Category talk:Shops

Documentation

Adding or editing a shop page is relatively simple.

• Edit an existing shop page or create a new one.
• The first template to add is Template:Store At A Glance. For existing shops, verify the information in the template is correct. There are fields for up to 4 store types currently. Only include extra type field if they are needed.

{{Store At A Glance |    
Store Name       = Bards R Us   |
Province         = Zoluren      |
Town             = Crossing     |
MapNumber        =  1           |
Owner            =  Bob         |
NumRooms         =  4           |
Store Type       =  Music       |
Store Type2      =  Instrument  | 
Store Type3      =              | 
Store Type4      =              |
}}

If a field is unknown, please leave it blank.

• Next put in the room description via the Template:ShopDescription
• Then, if prices may differ from listed via haggling or other factors, put in

  {{ShopPriceDiffer}}

• Each inventory table begins with Template:ShopHeader

Example:

{{ShopHeader|title=Page 3 - Flutes and Things}}

• This is followed by individual items input using Template:ShopItem

Examples:

{{ShopItem|Flute|400}}
{{ShopItem|Lute|600}}

• You no longer need to input the coin type.
• Notes can be added to the table using Template:ShopFootnote

{{ShopFootnote|This is a note}}

• Finally, close the table with |}

See A Bit For Horses for an example shop.

Any questions, see Naeya or Callek

Discussion

Whaddya think about adding sectional headings to the templates?

I've been browsing a few of the shop pages and I think it would be nice to add automatic sectional headers. That would make it a lot easier to browse the shops IMO. I'm talking about making individual rooms in a shop their own second-level header, and shop display areas (racks, shelves, etc) their own third-level header. All it would take is a simple addition to Template:ShopDescription and Template:ShopHeader.

This would also allow the use of intra-page wikilinks in the room descriptions to tag doors, curtains, arches etc so they link directly to the area of the shop the portals lead to. --Farman 11:06, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

It should be relatively easy. All of the shops have been converted to the new templates now (*pants*). While I'm loathe to go through them all again, this is a sound idea.--Naeya ^(talk) 12:47, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

Well I tried it but reverted back almost immediately. I ran into the same problem that led me to redo the spell templates, namely, putting section headers in a template means that when you try to edit such a section from the article page, you end up editing the template and not the article data. Oh well :P --Farman 11:20, 22 May 2007 (CDT)