To fork the repository, click the button on the top-right that says "Fork". In the new page, select the account/organisation you want to fork this repository towards and click "Create fork".
All main changes to the wiki are made on the dedicated `wiki` branch.
Before you try to make any changes should you make sure that you have the `wiki` branch selected. To do that, check the button next to the `X branches` text. If it says anything other than `wiki` will you need to click it and select the right branch.
-`Fetch and merge <number> upstream commits from PlaceholderAPI:wiki`
This is shown when your fork's branch is outdated and upstream (This Repository) has changes. Click the `Fetch and merge` button to fetch the latest commits and update your fork's `wiki` branch.
If you want to have a dedicated branch for it, will you need to click the button saying `wiki`, type in the small text field the name of the branch you want to use and click the text saying `Create branch: <branch> from 'wiki'`
The wiki uses normal Markdown formatting with some special design-rules you need to keep in mind.
These rules are as follows:
- Unordered lists need to start with a `-` and not `*`. This is to not get it confused with *italic text* which uses single `*` characters.
- New lines in lists need to keep their indends. This means you need to add two spaces at the start to keep the text in the same line.
Example:
```markdown
- Line 1
Line 2
```
- Use the `[[Page]]` and `[[Text|Page]]` format to link to other wiki pages. While those aren't rendered in the wiki folder will they render in the final wiki pages.
- External links should be set as Refernce Links, which means they are set as `[text]: link` at the top of the page and then used either through `[text]` or `[display text][text]` througout the page.
#### Adding new Expansion
When you add a new expansion to the wiki's [Placeholder page][placeholders] will you need to follow the following format:
````markdown
- ### [:name](:link)
> :command
:text
```
:placeholders
```
````
There are a few extra rules you need to also keep in mind:
-`:name` would be the name of your Expansion, not the plugin (Unless it is integrated into your plugin).
- Only embed a link, if your Expansion requires a plugin to function.
- When linking to a Spigot page, make sure to sanitze the link.
This means that f.e. https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/placeholderapi.6245/ becomes https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/6245/
-`:command` should be replaced with either the PlaceholderAPI command to download your expansion from the eCloud (`/papi ecloud download :name`) or with `NO DOWNLOAD COMMAND` if no separate download is available.
-`:text` is optional and should only be provided to link to additional documentation, your own placeholder list, or explain more complicated placeholders/features.
-`:placeholders` will be the list of placeholders your expansion provides.
Please avoid specific examples (i.e. `%placeholder_player_user123%`) and instead use `<>` and `[]` to mark required and optional options respecively (`%placeholder_player_<player>%`)
**Note:**
When your Expansion's entry is after and/or before other entries will you need to add `----` before or after it to separate it from other entries.
##### Example:
````markdown
- ### SomeExpansion
> NO DOWNLOAD COMMAND
```
%someexpansion_placeholder%
```
----
- ### YourExpansion
> NO DOWNLOAD COMMAND
```
%yourexpansion_placeholder%
```
----
- ### AnotherExpansion
> NO DOWNLOAD COMMAND
```
%anotherexpansion_placeholder%
```
````
After you added your expansion to this page will you also need to add an entry to the list at the top of the page.
You do so by adding `- **[:text](#:name)**` to the list, where `:text` is the text to display (Usually the name you set) and `:name` is the name you just set. If your expansion shares the exact same name as another entry on the page will you need to make sure that your expansion is listed **after** the other one AND that the list-entry has a `-1` appended to `#:name` (So f.e. `#expansion` becomes `#expansion-1`).
Finally can you now commit your changes and move forward to the [Plugins using PlaceholderAPI][using_papi] page in the wiki folder.
#### Adding new plugin
This step is only required if you either add a new plugin to the list, or you added an Expansion that is included in your own plugin.
Similar to the [Placeholders page][placeholders] does this page follow a specific format which we will explain real quick.
```markdown
- [:name](:link)
- [?] Supports placeholders.
- [?] Provides own placeholders. [:page]
```
Here are the following rules:
-`:name` needs to be replaced with the Name of your plugin.
-`:link` needs to be the link of the plugin's resource page.
- If no resource page is available can a GitHub repository be linked (if available) or the link omited altogether)
- When linking to a Spigot page, make sure to sanitze the link.
This means that f.e. https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/placeholderapi.6245/ becomes https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/6245/
-`[?]` needs to be replaced with either `[ ]` or `[x]` depending on whether the mentioned option is supported or not.
-`:page` needs to replace with the right value, depending on the conditions.
- If your plugin provides own Placeholders for other plugins to use can you set `**[[Link|Placeholders#:name]]**` where `:name` is the title you set in the placeholders page.
- If your plugin does not provide own placeholders will you need to set `Link`.
### Make a Pull request
After you made your changes is it time to make a Pull request.
When you go to the upstream repository, should GitHub already show you a notification that you have commits to PR. Click the `Compare & pull request` button to proceed.
By default will GitHub select the `master` branch as the target, which is not what we want. To fix this, click the button saying `base:master` and select the `wiki` branch.
Finally, fill out the Pull request template and submit the Pull request.
Congratulations! You've successfully made a Pull request for the wiki.
### Questions?
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask in the [HelpChat Discord][discord] or [open a new discussion][discussion] in this repository. We will be happy to help you.
### Credits
- The Wiki is maintained by [Andre601][andre].
- We use the [GitHub Wiki Action][action] by [Andrew-Chen-Wang][andrew] to update the PlaceholderAPI wiki through GitHub Actions.
