User blog:Drew1200/Updating the Articles

We're finally ready to update the articles! This may take awhile to explain, but I'll give an explanation of how to update the articles, and examples, so that everyone can update them. It will be a major project, but I think we can get it done by the end of the week.

Before I start explaining, I really need thank Agent Swipe and Seaside. If it weren't for either of them, we wouldn't be ready yet. I couldn't figure out any solution to the LMB update, and I had no clue what we were going to do here. Swipe had the genius idea to make a template that was basically a copy of the profile on the LMBs. I started to create it, and got the upper part done, but I was having a lot of trouble getting the rank part done, which is probably the hardest part. While I was offline, Seaside finished the template for me! If you look at it on Template:Profile, you can see it's nearly flawless, thanks to Seaside. He did a great job.

So basically, what the template does, is allows you to put in the rank number of the user, and the URL of their avatar. From that, it automatically generates their profile on the LMBs. This will be so much easier than anything we've ever done before. This will even be easier than the screenshots we were taking before the update.

To use the template, use the following code:

It's extremely simply, and easy to fill out. If you're having trouble with the AviURL, just right click on the user's avatar on their profile on the LMBs, and press copy image URL. Then you just paste it here.

I just want to note that it will automatically add the categories, too, so no one add the categories. You'll still get the category badges for adding the template, though.

So that's probably the biggest thing we have for the update. As for archiving the current information we have, we will be doing that on a sub-page. Like Drew1200/Archive. That may change eventually, but for now, that's were we will store our information. However, when you're adding all the new information, just copy and paste everything except the SourceBox below a header called "Archive". Then, keep the SourceBox and Profile above that header, and keep any information from the archive that doesn't have to do with their studs, old rank, etc.

If none of this makes sense, don't worry. I have an example that's already completed. Template:Profile/doc. That is what the Drew1200 article should look like after it's completed. Hopefully that will help you understand everything better.

After you leave the header archive, either an admin or another user who's been given permission to do so will come around and create the archive pages. If you want to do this, just ask in the comments.

So, get to work! This will be a LOT less work than we expected it too, but it'll still be a lot of work. As I said before, my goal is to get it done by the end of the week. If everyone could help us meet this goal, it'd be just awesome.