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= Read Me First = | = Read Me First = | ||
Here are a few quick things to know about using this wiki. | |||
== Templates == | |||
This MediWiki software supports Templates. A template is a page with the name "Template:TemplateName". Anything on that template page will appear anywhere you include it on another page as "<nowiki>{{TemplateName}}</nowiki>". For example, if there was a page called "Template:UltimateAnswer", and that page contained the text "42", you could include that text on any page just by adding: | |||
<nowiki>{{UltimateAnswer}}</nowiki> | |||
=== Navigation Templates === | |||
A set of Wiki templates have been created to help with categories and navigation of this site. When creating a new page, or editing an existing one, please ensure that the top of the file begins with a Nav template, such as: | A set of Wiki templates have been created to help with categories and navigation of this site. When creating a new page, or editing an existing one, please ensure that the top of the file begins with a Nav template, such as: | ||
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And each of those contains actual Wiki tags and/or categories, as needed. | And each of those contains actual Wiki tags and/or categories, as needed. | ||
Home contains: | Home contains the link to the Main Page of this wiki, and a custom text for the link (so it says "Home" instead of "Main Page"): | ||
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
[[Main_Page|Home]] | [[Main_Page|Home]] | ||
</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
Next is the Articles link: | Next is the Articles link: | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
Above, it will first contain a Category tag for the Articles section, then a Delimeter (which is | Above, it will first contain a Category tag for the Articles section, then a Delimeter (which is currently " - " for this Wiki), then a link to the top level page for Articles. | ||
Lastly, is the PageName template: | Lastly, is the PageName template: | ||
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This will just display a non-breaking space, dash, non-breaking space, then the current page name in bold. (" - {{PAGENAME}}") | This will just display a non-breaking space, dash, non-breaking space, then the current page name in bold. (" - {{PAGENAME}}") | ||
So, when you start a page in an existing section, be sure to start with the appropriate NavXXX template reference at the top. | So, when you start a page in an existing section, be sure to start with the appropriate NavXXX template reference at the top. You can find it by editing a similar page in that section. If it is an entirely new section/category, you will have to create a new NavTemplate. | ||
== Creating a new Navigation Template == | === Creating a new Navigation Template === | ||
If you are creating a | If you are creating a new section of the site, create the new page (like "Digitizers"), and add a reference to the soon-to-be-created NavTemplate at the top of the page, using the following format (like "NavDigitizers" or "NavPrinters"): | ||
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
When you save the page, that will be a new link. When you view this page, click on the new link, and fill out your new NavSectionName template like... | When you save the page, that will be a new link to an empty template page. When you view this page, click on the new link, and fill out your new NavSectionName template like... | ||
<pre><nowiki> | <pre><nowiki> | ||
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</nowiki></pre> | </nowiki></pre> | ||
Section Name would something like "Digitizers" or "Printers". "<nowiki>{{PageName}}</nowiki>" is a special macro built in to the Wiki that will show the current page name. Save this, and you will get a link to the new empty SectionName and "PageName" will show up with the current page name. Click and edit the new SectionName and make it look like this "Articles" example above (Category and link to the main SectionName page). | |||
<pre><nowiki> | |||
[[Category: SectionName]]{{Delim}}[[PageName]] | |||
</nowiki></pre> | |||
"<nowiki>[[PageName]]</nowiki>" is the link to the main page of that section, which is usually just the section name, and matches the category. i.e., if you create a category called "Digitizers", the main page should probably be "Digitizers". | |||
Once we get all this cleaned up, we will have an easier to navigate template. Plus, I can edit the Home link at any time to out a message or alert on every page of the site. | Once we get all this cleaned up, we will have an easier to navigate template. Plus, I can edit the Home link at any time to out a message or alert on every page of the site. | ||
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There should be no pages without this navigation. | There should be no pages without this navigation. | ||
== See Also == | === See Also === | ||
I am not sure if this is still relevant, but I also have this page: [[Using Navigation Templates]] | I am not sure if this is still relevant, but I also have this page: [[Using Navigation Templates]] | ||
== Template Variables=== | |||
Templates can also contain parameters, passed in as variables. There is a "Template:InfoBox" that does this. Inside the template, it can reference named variables by their name with three curly braces around them, like "<nowiki>{{{variablename}}}</nowiki>". When the template is called, variables are specified with "name=value" like this: | |||
<nowiki> | |||
{{GameInfoBox | | |||
| picture = Blochead.gif | |||
| author = ??? | |||
| publisher = [[Computerware]] | |||
| year= 1983 | |||
| media = Disk/Tape | |||
| requires = Color Computer 1,2,3, 16K RAM | |||
| graphic = 256x192x2 | |||
| notes = | |||
}} | |||
</nowiki> | |||
Then whatever code for "GameInfoBox" will appear, with the values for each variable substituted where it goes. "Blochead.gif" would appear wherever <nowiki>{{{picture}}}</nowiki> was in the template. | |||
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Read Me First
Here are a few quick things to know about using this wiki.
