Tristan Wolf]]</nowiki>." | |||
Then, put this tag at the bottom of the page: <nowiki>[[Category:Characters]]</nowiki> and save the page. This category now becomes a sub-category of the main character category. | |||
Now it's time to categorize each of your sub-pages. This is similar to categorizing your main page, but you need to change the section each page is organized in. With the main page, we added "|*" to the end of the category page so that it would be organized into the * section of the category. With category pages, they're going to be named something like this: "Wolf, Tristan/Personal History". So, we'll want to make sure that each page is organized into a section according to what the page's name is. For the example above, we'd use the following category tag: <nowiki>[[Category:Wolf, Tristan|Personal]]</nowiki>. Now it'll be categorized in the "P" section of the category, and will be properly alphabetized if there are other pages in that section. | |||
Finally, if your vessel has a category for '''active characters''' (''do not put your character into your vessel's NPC listing category''), you can include your character's sub-category into your vessel's active characters category. To do so, go to your character's sub-category. Click on the "edit" link, and include the category tag for your vessel's active characters category there. This creates a new sub-category in your vessel's active characters category with your character sub-category in it. Confusing, huh? | |||