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[wiki]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/wiki
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[placeholders]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/wiki/Placeholders
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[using_papi]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/wiki/Plugins-using-PlaceholderAPI
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[discord]: https://discord.gg/HelpChat
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[discussion]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/discussions
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[expansion-generator]: https://www.andre601.ch/Expansion-Wiki-Generator/
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[andre]: https://github.com/Andre601
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[andrew]: https://github.com/Andrew-Chen-Wang
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[action]: https://github.com/Andrew-Chen-Wang/github-wiki-action
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# Wiki
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Welcome to the Wiki folder!
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This folder contains all the files of the [PlaceholderAPI Wiki][wiki].
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It allows you to contribute towards the wiki and us to have more control about what changes are commited to it.
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## Contrbuting to the wiki
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If you want to contribute towards the wiki, will you need to follow the below instructions to not get your Pull request closed without a warning.
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### Fork the Repository (Not wiki!)
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> Already having a fork? Skip to the [next Step](#select-target-branch)!
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You need to make a fork of the PlaceholderAPI Repository to contribute towards the wiki.
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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 make sure to have "Copy the `master` branch only" unchecked, so that the `wiki` branch is copied too.
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After this, click "Create fork".
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![fork repo](./img/readme/fork.png)
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The forking process should only take a few seconds and you should be redirected to your fork afterwards.
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### Select target branch
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All main changes to the wiki are made on the dedicated `wiki` branch.
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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.
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![select branch](./img/readme/select-branch.png)
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### Fetch Changes from Upstream
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This is only required when you already had a fork and didn't update it for some time.
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While you're on the `wiki` branch, click the `Sync Fork` text located right below the green `Code` button.
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Depending on the status of your branch can the prompt show different outcomes:
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- `This branch is not behind the upstream PlaceholderAPI:wiki`
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Your fork's `wiki` branch is up-to-date with the latest changes from Upstream (This Repository). You don't have to update anything.
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![upstream up-to-date](./img/readme/up-to-date.png)
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- `This branch is out-of-date`
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Your fork's `wiki` branch is outdated and should be updated. Press the "Update branch" button to do so.
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![upstream needs update](./img/readme/needs-update.png)
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### Commit changes
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To commit changes will you need to choose, if you want to directly commit to your fork's `wiki` branch, or make a dedicated branch for it.
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#### Make separate branch (Optional)
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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'`
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![create branch](./img/readme/new-branch.png)
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After that should you now have a separate branch that is based of the `wiki` branch and you can finally commit changes to it.
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#### Formatting
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The wiki uses normal Markdown formatting with some special design-rules you need to keep in mind.
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These rules are as follows:
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- Unordered lists need to start with a `-` and not `*`. This is to not get it confused with *italic text* which uses single `*` characters.
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- 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.
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Example:
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```markdown
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- Line 1
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Line 2
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```
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- 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.
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- 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.
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#### Adding new Expansion
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When you add a new expansion to the wiki's [Placeholder page][placeholders] will you need to follow the following format:
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````markdown
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- ### [:name](:link)
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> :command
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:text
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```
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:placeholders
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```
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````
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There are a few extra rules you need to also keep in mind:
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- `:name` would be the name of your Expansion, not the plugin (Unless it is integrated into your plugin).
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- Only embed a link, if your Expansion requires a plugin to function.
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- When linking to a Spigot page, make sure to sanitze the link.
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This means that f.e. https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/placeholderapi.6245/ becomes https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/6245/
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- `: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.
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- `:text` is optional and should only be provided to link to additional documentation, your own placeholder list, or explain more complicated placeholders/features.
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- `:placeholders` will be the list of placeholders your expansion provides.
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Please avoid specific examples (i.e. `%placeholder_player_user123%`) and instead use `<>` and `[]` to mark required and optional options respecively (`%placeholder_player_<player>%`)
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**Note:**
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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.
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##### Example:
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````markdown
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- ### SomeExpansion
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> NO DOWNLOAD COMMAND
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```
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%someexpansion_placeholder%
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```
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----
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- ### YourExpansion
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> NO DOWNLOAD COMMAND
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```
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%yourexpansion_placeholder%
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```
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----
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- ### AnotherExpansion
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> NO DOWNLOAD COMMAND
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```
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%anotherexpansion_placeholder%
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```
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````
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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.
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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`).
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Finally can you now commit your changes and move forward to the [Plugins using PlaceholderAPI][using_papi] page in the wiki folder.
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#### Adding new plugin
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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.
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Similar to the [Placeholders page][placeholders] does this page follow a specific format which we will explain real quick.
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```markdown
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- [:name](:link)
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- [?] Supports placeholders.
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- [?] Provides own placeholders. [:page]
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```
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Here are the following rules:
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- `:name` needs to be replaced with the Name of your plugin.
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- `:link` needs to be the link of the plugin's resource page.
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- If no resource page is available can a GitHub repository be linked (if available) or the link omited altogether)
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- When linking to a Spigot page, make sure to sanitze the link.
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This means that f.e. https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/placeholderapi.6245/ becomes https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/6245/
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- `[?]` needs to be replaced with either `[ ]` or `[x]` depending on whether the mentioned option is supported or not.
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- `:page` needs to replace with the right value, depending on the conditions.
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- 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.
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- If your plugin does not provide own placeholders will you need to set `Link`.
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### Make a Pull request
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After you made your changes is it time to make a Pull request.
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When you made changes to the branch should GitHub show you a prompt with a button saying "Compare & pull request". This prompt also shows up when you visit the upstream Repository while having changes on your fork.
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Press the button to proceed.
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![pr prompt](./img/readme/pr-prompt.png)
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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.
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> **Note**
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> When the branch selection only shows branches and not the actual repositories does it mean that you're prompted to PR to your own fork.
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> To fix this, press the "compare across forks" text shown, select `PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI` as the target repository (left side) and your fork as the source. Then select the wiki branch as mentioned above.
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![create pr](./img/readme/create-pr.png)
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Finally, fill out the Pull request template and submit the Pull request.
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Congratulations! You've successfully made a Pull request for the wiki.
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### Questions?
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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.
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### Tools
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A simple [online-tool][expansion-generator] is provided by Andre601 that allows you to create new entries for expansions in the wiki.
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### Credits
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- The Wiki is maintained by [Andre601][andre].
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- We use the [GitHub Wiki Action][action] by [Andrew-Chen-Wang][andrew] to update the PlaceholderAPI wiki through GitHub Actions.
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