From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe

If you clicked here, you probably want to post information on your character group to the VirtueVerse wiki. The steps below are provided to aid you in the process of adding your group.

First Step

The first thing you should do is see if your Group is listed already within the Wiki, its possible that other people may have listed it as an association, if thats the case you'll want to edit that page. To do so:

• Go to your URL bar and remove all of the content after index.php/, you will then need to type in Category:Name_Of_Group_Here. Ensure the punctuation matches how you would like it to appear and replace all spaces between words with and underscore (_).

Example: http://www.virtueverse.com/index.php/Category:Supergroup_of_Winners

OR

• In the Search Box on the left, enter "Category:Name_Of_Group_Here" and click GO. You may see a link that says "You may create this page." instead of the empty page.

You should come to an empty page with an edit box at the bottom. If you come to a page with content and no edit box you will need to ensure first that you typed the name in correctly, then you will need to click the edit button at the top.

Creating Your Page

Sections

Sections are created by creating headings for specific areas, as below:

==Sub-Categories==
All character group pages should have the '''[[Category:Character Group]]''' defined at the bottom of your content. This ensures that it will be listed within the [[:Category:Character Group|Character Group Listing]]. There are however other categories available to you for listing your group within areas related to its function, purpose, or format. These include:

*[[:Category:Coalition]]
*[[:Category:Company]]
*[[:Category:Supergroup]]
*[[:Category:Disbanded]]

==Sub-Categories==
All character group pages should have the '''[[Category:Character Group]]''' defined at the bottom of your content. This ensures that it will be listed within the [[:Category:Character Group|Character Group Listing]]. There are however other categories available to you for listing your group within areas related to its function, purpose, or format. These include:

*[[:Category:Coalition]]
*[[:Category:Company]]
*[[:Category:Supergroup]]
*[[:Category:Disbanded]]

==Thematic Categories==
You can also use theme based categories to organize your group into a variety of areas. Go to [[:Category:Group Categories|Group Categories]] to find a lit of currently existing categories, or if you know of a category that is not listed but would be useful to other people go ahead and add it to your group, then ensure the new category is also added to [[:Category:Group Categories]].

==Images==
'''CAUTION:''' You may want to open the link referenced below in a second window or tab.

A picture can speak a thousand words.  To add a picture to your page, you will want to click on the link on the left side of the page labeled "upload file".  From here, you can upload any picture.  Try to keep this picture's size within reason.  As a rule of thumb, a picture that is over 30KB may need to be trimmed a bit.  Once the picture is uploaded, you will be able to pull it up with the same name.  For example, if I upload an image named 'Uberman 1.jpg', the file's name will be Uberman_1.jpg.

Now to add your picture to your page, you can either place the image in the apropriate spot on the template, or add it anywhere inside your page with the command '''[[image:uberman_1.jpg]]'''.  This will place your picture in the exact spot you type it.

If you want to put your picture in a nice frame to the right side of the text, with a caption below, use the command '''[[image:uberman_1.jpg|frame|Your Caption Goes Here]]'''. For more image options, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax Wikipedia: Extended image syntax].

==Stubbing==
If your group category page is a small work in progress, feel free to "stub" it. When you stub an article, you mark it as a work in progress, so that people who read the article know that there'll be more content coming soon. This also invites members of your group to add content to the page as well.

To stub a character group category, add '''{{Charactergroup-Stub}}''' to the end of the article, right above the list of categories. 

==Mature and Subversive Content==
If your page contains mature content (anything that would be more than about a PG-13 rating), or talks about highly controversial topics that others might not agree with (religion, Longbow's legal status, etc.), you might want to mark it with a mature or subversive content warning. That way, people can avoid content that might offend them. 

To mark a page as mature content, add '''{{Mature-content}}''' to the top of the page, after the end of your HeroBox or VillainBox template if necessary. 

To mark a page as subversive content, add '''{{Subversive-content}}''' to the top of the page, after the end of your HeroBox or VillainBox template if necessary.

And if you're strange and want to mark a page as mature content in a joking way, add '''{{Buggery-content}}''' to the top of the page.

