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=== How to make a new page === | |||
1. Open [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Special:FormStart Start of form]. | |||
2. From the dropdown menu, pick the appropriate Infobox template depending on the platform (DS, PSP, etc). | |||
< | 3. Then type in the title of the page. For example, if you type <code>Abc PSP</code>, the url of the page will become <code><nowiki>https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Abc PSP</nowiki></code>). | ||
4. Click "Create or edit", you will be redirected to the page template. The top half of the page will contain the pre-defined infobox template with a set of fields. | |||
5. Complete the fields for the infobox. The following fields are the required and will be stored in the Cargo database for querying: | |||
*Title | |||
*Image (Click the [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Special:Upload Upload file] button to add the image) | |||
*Description (Short description only shows up in the table) | |||
*Author(s) | |||
*Last Updated (Format: YYYY/MM/DD) | |||
*Type | |||
*Version | |||
*Download | |||
*Website | |||
*(The rest are optional. If you're unsure what to fill in, check the source from other pages for reference.) | |||
6. Below the infobox form, there is a text box labeled "Free text", this is where you enter the main content for the article. | |||
7. When you think the page is ready, just click "Save Page" to publish it. | |||
<!--====About type==== | |||
The type field will sort the page to the corresponding category. The category list can be found at <nowiki>www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Module:Infobox_XXX_Homebrews</nowiki> (replace XXX with GB/GBA/DS/3DS/PSP/Vita/WiiU/Switch/XBOX). | |||
A list of valid type names for the GameBoy section are (inside the [' ']): | |||
local categories = { | |||
-- Applications | |||
['Math'] = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Maths applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'}, | |||
['Music Apps'] = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Music applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'}, | |||
['Music Disks'] = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Music disks on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'}, | |||
['Other Apps'] = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Other applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'}, | |||
['Test Roms'] = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Test roms on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'}, | |||
['Utilities'] = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Utility applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'}, | |||
-- Games | |||
['Action'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Action games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Adventure'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Adventure games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Arcade Games'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Arcade games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Board'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Board games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Card'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Card games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Music'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Music games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Other Games'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Other games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Platform'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Platform games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Puzzle'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Puzzle games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Racing'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Racing games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Role Playing'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Role playing games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Shooter'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Shooter games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Simulation'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Simulation games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Strategy'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Strategy games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
['Trivia'] = {'GB homebrew games', 'Trivia games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'}, | |||
-- Emulators | |||
['Computer'] = {'GB homebrew emulators', 'Computer emulators on GB', 'GB homebrew emulators'}, | |||
['Console'] = {'GB homebrew emulators', 'Console emulators on GB', 'GB homebrew emulators'}, | |||
['Other Emulators'] = {'GB homebrew emulators', 'Other emulators on GB', 'GB homebrew emulators'}, | |||
-- PC (PC Utilities for GB) | |||
['Development'] = {'GB PC utilities', 'Development utilities for GB', 'PC utilities for GB'}, | |||
['PC Utilities'] = {'GB PC utilities', 'Other PC utilities for GB', 'PC utilities for GB'}, | |||
-- Demos | |||
['Demos'] = {'GB homebrew demos', 'Demo applications on GB', 'GB homebrew demos'}, | |||
['Game Demos'] = {'GB homebrew demos', 'Demo games on GB', 'GB homebrew demos'}, | |||
['Samples'] = {'GB homebrew demos', 'Code samples for GB', 'GB homebrew demos'}, | |||
-- ROM Hack | |||
['Game Hacks'] = {'all GB Rom Hacks', 'GB game hacks', 'GB rom hacks'}, | |||
['Translations'] = {'all GB Rom Hacks', 'GB game translations', 'GB rom hacks'}, | |||
['Hack Utilities'] = {'all GB Rom Hacks', 'GB hack utilities', 'GB rom hacks'}, | |||
} | |||
====Notes==== | |||
The [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/List_of_all_GB_homebrew Homebrew Cartridge table] was added quite late; to avoid complicating the database we used these Infobox fields for the data: | |||
* discussion (url for the Purchase info column) | |||
* portedby (Name of the url for the Purchase info column) | |||
* contributor (used for Availability, this has been removed from the table)--> | |||
== | |||
Latest revision as of 13:15, 9 January 2025
How to make a new page
1. Open Start of form.
2. From the dropdown menu, pick the appropriate Infobox template depending on the platform (DS, PSP, etc).
3. Then type in the title of the page. For example, if you type Abc PSP
, the url of the page will become https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Abc PSP
).
4. Click "Create or edit", you will be redirected to the page template. The top half of the page will contain the pre-defined infobox template with a set of fields.
5. Complete the fields for the infobox. The following fields are the required and will be stored in the Cargo database for querying:
- Title
- Image (Click the Upload file button to add the image)
- Description (Short description only shows up in the table)
- Author(s)
- Last Updated (Format: YYYY/MM/DD)
- Type
- Version
- Download
- Website
- (The rest are optional. If you're unsure what to fill in, check the source from other pages for reference.)
6. Below the infobox form, there is a text box labeled "Free text", this is where you enter the main content for the article.
7. When you think the page is ready, just click "Save Page" to publish it.