PC Gaming Shelter
An archive dedicated to preserving PC Gaming history and more

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PC Gaming Shelter: Help Center

Welcome to the central help repository for the PC Gaming Shelter. This page serves as a directory for our Guardians and Archivists to maintain the site’s data and interface.

If you are new to the team, please start with the Guardian Workflow section below.

🛡️ Core Documentation

To keep the archive structured and professional, we use several custom systems. Choose a category below based on the task you are performing:

Help:Infoboxes

  • Best for:Adding new Games, Mods, or Players.
  • What it covers: How our data forms work, how semantic properties are linked, and how to use the "Archive Control Center" to input new records into the Vault.

Help:Main Page widgets

  • Best for: Updating the Homepage.
  • What it covers: How to change the **Video of the Month**, how to update the **Archive Statistics**, and how to manage the "Upcoming Events" calendar.

Help:System messages

  • Best for: Changing the "look and feel" of the wiki.
  • What it covers: Editing the Sidebar, changing the site tagline, or updating the social media icons at the top of the page.

📋 Quick Links for Guardians

Most of your daily work as an archivist will happen in these three locations:

  • All Forms: The hub for all data forms (Games, Mods, People, etc.).
  • RecentChanges: Monitor the latest updates to ensure the archive stays accurate.
  • All Pages: A technical list of every file, template, and document stored in the Shelter.

⚠️ Technical Support

If you encounter a bug—such as a broken search table, a property that won't link, or a font scaling issue—please do not attempt to fix the CSS or JavaScript yourself. Instead, report the issue via the Support link in the sidebar.