=Finishing Up=
Once you've added all of the information you want to add, you'll want to preview it first to make sure it displays properly. You can do this by clicking the "Show Preview" button at the bottom of the edit window. Please ensure that you keep a copy of the text in the edit box in an outside text editor just in case the internet monster eats your content. 

The preview will bring up your page exactly as you programmed it to look. Look it over. Does it look right? Is something a little bit off? This is also a good time to make any alterations or corrections to your group content. Once you are happy with your work, press the save page button at the bottom.

==Sub-Categories==
All character group pages should have the '''[[Category:Character Group]]''' defined at the bottom of your content. This ensures that it will be listed within the [[:Category:Character Group|Character Group Listing]]. There are however other categories available to you for listing your group within areas related to its function, purpose, or format. These include:

*[[:Category:Coalition]]
*[[:Category:Company]]
*[[:Category:Supergroup]]
*[[:Category:Disbanded]]

==Sub-Categories==
All character group pages should have the '''[[Category:Character Group]]''' defined at the bottom of your content. This ensures that it will be listed within the [[:Category:Character Group|Character Group Listing]]. There are however other categories available to you for listing your group within areas related to its function, purpose, or format. These include:

*[[:Category:Coalition]]
*[[:Category:Company]]
*[[:Category:Superteam]]
*[[:Category:Disbanded]]

==Thematic Categories==
You can also use theme based categories to organize your group into a variety of areas. Go to [[:Category:Group Categories|Group Categories]] to find a lit of currently existing categories, or if you know of a category that is not listed but would be useful to other people go ahead and add it to your group, then ensure the new category is also added to [[:Category:Group Categories]].

==Images==
'''CAUTION:''' You may want to open the link referenced below in a second window or tab.

A picture can speak a thousand words.  To add a picture to your page, you will want to click on the link on the left side of the page labeled "upload file".  From here, you can upload any picture.  Try to keep this picture's size within reason.  As a rule of thumb, a picture that is over 30KB may need to be trimmed a bit.  Once the picture is uploaded, you will be able to pull it up with the same name.  For example, if I upload an image named 'Uberman 1.jpg', the file's name will be Uberman_1.jpg.

Now to add your picture to your page, you can either place the image in the apropriate spot on the template, or add it anywhere inside your page with the command '''[[image:uberman_1.jpg]]'''.  This will place your picture in the exact spot you type it.

If you want to put your picture in a nice frame to the right side of the text, with a caption below, use the command '''[[image:uberman_1.jpg|frame|Your Caption Goes Here]]'''. For more image options, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax Wikipedia: Extended image syntax].

==Stubbing==
If your group category page is a small work in progress, feel free to "stub" it. When you stub an article, you mark it as a work in progress, so that people who read the article know that there'll be more content coming soon. This also invites members of your group to add content to the page as well.

To stub a character group category, add '''{{Charactergroup-Stub}}''' to the end of the article, right above the list of categories. 

==Mature and Subversive Content==
If your page contains mature content (anything that would be more than about a PG-13 rating), or talks about highly controversial topics that others might not agree with (religion, Longbow's legal status, etc.), you might want to mark it with a mature or subversive content warning. That way, people can avoid content that might offend them. 

To mark a page as mature content, add '''{{Mature-content}}''' to the top of the page, after the end of your HeroBox or VillainBox template if necessary. 

To mark a page as subversive content, add '''{{Subversive-content}}''' to the top of the page, after the end of your HeroBox or VillainBox template if necessary.

And if you're strange and want to mark a page as mature content in a joking way, add '''{{Buggery-content}}''' to the top of the page.

=Finishing Up=
Once you've added all of the information you want to add, you'll want to preview it first to make sure it displays properly. You can do this by clicking the "Show Preview" button at the bottom of the edit window. Please ensure that you keep a copy of the text in the edit box in an outside text editor just in case the internet monster eats your content. 

The preview will bring up your page exactly as you programmed it to look. Look it over. Does it look right? Is something a little bit off? This is also a good time to make any alterations or corrections to your group content. Once you are happy with your work, press the save page button at the bottom.