Help:Templates

This help page will explain what templates are and how to use them

What are Templates?

• Templates are used on wikis to add content and codes to pages, by simpling adding a {{Template}}, which will display the template's content as part of the wiki-page when viewed, while only actually being a short template-tag when you are editing the page.
• This frees the page of repetitive information or complex codes cluttering when you are editing a page.
• This also makes it easier to update information that is repeated on multiple pages, by simply updating the template containing the information.

How do I edit the content of those Templates?

To easily find and edit the active templates within a page:

1. Press the "edit" button at the top of the page
2. Scroll down to the bottom, below the text-editing area, there you will see a list of templates currently in use on the page, and a easy "edit" button next to each link.
   • When you press the "edit" link next to the template name, you will be taken to the content of that template.
   • You will often see <noinclude> </noinclude> tags at the top of those template pages, DO NOT REMOVE THOSE TAGS

What are those "noinclude" tags anyway?

• They prevent the content which is placed between them from being included on wiki-pages. The content of those tags will only be visible on the template page itself.
• What those tags contain is usually little information about what this template is ment for, or adding said templates to categories without effecting pages that use that template.

See Also

• Useful Templates, check them out