Help:Templates
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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 Templates?
To easily find and edit the active templates within a page:
- Press the "edit" button at the top of the page
- 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
- Remember: always use "Show preview" before you save ANY page, to see if it looks correct.
- You can always press the "History" and undo recent changes in case of accidents.
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.
Using Templates
- On each template's page are explanations for how to use that specific template.
- Many templates let you add content to it by filling it in the right order within the tag:
- example: the
{{yes}}is specifically made to be used within table cells (else it looks like plain code).
Using templates (with {{yes}} template as example)
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| Description | Code | Results |
| Plain use of template, fills the cell with color and "yes" | {{yes}} |
Yes |
| Adding text to template, in this case it will replace the default text. | {{yes|usually}} |
usually |
- If you would use this template outside of its designated usage (which is within table cells), it turns out looking like this:
- style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes