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Transcluding this just keep it synced if it's ever changed.
(Refined instructions and rules, upgraded coding use the current user's name to give automatic links to the necessary signature pages.) |
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#Go to <span class="plainlinks">[http://zeldadungeon.net/wiki/i my preferences]</span> and type what you want your signature to appear as in the "signature" box. | #Go to <span class="plainlinks">[http://zeldadungeon.net/wiki/i my preferences]</span> and type what you want your signature to appear as in the "signature" box. | ||
#*Note that you will have to enter not only the text that you want to have appear, but also the coding to make it work. So <code>{{CURRENTUSER}} (Talk)</code> will do nothing. It would have to be <code><nowiki>[[User:</nowiki>{{CURRENTUSER}}|{{CURRENTUSER}}<nowiki>]] ([[User talk:</nowiki>{{CURRENTUSER}}<nowiki>|Talk]])</nowiki></code>. | #*Note that you will have to enter not only the text that you want to have appear, but also the coding to make it work. So <code>{{CURRENTUSER}} (Talk)</code> will do nothing. It would have to be <code><nowiki>[[User:</nowiki>{{CURRENTUSER}}|{{CURRENTUSER}}<nowiki>]] ([[User talk:</nowiki>{{CURRENTUSER}}<nowiki>|Talk]])</nowiki></code>. | ||
#Make sure that the " | #Make sure that the "''{{MediaWiki:Tog-fancysig}}''" box is '''checked'''. This allows your custom coding to work. | ||
#Save your preferences, and use with the same four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) that you normally do. | #Save your preferences, and use with the same four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) that you normally do. | ||
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#Go to [[Special:Preferences|my preferences]] and type the following into the "signature" box: | #Go to [[Special:Preferences|my preferences]] and type the following into the "signature" box: | ||
#:'''<nowiki>{</nowiki>{subst:User:'''''{{CURRENTUSER}}''/'''Sig2}}''' | #:'''<nowiki>{</nowiki>{subst:User:'''''{{CURRENTUSER}}''/'''Sig2}}''' | ||
#Make sure that the "'' | #Make sure that the "''{{MediaWiki:Tog-fancysig}}''" box is '''checked'''. | ||
#Save your preferences, and use with the same four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) that you normally do. | #Save your preferences, and use with the same four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) that you normally do. | ||