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--><h3 class="mpcontentbox-header" style="margin-left:145px">'''Welcome to the World of Warcraft Customization Reference'''</h3>


: You can also search using the [[:Category:Interface customization|Interface Customization]] or [[:Category:Web API|Community Web Platform]] categories.
: Before editing [[development|WoW customization]] pages, please read [[AddOn Studio Wiki:How to edit API pages|How to edit API pages]].<!--
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The [[development|WoW development]] reference describes game customization and technical specifications for [[wowwiki:WoW|WoW]]. This includes game UI [[Macro]] and [[AddOn]] support and documentation of other types of files used for art or for general support of the game.
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==== UI Customization Reference ====
: '''[[AddOn|WoW AddOns]]'''
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; [[TOC format]] &middot; [[AddOn loading process|Load Process]] &middot; [[:Category:AddOns|more...]]
: '''[[World of Warcraft API|WoW Global API]]'''
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; [[API types|Data types]] &middot; [[Events (API)|Events]] &middot; [[Lua functions]]
: '''[[Widget API|WoW Widget API]]'''
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; [[XML_user_interface|Widgets]] &middot; [[Widget handlers|Script handlers]] &middot; [[:Category:Widgets|more...]]
: '''[[XML UI|WoW UI XML]]'''
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; [[XML/Ui|XML Ui]] &middot; [[XML elements]] &middot; [[XML types]] &middot; [[:Category:UI XML|more...]]
: '''[[Macro commands|WoW Macro Command Reference]]'''
: '''[[Secure Execution and Tainting]]'''
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; [[SecureTemplates]] &middot; [[SecureHandlers]]
: '''[[:Category:UI technical details|UI Technical Details]]'''
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; [[Console variables|Console Variables]] &middot; [[User defined functions|User functions]] &middot; [[:Category:UI technical details|more...]]
==== Community Web Platform Reference ====
: '''[[Web API|WoW Web API]]'''
==== Developer talk ====
: '''Internet Relay Chat'''
:* chat.freenode.net: [irc://chat.freenode.net/wowuidev #wowuidev]
:* chat.freenode.net: [irc://chat.freenode.net/wowace #wowace]
: '''UI Customisation Forums and Guilds'''
:* [//us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/c/guides/ui-macro WoW Official forums (US)]
:* [//www.wowinterface.com/forums/index.php?=wow-interface-customization WoW Interface Forums]
:* [//www.curseforge.com/forums CurseForge and WoW Ace Forums]
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==== UI Customization Tutorials and HOWTOs ====
: [[UI beginner's guide|An introduction to addons, scripts and macros]]
: [[Getting started with writing addons]]
: '''[[HOWTOs|WoW HOWTOs]]'''
:* [[Handling events]]
:* [[Saving variables between game sessions]]
:* [[Creating a slash command]]
:* [[Localizing an addon]]
:* [[Using the Interface Options Addons panel]]
:* [[Using UIDropDownMenu]]
:* [[XML basics]]
:* [[HOWTOs|more...]]
==== Other Resources and Tools ====
: [[:Category:Development Help AddOns|Development Help AddOns]]
: [[UI Snippets|UI Code Snippets]]
: '''Blizzard UI Internals'''
:* [[Viewing Blizzard's WoW user interface code|Viewing Blizzard's WoW UI code]]
:* [http://wow.go-hero.net/framexml/builds go-hero.net] - WoW UI version comparisons
: '''[[Lua editors|Lua and XML editing software]]'''
:* [[Lua editors|Lua Editor List]]
:* [//addonstudio.org/wow/current AddOn Studio for WoW]
:* [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4222 WoW UI Designer]
:* [http://ixedit.sourceforge.net/ iXink XML Editor]
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==== Things you can help out with ====
* Feel free to edit, correct or add any customization content