How to add a story
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[edit] Introduction
So you've written a great piece of literature for your character and you're ready to show it off, eh? Well, there's just a few guidelines to follow to make sure everything runs smoothly and organized-like.
[edit] Creating the Story's Page
Go ahead and make the page for your story. Just take the title for your story and remove "the," "a," or "an" from the beginning if any of those are present. For example, The Rise and Fall of Silverblade should be http://ravenholdt.kaaosa.com/wiki/Rise_and_Fall_of_Silverblade. Please capitalize your page's name just like you would the title of the story, so that it looks nice.
[edit] Posting your Story
After you have created the page, type (or copy/paste if you already have it written) your story within the text field. Remember, keep a line of clear space between each paragraph. Make ample use of the "Show preview" button. Make sure that your story looks good, and is readable.
Before saving the page, add the following two lines to the bottom: [[Category:Stories]] [[Category:<Your_Name>]] (for example, [[Category:Kaaosa]]) The name you give at this point shall be the author's name in lists, so be careful! Try to make all of your stories have this same name.
Hit the save button. The page is now created!
One last quick step and you are done.
[edit] Creating your Author's Page
This is something you only need to set up once. This page will display all works you have written alphabetically, and is used for people to search for stories by author.
Scroll down to the bottom of your newly-posted story. Find the link that says your name. You should see something similar to, "Categories: Stories, <Your Name>." Click on your name and you should be taken to a blank categories page titled with your name. Here, every page that has [[Category:<Your Name>]] at the bottom will be linked, sorted alphabetically by the name of the page. Enter the following into the page:
This page is a listing of all written works by this author. To find out more about the character, please see [[<Your_Character's_Name_Here>]]
[[Category:Stories_by_Author]]
That's it! You're done! You should now be able to search for your story in the Library by title and author. You may also link to any alts you have on Ravenholdt on your Author's Page if you think it is relevant.
[edit] Categorization
In order to make your story easier to find, you can also add it to one of three categories, Horde stories, Alliance stories, and Cross-faction stories. To add your story to one of the categories, add one of the following lines to the end of your story's page:
[[Category:Alliance stories]] [[Category:Horde stories]] [[Category:Cross-faction stories]]
