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The [[Portal:Contents/Portals|Portals]] are designed by hand to provide everything you need for a particular subject of modding. Each Portal has its own Featured Content, its own tutorials, reference material, and numerous links to other topics of interest. | The [[Portal:Contents/Portals|Portals]] are designed by hand to provide everything you need for a particular subject of modding. Each Portal has its own Featured Content, its own tutorials, reference material, and numerous links to other topics of interest. | ||
=== Table of Contents & The | === Table of Contents & The Categories === | ||
The [[Portal:Contents|Table of Contents]] provides an index of the Category system of the Wiki. Categories are automated pages used since the beginning of the Wiki, and they are by far the most thorough organization of articles offered here. Any page can be a member of several categories, and navigating through the categories, while certainly less guided than other methods, is often the best way to find information. | The [[Portal:Contents|Table of Contents]] provides an index of the Category system of the Wiki. Categories are automated pages used since the beginning of the Wiki, and they are by far the most thorough organization of articles offered here. Any page can be a member of several categories, and navigating through the categories, while certainly less guided than other methods, is often the best way to find information. | ||
At the bottom of any page you will find a list of the categories | At the bottom of any page you will find a list of the categories it resides in. To learn more about that category, click on it, and you will find information on members of that category as well as a list of all of the other articles in the same category. | ||
== Making the Most of the Wiki == | == Making the Most of the Wiki == | ||
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=== Custom Style Sheets === | === Custom Style Sheets === | ||
Registered users of the Wiki have access to a special page called | Registered users of the Wiki have access to a special page called [[Special:MyPage/esstyle.css|User:Name/esstyle.css]], which can be used to modify the appearance of the Wiki. Tired of the banner image stretching all the way across the page? There's a way to change that. Dislike the static width of the Wiki, wasting valuable screen area on black borders, or stretching your window and forcing a horizontal scroll bar? That can be changed as well. Check out the [[Wiki User Style]] page for more information on changing the appearance of the Wiki, as well as some pre-made fixes designed by some of our best coders. | ||
=== Asking Questions === | === Asking Questions === | ||
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Feedback is also encouraged. If anything on the page is unclear or confusing, mentioning that is significant boon to the Wiki as a whole. Please follow the same guidelines for feedback as for questions. | Feedback is also encouraged. If anything on the page is unclear or confusing, mentioning that is significant boon to the Wiki as a whole. Please follow the same guidelines for feedback as for questions. | ||
Please do not ask questions, give feed back, or add signatures | Please do not ask questions, give feed back, or add signatures in the actual articles. Always use the associated Talk page. | ||
=== Simple Ways to Help on the Wiki === | === Simple Ways to Help on the Wiki === | ||