Aaron9999's Guide to Source Mode

Source Mode is a term in which Wikia coding is used to customize pages to have different variations of layouts and colors. Before learning how Source Mode works, it can seem like a bunch of letters and symbols that are impossible to understand. But once one learns how it works, its not very complicated at all, and is easy to understand when there's a problem with Visual Mode.

Benefits of having knowledge of Source Mode include being able to:
 * Create userboxes, and have them judged for approval.
 * Quickly add font weights, like bold, italic, or both.
 * Add color boxes on pages, and box shadows.
 * Add a different color and font type to text on pages.
 * Understand how to add Background Music coding to template pages, with the help of an admin or bureacrat if your an unpromoted user or rollback.
 * Turn your information into a tabview for tabs on each branch of information about you.
 * Make tables/charts for a topic's statistics.
 * Add polls to a page.
 * Resize and add pictures to a specific spot on your page.

Note: Some Wikia coding forms are much more complex than other's, but can prove more effective. Another Note: Click the arrow on the top right corner of this chart cutoff to view the full chart.

The Basics
The arguably simplest coding in source mode is font weight. Font weight enables you to control what type of font thickness/thinness there have on certain parts of a page. 