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::<small><b><i>Note:</i></b> <i>Only use this option if your signature is very simple. If it is too complex, you may be asked to use the second option.</i></small> | ::<small><b><i>Note:</i></b> <i>Only use this option if your signature is very simple. If it is too complex, you may be asked to use the second option.</i></small> | ||
#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>{{ | #*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>{{#username:}} (Talk)</code> will do nothing. It would have to be <code><nowiki>[[User:</nowiki>{{#username:}}|{{#username:}}<nowiki>]] ([[User talk:</nowiki>{{#username:}}<nowiki>|Talk]])</nowiki></code>. | ||
#Make sure that the "''{{MediaWiki:Tog-fancysig}}''" box is '''checked'''. This allows your custom coding to work. | #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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=== Advanced Signature === | === Advanced Signature === | ||
Be sure to follow these directions '''exactly''' or this will not work properly. Click on the links to take you to the pages you need to create. | Be sure to follow these directions '''exactly''' or this will not work properly. Click on the links to take you to the pages you need to create. | ||
#Create a page titled [[User:{{ | #Create a page titled [[User:{{#username:}}/Sig|'''User:'''''{{#username:}}''/'''Sig''']]. | ||
#Enter the necessary coding for your signature in this page. | #Enter the necessary coding for your signature in this page. | ||
#Save the page. | #Save the page. | ||
#Create a second page titled [[User:{{ | #Create a second page titled [[User:{{#username:}}/Sig2|'''User:'''''{{#username:}}''/'''Sig2''']]. | ||
#In this page, type only this: | #In this page, type only this: | ||
#:'''<nowiki>{</nowiki>{User:'''''{{ | #:'''<nowiki>{</nowiki>{User:'''''{{#username:}}''/'''Sig}}''' | ||
#Save the page. | #Save the page. | ||
#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:'''''{{ | #:'''<nowiki>{</nowiki>{subst:User:'''''{{#username:}}''/'''Sig2}}''' | ||
#Make sure that the "''{{MediaWiki:Tog-fancysig}}''" box is '''checked'''. | #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. | ||