User:Choerryism/Guide to Templating

Foreword: What are templates and how do I use them?= I. How do I make a template?= II. Designing your template=

How do I change my template's font size/colors/family?
III. Images=

Other cool stuff you can do with images
IV. Other styles of templates you can do= Want to deviate from the norm of character image+quote+info that every other template on this wiki has? Hell yeah, brother. I got what you need. V. Conclusion and Tips= Congratulations! You now know how to make a template. Good for you! No, seriously, good for you. Now use what you've learned here and go wild. If you have any further questions, you can contact me.

And now, those tips I mentioned earlier...
 * Keep this image in mind whenever you choose your colors for the love of god (if you're using text stroke you can kinda ignore this but it ultimately depends on your color choices)


 * Gradients look a bit strange when paired with double borders, but it is mostly unnoticeable.
 * Use to automatically assign as many categories as you want to one page as long as it has your template on it.
 * I usually stay away from dotted/inset/outset borders but I'm not stopping you from using them.
 * Try not to cram too much information into your templates. If it's an ownership template, I don't really care how much you put on it, do what you want. But if your template is meant to provide information about a page, the summary must be straight to the point and not just one giant wall of text. Some examples of good info templates would be ,    and.
 * Adding onto this, the way templates are optimized for mobile users are extremely poor and it makes them look like they're way longer than they really are (if that makes any sense)
 * Listen to this album.