User:Dollygirl/sandbox

Dynamic Page List-cross section of categories Figure and DAZ3D
 category = Figure category = DAZ3D 

Playing in your sandbox for a moment
Hi Dollygirl! I figured out how to do some more advanced things with DynamicPageList, and though you might like to see them. I had to use the "template" format to do these. -Rob

Hey Rob, Yes I am. I need to do some research on how to pass variables into a line of code to make a page of the resulting list. Like what we have when we go to the search button up at the top of the page. With this type of feature the website will become a very powerful tool in finding that perfect freebie. I do want to say that it is great that you are creating a page for every freebie. It is lots of work but I do believe that people will be much happier with the site. It is amazing how you have amassed so much info on the freebie community. -Dollygirl

That's so tricky a request that I don't know how to make it happen. I've asked a few folks who have DPL installed on their wiki and are better programmers than I am whether they know how to pass a variable to a DPL line. Crossing fingers... -Rob

would list Justlastknight, Pose, Victoria 4 articles if it's used on an article page. Here, it would list Justlastknight, Pose, Victoria 4 sandbox pages.

Justlastknight, Pose, Victoria 4:

Justlastknight, Pose, Victoria 4 - only in the "File" namespace (so images only), sorted by name:

Justlastknight, Material or Shader, Victoria 4:

There are two things I check first, before I create a page.
The first thing I check,
 * is the creator already in our wiki list of creators.

The second thing,
 * is there a page already in use on the wiki with the same title as what the creator has used on their product.

Here is how I get these two pieces of information:

 * Checking for Creator:
 * 1. Go to the Creator category.
 * 2. Check the Creator category to see if the wiki already has the creator of the product listed. An example would be looking for Mada in the list. Clicking on the M will get you to the page that contains all of the creators we have listed with the names starting with M.
 * 3. Remember that Mada and mada will be two different categories so make sure you know how the category is presented in the list. You will want to have the same spelling and context, ie capitalization and spaces as what is listed in the creator list, to get the product associated with the correct creator.
 * 4. If the creator is not on the list you can create the creator's category when you create the page for the new product. See section "Creating a new category" for how to do this.


 * Checking for page title usage:
 * 1. In the "Search Poser and Daz Free Resources" box in the upper right corner of any of the wiki's web pages put the proposed title of the page. You will be given a possible list of page titles that already exsist or an option to click on "containing.....".
 * 2. If you do not see the exact page heading listed then hitting the return button will transfer you to a special page. You will see a line item just below the search box that says "Create the page "Your proposed title here" on this wiki!" The new title will be in red font. Click on this and a new page will be created.
 * 3. If you do see the exact page heading listed then change the proposed title. I have been adding the following string "(Creator's name)" to the title. An example: Cow (Scott Ayers) and Cow (Adam Thwaites).
 * 4. You change the title in the search box and click on the magnifier and you will get the new title in red below.
 * 5. Click on the red fonted title to initiate the creation of the page.

Here is how I create the new page:

 * Populating the page with information (Using the Boilerplate):
 * 1. At this point you can select a boilerplate that will fill out the generic format. This includes the freebie box, resources, prerequisites and such. There are helpful tips and suggestions on how to fill out the page. where to put information, how to describe the product and what kind of information is needed to meet the requirements of the wiki.
 * 2. To populate with the boiler plate, have "Free Resource Page" in the box for Select boilerplate. Click on Load.
 * 3. Fill out the information you have.
 * 4. Remove the notes and other lines that are not being used by the page.
 * 5. Hit the save page button at the bottom of the web page.


 * Populating the page with information (Using an Exsisting Page from the Wiki):
 * 1. Open a new web window on the Creator page.
 * 2. From the Creator category select the content creator. Look through the list of pages the wiki has for that creator. Click on a page that has similar properties as the current product you are working on. Example: I am creating the Jack Russell product by Adam Thwaites. This is a dog prop so I look through his set of pages and find the page Guard Dog.
 * 3. Click on the similar page and open it up. Click on the edit tab at the top of the page.
 * 4. Copy the content of the exsisting page.
 * 5. Go back to the just created page and paste.
 * 6. Make the appropriate changes. In the case of my example all I had to do was change the title, the freebie link and description for the Jack Russell product. Catgories, license and creator's name were done and I did not have to change them.
 * 7. Hit the save button at the bottom of the web page.


 * Creating a new category
 * 1. Categories can be created on a page by using the format double straight brackets "[" then the string "Category:" and then the string "CategoryName" and then double straight close brackets "]". If there is not a current category when the page is saved the Category will be listed at the bottom of the page in red.
 * 2. Click on the red fonted category and a new page will be created which lists the page you just made and provides an edit box to place a description of what the category is. Examples: Category "Animal" has the following description - Animal figures and props. For sort-of-animal, sort-of-human figures and props, see Category:Anthropomorphic
 * 3. Add the categories you want the associated caterogy to be in. For example: the category of Dog is categorized as Animal. A category must be in one category except for the category "Indexes".
 * 4. If creating a new category for a content creator then the category is Creator.