Guide to a Wiki-Style Factbook, Embassies, and Consulates

[Liberty and Alderney]

How do I have the box of cities with the pictures under the major cities table?

(Image)

It is most likely a table where the first row are the images of the cities and the second row is for the names.

[Ararat Mountain]

How do I have the box of cities with the pictures under the major cities table?

(Image)

It is most likely a table where the first row are the images of the cities and the second row is for the names.

"Holy Spoilers Batman" sorry

But is there a code?

[Todlichebujoku]

It is most likely a table where the first row are the images of the cities and the second row is for the names.

"Holy Spoilers Batman" sorry

But is there a code?

I suspect

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[Table][tr][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Name 1[/td][td]Name 2[/td][td]Name 3[/td][td]Name 4[/td][td]Name 5[/td][/tr][/Table]

where you put the image URLs inside the [img] tags (make sure they're all the same height and width, you can resize images through MS Paint and Pixlr or the edit functions of imgur and Photobucket).

[Liberty and Alderney]

It is most likely a table where the first row are the images of the cities and the second row is for the names.

"Holy Spoilers Batman" sorry

But is there a code?

You mean like to actually make a table? Ok, to make a table for both forums and factbooks you just need to use the [table] tags.

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[table][/table]

Now formating the table itself is a bit difficult, so follow closely. To spawn a new row in your table you need to put the tags [tr] in between the [table] tags.

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[table][tr][/tr][/table]

Then depending on how many cells you want for your row, you put the appropriate amount of [td] tags in between the [tr] tags, for example in that picture you see that there are 4 cities displayed in that factbook, so we must put four new [td] tags in the code to create four cells per row.

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[table][tr][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]

Now to actually put the content you want in your table you just type what you want in between the [td] tags. In the case of the table in the screenshot, it was images of the city, so the code would look something like this.

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[table][tr][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][/tr][/table]

Now you have your first row. To create your second row you just put a new set of [tr] tags in front of the first one and repeat the steps above. This time you would fill in the names of the images from the first row.

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[table][tr][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][/tr][tr][td](name here)[/td][td](name here)[/td][td](name here)[/td][td](name here)[/td][/tr][/table]

And that is how you make a table. I did this long explanation so hopefully you can use the [table] code to do what ever you want with them. Something you should know about them though is that the first row of tables in factbooks always have a grey background, don't know why but that is the way it is. Anyways, have fun.

EDIT: ...Or just look at what that dastardly bastardly ninja did above. Curse you making me look like a fool! *shakes fist*

[Ararat Mountain]

"Holy Spoilers Batman" sorry

But is there a code?

You mean like to actually make a table? Ok, to make a table for both forums and factbooks you just need to use the [table] tags.

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[table][/table]

Now formating the table itself is a bit difficult, so follow closely. To spawn a new row in your table you need to put the tags [tr] in between the [table] tags.

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[table][tr][/tr][/table]

Then depending on how many cells you want for your row, you put the appropriate amount of [td] tags in between the [tr] tags, for example in that picture you see that there are 4 cities displayed in that factbook, so we must put four new [td] tags in the code to create four cells per row.

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[table][tr][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]

Now to actually put the content you want in your table you just type what you want in between the [td] tags. In the case of the table in the screenshot, it was images of the city, so the code would look something like this.

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[table][tr][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][/tr][/table]

Now you have your first row. To create your second row you just put a new set of [tr] tags in front of the first one and repeat the steps above. This time you would fill in the names of the images from the first row.

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[table][tr][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][td](img code here)[/td][/tr][tr][td](name here)[/td][td](name here)[/td][td](name here)[/td][td](name here)[/td][/tr][/table]

And that is how you make a table. I did this long explanation so hopefully you can use the [table] code to do what ever you want with them. Something you should know about them though is that the first row of tables in factbooks always have a grey background, don't know why but that is the way it is. Anyways, have fun.

EDIT: ...Or just look at what that dastardly bastardly ninja did above. Curse you making me look like a fool! *shakes fist*

"Holy Spoilers Batman" sorry

But is there a code?

I suspect

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[Table][tr][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][td][img][/img][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Name 1[/td][td]Name 2[/td][td]Name 3[/td][td]Name 4[/td][td]Name 5[/td][/tr][/Table]

where you put the image URLs inside the [img] tags (make sure they're all the same height and width, you can resize images through MS Paint and Pixlr or the edit functions of imgur and Photobucket).

