User:WMWillis/Portalization

1.	Create a new page using Portal:Topic as the title of the page (where "Topic" is the subject of your portal) and enter the following text

Save 2.	Create two subpages: Save Portal:Topic/box-header with this text: Save Portal:Topic/box-footer with this text:

3.	Return to your portal page Portal:Topic and begin editing (general instructions on editing a portal are below). Basically follow the red links to create sub-pages that will fill the boxes. 4.	Place a link to your portal at the top of the appropriate article (of the same name) by placing a there, or place  at other various pages. For an explanation of how and why this format works go here. 5.	List your new portal in the Directory of portals. 6.	Announce your new portal on the community bulletin board. At this point, you have created a Portal under construction. It is a framework with a lot of red links where content should go. A fair amount of work is still necessary to turn a skeleton portal into one ready for browsing. 7.	Edit the portal. (See How to edit the portal below for instructions.) 8.	When the portal is complete and of good quality: Recategorize the portal from Category:Portals under construction to Category:Portals or an appropriate subcategory. Add a link to the portal at. Add a link to the portal at Portal:Browse. Customisation and editing

The box portal allows you to edit the portal without editing the main portal page. Simply follow the red links to the sub pages and enter the information there. These sub-pages will be displayed on the main page. Adding a section (box) If you wish to add a section (box) using the regular codes, go to your portal page (e.g. [1]) and simply type in: where "1" is the box title "2" is the article to be linked to. This will appear right under the title bar. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:

(no edit link param, note pipe still in place) "3" is again the article to be linked to (this will appear as a red link until first edited), for example:

"4" is a link that you'd like to display at the bottom-right corner of the box. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:

(no bottom-right param, note pipe still in place)