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==Control template inclusion== | ==Control template inclusion== | ||
Revision as of 03:53, 7 September 2005
Template:PD text If you have standard texts you want to include on several pages, the MediaWiki template feature comes into play. Templates are wiki pages which can be used in other pages in three ways:
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{{Name}} includes the current content of the page "Template:Name". -
{{subst:Name}} inserts the content of the page "Template:Name" when you save your text. -
{{msgnw:Name}} includes the template in raw wiki syntax, like<nowiki>does
Creating a template
Templates must be prefixed with Template, you create them like any other wiki page.
Parameters
You can define parameters in templates either numbered as {{{1}}} or named {{{param}}}.
When using the template on a page, you fill in the parameter values, separated by a pipe char (|): {{Example|value1|value2}} or {{Example|title=value1|author=value2}}.
| Template:Hl3|Description | Template:Hl3|You type | Template:Hl3|You get |
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Usage of [[[Template:Thankyou]] with two parameters, a reason given and a signature added |
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Control template inclusion
You can control template inclusion by the use of <noinclude> and
<includeonly> tags.
Anything between <noinclude> and </noinclude> will be processed and
displayed only when the page is being viewed directly, not included.
Possible applications are:
- Categorising templates
- Interlanguage links to similar templates in other languages
- Explanatory text about how to use the template
The converse is <includeonly>. Text between <includeonly> and
</includeonly> will be processed and displayed only when the page is
being included. The obvious application is:
- Adding all pages containing a given template to a category
Note that the usual update problems apply -- if you change the categories inside a template, the categories of the referring pages won't be updated until those pages are edited.