Thank you!

[Plumia]

I'm so thankful for this thread, oh my gosh.

[Liberty and Alderney]

I'm so thankful for this thread, oh my gosh.

We all are, it is a blessing.

[Ponderosa]

I'm so thankful for this thread, oh my gosh.

Thanks for your thankfulness, guy.

[Ma-Bok-Lang]

All i get when i tried this is the url to the image in the factbook, not the picture, now i'm stuck, no one has any good information, or i suck with computers. Either way, why can't there be an easier process.

[West Dixieland]

*holding spot, soon to return*

[Liberty and Alderney]

All i get when i tried this is the url to the image in the factbook, not the picture, now i'm stuck, no one has any good information, or i suck with computers. Either way, why can't there be an easier process.

I am assuming that you used the tags, right? Well, that is not what you wanna use to get an image displayed in a factbook. Lemme show you an example.Say I wanted to use a certain picture in a factbook. If we use the [url] tags like below...

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[url]http://www.issuesandalibis.org/onObamaWeekly.jpg[/url]

http://www.issuesandalibis.org/onObamaWeekly.jpg

But if we use the [img] tags as shown below...

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[img]http://www.issuesandalibis.org/onObamaWeekly.jpg[/img]

As for why this isn't easier?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just the way it is.

[Girafistan]

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=gir ... /id=495464

This is my factbook, does it look okay? I used Ponderosa's template.

[Liberty and Alderney]

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=girafistan/detail=factbook/id=495464

This is my factbook, does it look okay? I used Ponderosa's template.

It is quite scant in information, and pictures could be nice. But overall it seems like a good beginning to what would become an excellent factbook.

[Girafistan]

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=girafistan/detail=factbook/id=495464

This is my factbook, does it look okay? I used Ponderosa's template.

It is quite scant in information, and pictures could be nice. But overall it seems like a good beginning to what would become an excellent factbook.

Thanks. I'm still figuring it out, I'll add some more information when I get a chance.

[Jute]

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=girafistan/detail=factbook/id=495464

This is my factbook, does it look okay? I used Ponderosa's template.

I like your political factbooks.

[Girafistan]

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=girafistan/detail=factbook/id=495464

This is my factbook, does it look okay? I used Ponderosa's template.

I like your political factbooks.

Thank you!

[Markimoomoo]

I posted this comment, so I won't have to search for Ponderosa again.

[Trelatche]

I posted this comment, so I won't have to search for Ponderosa again.

For future reference, there's a button on the bottom left of each thread that lets you bookmark them without needing to "tag" them by posting.

[Todlichebujoku]

I posted this comment, so I won't have to search for Ponderosa again.

Um, this is always right at the top of the F&NI forum, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding this...

Tagging (basically what you just did- posting a comment just to have it show up in your "View Your Posts" page) is considered spam, so try not to do it.

[Anollasia]

Is there any reason why the links under ''Contents'' is not working in my factbook? They used to work and I haven't messed around with it...

[Trelatche]

Is there any reason why the links under ''Contents'' is not working in my factbook? They used to work and I haven't messed around with it...

Weird, cause the coding seems fine. Maybe it's a bug?

[Anollasia]

Is there any reason why the links under ''Contents'' is not working in my factbook? They used to work and I haven't messed around with it...

Weird, cause the coding seems fine. Maybe it's a bug?

Never mind, fixed it.

[New North Aqmuland]

What size would you recommend I resize my flag and map to, such that they properly fit into the sidebar?

The way I've currently got them, they take up the entire page at the top, and I'd like to fix that.

[Liberty and Alderney]

What size would you recommend I resize my flag and map to, such that they properly fit into the sidebar?

The way I've currently got them, they take up the entire page at the top, and I'd like to fix that.

I think a width of about 250 pixels should be the right size. Are you planning to re size them yourself?

[New North Aqmuland]

What size would you recommend I resize my flag and map to, such that they properly fit into the sidebar?

The way I've currently got them, they take up the entire page at the top, and I'd like to fix that.

I think a width of about 250 pixels should be the right size. Are you planning to re size them yourself?

I was planning on using pixlr to do it. Good to know, though.

Thanks!