WikiFur:Creating subforums

To create subforums underneath the Forum: namespace is a process meant for general wiki topics (and the occasional dispute) which are better discussed in a public dedicated space (rather than the more common talk page of an article). Thus, the following method of creating such subforums is suggested for those who are in need of a best practice for constructing such discussion areas within this wiki.

For tutorial purposes, the title of the forum and the respective category is substituted with the word NAMEOFFORUM; when creating the subforum using the syntax, replace NAMEOFFORUM with your selected forum name.

Creating the subforum index
The following syntax goes into the subforum index page, and delineates the Header, topic creation button and list of recent thread updates.

Forums: Index > Watercooler >

Welcome to the WikiFur Watercooler forum for topics related to NAMEOFFORUM. To add a new topic, please type the title in the box below and click "add new topic".

[ View recent changes for this forum].



Header and automatic categorization
To set up automatic topic categorization and presentation for the "Add new topic" input box, create Template:Forumheader/NAMEOFFORUM :

Forums: Index > Watercooler > NAMEOFFORUM >

Top it all off
Edit your new Watercooler category to bring it under the greater Watercooler tree of forum pages.

Finally, list your new subforum in the "parent" subforum of your choice:

Forum Last Edit Last Author namespace=Forum category=NAMEOFFORUMWatercooler title=Forum:NAMEOFFORUM shownamespace=false addlasteditor=true