Follow these instructions to update the relevant sections of the Wiki when there is an Update to any of the games, or the Portal blog.
Create a Patch page (Updates only)
Naming
Patch pages should be named according to the following rules:
- Portal 2:
- PC:
Month day, year Patch
- e.g.
January 1, 1970 Patch
- e.g.
- PS3:
Month day, year Patch (PS3)
- e.g.
January 1, 1970 Patch (PS3)
- e.g.
- Xbox:
Month day, year Patch (Xbox)
- e.g.
January 1, 1970 Patch (Xbox)
- e.g.
- PC:
- Portal:
- PC:
Month day, year Patch (Portal)
- e.g.
January 1, 1970 Patch (Portal)
- e.g.
- PS3:
Month day, year Patch (Portal PS3)
- e.g.
January 1, 1970 Patch (Portal PS3)
- e.g.
- Xbox:
Month day, year Patch (Portal Xbox)
- e.g.
January 1, 1970 Patch (Portal Xbox)
- e.g.
- PC:
Patch page contents
- Copy and paste the following code:
{{Patch layout | source = | before = | after = | notes = ... }}
- Copy and paste the patch notes directly from the article on http://store.steampowered.com/news/ and use the asterisk (
*
) to recreate the indents, for example:
* Fixed a bug where Portals were two-way. * Fixed a bug where co-op robots had Portal guns. ** Gave them work to do in an assembly plant instead. * Fired the guys who made ''those'' robots.
- If there are no patch notes, simply write: "Patch notes are unavailable at present".
- Add the URL of the update page to the
source
line at the top like this:
| source = http://store.steampowered.com/news/1234/
- As above, if patch notes have not been published, do not enter a url.
- Add the date of the previous patch to the
before
line like this:
| before = [[January 19, 2038 Patch]]
- Add
N/A
to theafter
line. - Preview your article and if everything works fine hit Save page.
- On the previous patch page, adjust
after
to link to the new patch page.- Preview and save this.
Advanced
For complicated patch pages:
- Handling two source links:
| source = http://store.steampowered.com/news/1234/ | source-title = Part 1 | source2 = http://store.steampowered.com/news/5678/ | source2-title = Part 2
- Handing update pages (Using TF2.com examples, as the Portal series has never recieved major updates)
| update = http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ | updatelink = The Engineer Update
- Handling update pages in different languages:
| update = http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/german.htm | updatelink = Das Scout Update | update-lang = de
Update Template:Updates
- Edit the Template:Updates. The format is pretty straight forward.
Update Patches
- Ammend the Patches article to list the new patch.
- There are seperate sections for Portal and Portal 2 patches. Use them correctly.
- Format the link to your patch page as:
[[Patch article name|Month day, year]]
- For patches to specific platforms, append the Platform in brackets for the link text. For example,
[[Patch article name|Month day, year (PS3)]]
- For patches to specific platforms, append the Platform in brackets for the link text. For example,
|