Template talk:CardTable2

Testing
When making edits to this template, make sure to thoroughly test before concluding that the edits function properly. To help you out with this, some sample test pages are listed below:

TCG/OCG

 * Slifer the Sky Dragon (Egyptian God Card w/ Custom Color)
 * Gemini Elf (Normal Monster)
 * Exodia the Forbidden One (Effect Monster)
 * Thousand-Eyes Restrict (Fusion/Effect Monster)
 * Relinquished (Ritual/Effect Monster)
 * Il Blud (Gemini Monster)
 * Giant Trunade (Normal Spell Card)
 * Magic Jammer (Counter Trap Card)

Anime/Manga

 * The Eye of Timaeus (Anime/Manga Spell Card w/ Custom Color)
 * Alpha-Wave Emission (Virus Card)
 * Bronze Knight Token (Anime Token Monster)

DDM/Bandai

 * Uraby (DDM) (DDM Monster Card)
 * Warp Vortex (DDM Anime/Video Game only Item)

Help us to help you: if you find another page that tests something none of the listed pages cover, or tests it better than any of the listed pages, please add it with a brief description of the card or what it tests.
 * Elegant Egotist (Bandai) (Bandai Spell Card)
 * Yellow Hecate (Bandai without OCG/TCG counterpart)

Categories for missing images and numbers
Regarding this revision by Deltaneos, I see where you're coming from with the number category (although this could be sidestepped by putting, for instance, none if a card has no number, or perhaps unknown for those cards that have numbers that are not known). However, I see no real reason to not use an automatic category for cards lacking an image, just because some card pages need a better-quality one. Since poor-quality versus high-quality images cannot be distinguished by a template, there is no reason to try and have the template to determine it automatically, nor is there any reason not to allow the template to automatically categorize those card pages without images. Any thoughts? Oh, I suppose I should point out, too, I was the one who made that +categories edit, my session just expired before I had posted it and I hadn't noticed... =P — Dino guy  1000  22:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah sure. We can put back the embedded Category:Cards that need Card Images and just manually add it to the articles that need better quality ones. The number one is a bit more difficult: we can add the embedded category and set number = none, for cards that that don't have any (but set it so the number won't section display if number = none). Problem is going through all pages that don't have numbers and adding the parameter.
 * I'm not mad about the idea with the set numbers. I've no problem just continuing to manually add the category. But let's add the need images one. -- Deltaneos 16:46, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * All right, I'll add the image category back in (unless, of course, you beat me to it). The number category isn't nearly so important, and it should probably be discussed some first. — Dino guy  1000  16:50, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. — Dino guy  1000  16:55, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Categorizing the categories
Would anyone object to categorizing the ATK, DEF, level, etc. categories? I was thinking of a naming scheme along the lines of Category:Monsters by ATK or something similar. Any thoughts? Oh, and by the way, the documentation really needs updated... I'll see what I can do about that (I'm thinking of listing the categories that articles get auto-sorted into). — Dino guy  1000  18:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, go ahead with categorising the categorising the categories that way. -- Deltaneos 18:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Cards with a custom "color" field
After the edits I made to help clean up the template some, I found that cards using a custom value for the color field may break. In fact, the card listed as an example higher up on this page - The Eye of Timaeus - is how I found the problem in the first place. Therefore, when editing or creating a card page using a custom color, the color should be added as an RGB triplet (e.g. "000000" for black or "FFFFFF" for white, etc.). You should not use quotation marks or a number sign as these will break the template. This isn't a bug in the template per se, but just the way I had to make the edits. — Dino guy  1000  20:02, 31 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Your edit broke the page, it was fine beforehand. The quotes and hash mark are correct.--TwoTailedFox (My Talk Page) 20:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's wierd, I had previewed my edit multiple times, and it seemed to look fine without the quotes and hash... My bad, in any case. If it's really fine, you can ignore my above remark. — Dino guy  1000  20:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that really was my bad... I got color and color2 mixed up. In any case, it should be fine. — Dino guy  1000  20:14, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Hidding unused cardname translation spaces
Hi came just to tell you I was gonna add a new wiki script on the template so cardnames in languages other than english and japanes are hidden if nothing is typed on their respective equation spaces. --Andersmusician $  17:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)