Templates
This MediWiki software supports Templates. A template is a page with the name "Template:TemplateName". Anything on that template page will appear anywhere you include it on another page as "{{TemplateName}}". For example, if there was a page called "Template:UltimateAnswer", and that page contained the text "42", you could include that text on any page just by adding:
{{UltimateAnswer}}
A set of Wiki templates have been created to help with categories and navigation of this site. When creating a new page, or editing an existing one, please ensure that the top of the file begins with a Nav template, such as:
{{NavArticles}}
Each Nav template contains references to other templates. In the case of the NavArticles template, it contains the following:
{{Home}}{{Articles}}{{PageName}}
And each of those contains actual Wiki tags and/or categories, as needed.
Home contains the link to the Main Page of this wiki, and a custom text for the link (so it says "Home" instead of "Main Page"):
[[Main_Page|Home]]
Next is the Articles link:
[[Category: Articles]]{{Delim}}[[Articles]]
Above, it will first contain a Category tag for the Articles section, then a Delimeter (which is currently " - " for this Wiki), then a link to the top level page for Articles.
Lastly, is the PageName template:
- '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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This will just display a non-breaking space, dash, non-breaking space, then the current page name in bold. (" - Read Me First")
So, when you start a page in an existing section, be sure to start with the appropriate NavXXX template reference at the top. You can find it by editing a similar page in that section. If it is an entirely new section/category, you will have to create a new NavTemplate.
If you are creating a new section of the site, create the new page (like "Digitizers"), and add a reference to the soon-to-be-created NavTemplate at the top of the page, using the following format (like "NavDigitizers" or "NavPrinters"):
{{NavSectionName}}
When you save the page, that will be a new link to an empty template page. When you view this page, click on the new link, and fill out your new NavSectionName template like...
{{Home}}{{SectionName}}{{PageName}}
Section Name would something like "Digitizers" or "Printers". "{{PageName}}" is a special macro built in to the Wiki that will show the current page name. Save this, and you will get a link to the new empty SectionName and "PageName" will show up with the current page name. Click and edit the new SectionName and make it look like this "Articles" example above (Category and link to the main SectionName page).
[[Category: SectionName]]{{Delim}}[[PageName]]
"[[PageName]]" is the link to the main page of that section, which is usually just the section name, and matches the category. i.e., if you create a category called "Digitizers", the main page should probably be "Digitizers".
Once we get all this cleaned up, we will have an easier to navigate template. Plus, I can edit the Home link at any time to out a message or alert on every page of the site.
There should be no pages without this navigation.
See Also
I am not sure if this is still relevant, but I also have this page: Using Navigation Templates
Template Variables=
Templates can also contain parameters, passed in as variables. There is a "Template:InfoBox" that does this. Inside the template, it can reference named variables by their name with three curly braces around them, like "{{{variablename}}}". When the template is called, variables are specified with "name=value" like this:
{{GameInfoBox | | picture = Blochead.gif | author = ??? | publisher = [[Computerware]] | year= 1983 | media = Disk/Tape | requires = Color Computer 1,2,3, 16K RAM | graphic = 256x192x2 | notes = }}
Then whatever code for "GameInfoBox" will appear, with the values for each variable substituted where it goes. "Blochead.gif" would appear wherever {{{picture}}} was in the template.