Template talk:CostP

Is there a template for use when something cost just plat? Or can you use this one in some way? 10:30, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * i'll write a usage section. check back in 20 minutes. --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 11:16, 21 August 2006 (CDT)


 * It will still show the gold icon when I type, which isn't really nice.  11:31, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * i'm working on a new template that will fix that, but it might take a bit. --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 11:33, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * consider 15 15--Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 11:34, 21 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Yes, but when it costs 1 P it gets ugly in a table, since the 1 P cost will be to the left, and the rest to the right.
 * We could also name the new template CostP, since it will only cost P. Then the only G template is named CostG. And the both template may be named CostPG or CostGP. Sounds like the most logical, but also the most complicated option to me.
 * 11:37, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * for now, use and  . i'm working on a general cost template that will understand zero, but my template syntax is... imperfect at best. --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 11:40, 21 August 2006 (CDT)

I guess that I don't understand the problem here - can someone explain? Here's a table showing the templates that are currently available. What is not working with them? Can someone show me an example? If I can understand the issue better, I may be able to assist. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:57, 21 August 2006 (CDT)


 * template:cost is brand new as of today, i think the others align right are the beheviour they're looking for. i was hoping the generalized cost template could replace both costP and costG --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 15:02, 21 August 2006 (CDT)


 * oh, wait - I see that the template:cost is newly added, so maybe that already resolves whatever problem was being seen? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:03, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * hopefully, i want to replace both costP and costG with a template that understands zero gold, i've succeeded, and chose to leave the align right out because that should be in the table, not the template --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 15:06, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * If I remember right, the align right was part of the reason the templates were created in the first place. To align left, using a template isn't much easier than just using the  and  templates.  Once aligned right, it was seen as preferred to keep a zero for gold, just to keep all prices formatted the same when in a table (a plat and a gold icon).  Otherwise, some items with just a plat icon looked out of place on a list that had other items with both a plat and gold amount. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:29, 21 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Hey, that looks terrific! Thanks a lot, and great job! Although, as Barek says, with the new template it looks the same as if I use the gold and platinum templates. The reason why I use the templates, is that it's a much easier way to align the text to the right, and there is also more space between the numbers and the gold/platinum icons in the old templates.
 * 15:51, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * Hey, that looks terrific! Thanks a lot, and great job! Although, as Barek says, with the new template it looks the same as if I use the gold and platinum templates. The reason why I use the templates, is that it's a much easier way to align the text to the right, and there is also more space between the numbers and the gold/platinum icons in the old templates.
 * 15:51, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * 15:51, 21 August 2006 (CDT)

Just a quick post before I get back to work. Barek is correct in why it was created the way it was. I originally made this specifically for the merchant tables and wanted to align everything nice and even (I also believe that in the game things are listed as 1 0, but I may be wrong). I expanded the notes section a little bit to explain that. --Rainith 16:29, 21 August 2006 (CDT)
 * Just as a note, I altered the whole Cost-template to add sanity checking. Just noticed that it has a problem with 0 platinum though, but that won't be in a few moments. &mdash; Galil  16:04, 27 August 2006 (CDT)