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Revision as of 16:07, 20 November 2008
This article covers the general layout for a standard template page.
Procedure
- Put the template code on the main page, and put all documentation and categories on a /doc subpage. This means that updates to the documentation do not result in huge amounts of template updates, and the template itself can be protected if necessary.
Sample pages
- Template page
Template code<includeonly>Any categories to be inserted into articles by the template</includeonly><noinclude> {{documentation}}</noinclude>
Note that, depending on the template, you may need to add a clear or complete a table/div just before {{documentation}}
is inserted (within the noinclude tags).
The line break is also useful as it helps prevent the documentation template "running into" previous code.
- Template/doc page
;Description :This template is used to do something. ;Syntax :Type <code>{{t|templatename}}</code> somewhere. ;Sample output :<code><nowiki>{{templatename|foo}}</nowiki></code> gives... :{{templatename|foo}} <includeonly>Any categories for the template itself</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:Template documentation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>
Use any or all of the above description/syntax/sample output sections. You may also want to add "see also" or further usage information sections.
Note that the above example also uses the Template:T and Template:T/piece templates.
Templates used by this layout
- Template:Documentation - for the documentation box
- Template:T - to link to the various templates
- Template:T/piece - used by Template:T