WikiFur:Creating subforums

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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[edit]

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

 <div class="forumheader">'''Forums:''' [[Forum:Index|Index]] > [[Forum:Watercooler|Watercooler]] > {{PAGENAME}}</div><br />

 
 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".

 [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:NAMEOFFORUMWatercooler}} View recent changes for this forum]. 

 :''Note: You may have to [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} purge] this page to see changes.''

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 <table width="100%"><tr><td><!-- {{wpage}} --></td><td width="50%"><createbox>
  break=no
 prefix=Forum:
 preload=Template:Forumheader/{{PAGENAME}}
 buttonlabel=Add new topic
 </createbox></td></tr></table>
 <table class="forumlist" width="100%"><tr><th class="forum_title" align="left">Topic</th><th class="forum_edited" align="left">Last Edit</th><th class="forum_editor" align="left">Last Author</th></tr>
 <forum>
 namespace=Forum
 category=NAMEOFFORUMWatercooler
 shownamespace=false
 addlasteditor=true
 historylink=true
 cache=false
 </forum></table>
 [[Category:NAMEOFFORUMWatercooler]]
 

Header and automatic categorization[edit]

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

 <div class="forumheader">'''Forums:''' [[Forum:Index|Index]] > [[Forum:Watercooler|Watercooler]] > [[Forum:NAMEOFFORUM|NAMEOFFORUM]] > {{PAGENAME}}</div><br /> 
 <includeonly> [[Category:NAMEOFFORUMWatercooler]]
 </includeonly>

 <!-- Please put your content under this line.  Be sure to sign your edits with four tildes ~~~~ -->

 <noinclude>[[Category:WikiFurForums]][[Category:System templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>
 

Top it all off[edit]

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:

 <table class="forumlist" width="100%"><tr><th class="forum_title" align="left">Forum</th><th class="forum_edited" align="left">Last Edit</th><th class="forum_editor" align="left">Last Author</th></tr>
 <forum>
 namespace=Forum
 category=NAMEOFFORUMWatercooler
 title=Forum:NAMEOFFORUM
 shownamespace=false
 addlasteditor=true
 </forum>