User blog comment:Freecie1/Templates/@comment-1024726-20100629180226

The general concept is easy. Create a page under the name "Template: ". Then, whenever you put in the code " ", the template will be copied onto the page.

Actually making a useful, stylized template is easier said than done. It usually takes a few hours for me to write a template, and I don't do them from scratch. I tend to copy the basic structure of other templates and then fill them in with my own color or text. Also, I only make templates when the wiki actually needs them. Making templates willy-nilly may be fun, but if the templates are useless then you have no point in making them.

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