Nelson5577

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Barnstar Creation

{{helpme}} How do you create a barnstar if you have the image already? I need it in very many details and I need the details to be general so I can know what you mean. Thank you!

First, I would start by 'stealing' the code from Template:The Original Barnstar;

{| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|#fdffe7}}};"
|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[Image:Original_Barnstar.png|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Original Barnstar'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | {{{1}}}
|}

I suggest you copy that into a user subpage - make User:Nelson5577/barntest, and put it there.

Then, all you really need to do is, change the image name, from "Original_Barnstar.png" to whatever the image you have is. If you haven't already uploaded it, you need to - over at Commons.

Once you have it in that subpage, with the replaced file, you can test it - you could try it here, putting this;

{{subst:Nelson5577/barntest|Message here}}

You could use it like that forever, or - if you think that it would be useful to others - you could move it into the template namespace - ie move it to Template:Something Barnstar (with an appropriate name).

Templates can be substituted without the 'template' prefix - so, if it was put into a template, it could be used by just putting {{subst:Something Barnstar|Message}}

I hope that this is enough information to get you going; for more help, you can either;

• Leave a message on my own talk page; OR
• Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
• Talk to us live, with this or this.

The last of those is particularly useful - please try it; pop in now and say hello.  Chzz  ►  21:20, 17 April 2010 (UTC)