HowTo:Make your first HowTo
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This is a serious guide on creating a HowTo article. It is a quick draft that will be finished once the templates and pages are finalized.
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[edit] Creating the article
Basically, just create the article the same way you would any other article, but in the HowTo: namespace. To create an article in a different namespace, just link to it from another page. For example, [[HowTo:Tie your shoes]]. One important tip is this: users of HowTo articles appreciate a degree of patronising language. They find it helpful to be talked down to, it helps them learn HowTo do what ever they want to learn HowTo do.
[edit] Tip template
Tip
Use left or right to choose where the tip goes.
You can use the {{tip||}} template anywhere on the page to add a tip. The first option is left or right, and the second option is the tip. For example, {{tip|right|Use left or right to choose where the tip goes.}} appears as on the right.
[edit] HowTo template
Finally, add the {{HowTo}} template somewhere on the page. This not only adds a link back to the main page, but it also takes care of the category.
[edit] Recent HowTos
You should also add a link to the page on the "Recent HowTos" on the main HowTo page. This process will be simplified soon, until then you will have to find the place in the HTML.
This HowTo article is a stub. Instructions may be incomplete and may be dangerous. (The latter having nothing to do with the former) You obviously have nothing better to do, so why not help by finishing it?
