Dark Age of Camelot Wiki:Manual of Style

If you would like to contribute to the Dark Age of Camelot Wiki, please have a read through this page.

The best examples I can give are the following 2 pages: Armsman and Lough Derg, These pages show an attention to detail and nice flow of information that isn't just a huge wall of text. If you are going to add to the Wiki, emulating these pages would be a great idea.

Color Guide
Links & Button color: #FBD364 Header & Text Color: #B2B2B2 Border color: #404040 Albion Related: #990000 Midgard Related: #000099 Hibernia Related: #009900 Links to yet-to-be-created pages: #606060

Colours
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Use This is  how  you  can colour text.

Pro, Con, and Neutral Icons
When making stat pages the following icons can be used: will render will render will render

You might use it like this: increased strength and thus increased damage and weapons skill

which would render: } increased strength and thus increased damage and weapons skill

UI Icons
You can download and cut out UI icons from the UI icons page.

If you would like to include an icon in the body of a page we offer small and large icons for you to use. You will have to determine the Icon ID number for the icon you want. A tool to do this provided at http://tool.excidio.net/icon/

This tool will also generate the code needed to create big and small icons.

Examples:

Class Infobox
The class pages are some of the most information heavy pages on the wiki, so breaking up the text with some visuals is a good thing.

To generate a Class Infobox, use the template The following code: 

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Here is a breakdown of the variables you need to send it:


 * realm - first 3 letters: alb, mid, hib. Changing this will change the color of the highlighted text
 * image - the image file name stripped of wiki tags, example: Highlander_Armsman.jpg, You should make the image at least 200px wide for it to look the best
 * type - The type of Class, example: Melee
 * profession - Example: Defender's of Albion
 * races - Linked possible races separated by  tags. Example: Avalonin Briton Half-Ogre Highlander Inconnu Minotaur Saracen
 * misc - A short bit of additional information about the class. Example: Female Only

Zone Box
Same idea here as the Classbox: The following code: 

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To generate a Zone Infobox, use the template Here is a breakdown of the variables you need to send it:

Mardagh Tir na mBeo Tir na Nog
 * realm - first 3 letters: alb, mid, hib. Changing this will change the color of the highlighted text
 * image - the image file name stripped of wiki tags, example: Lough_Derg_map.jpg, Maps are being added to the Maps page, otherwise you can always upload them yourself. They should be 200px. In general the naming convention of maps should be Name_of_Zone_map.jpg
 * expansion - The expansion of the game that this zone is related to, ie: Classic, Catacombs, Shrouded Isles, etc
 * Villages - Linked Villages in the zone separated by  Example: Mag Mell
 * dungeons - Linked dungeons in the zone separated by  tags. Example: Demon Breach Dismal Grotto The Cursed Burrow
 * keeps - Linked keeps in the zone separated by  tags.

Navigation Boxes
There are a few boxes that can be placed around the wiki to help aid in navigation, they are quite large so I wont render them all here but they break down as follows:

To make a navigation box to display class types, you can use: will render: To make a navigation box to display Hibernia Zones, you can use:

To make a navigation box to display Albion Zones, you can use:

To make a navigation box to display Midgard Zones, you can use:

Other navigation boxes include: