Protospace Wiki:Adding new tools: Difference between revisions

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==Adding a tool page==
==Adding a tool page==
This option will result in a page about the tool, linked from the tools gallery. Clicking on the picture in the tools gallery will open the tool's page instead of enlarging the picture (though you can still enlarge the picture by clicking on it where it appears in the tool's own page).
* Advantages: more informative; the tool may be assigned a wiki-ID; info about the tool can be easily linked to from elsewhere on the wiki/forum and from a label on the tool<br/>
* Disadvantages: more work on your part


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#:* Magnifier lamp, large, without lid
#:* Magnifier lamp, large, without lid
#:* Forge, propane (Jim's)
#:* Forge, propane (Jim's)
# Enter that name in the search box at the top right (in the default skin (Vector) on desktop). You should see just a single suggestion in the dropdown, which says "containing... [what you entered]". Click that or press Enter/Return (or do the latter even if you don't see that suggestion). You should arrive on a search results page where there's a line below the search box and options that says "Create the page "[what you entered]" on this wiki!". Click the redlink in the middle of that line. Now you will arrive at an editor with what you entered set as the page's title.
# Enter that name in the search box. Press Enter. You should arrive on a search results page where there's a line below the search box and options that says "Create the page "[what you entered]" on this wiki!". Click the redlink in the middle of that line. Now you will arrive at an editor with what you entered set as the page's title.
# Add the template to the page:
# Add the template to the page:
#* If editing in source mode, copy and paste the following code into the editor:
#* If editing in source mode, copy and paste the following code into the editor: