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TK at 10:23, October 25, 2010

2010-10-25T10:23:14Z

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2010-10-25T10:17:29Z

Protected "Help:Using templates": Conservapedia Policy Pages ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))

Philip J. Rayment: /* Parameters */ Fix typo

2008-10-20T23:48:43Z

Parameters: Fix typo

Philip J. Rayment: /* Parameters */ Clarify parameter passing

2008-05-13T13:02:03Z

Parameters: Clarify parameter passing

Philip J. Rayment: Remove notice about creating templates from this page about using templates

2008-05-13T12:47:03Z

Remove notice about creating templates from this page about using templates

Philip J. Rayment: Move mainpageright back up a bit and add small left margin; change first heading to big non-heading

2008-02-24T11:28:22Z

Move mainpageright back up a bit and add small left margin; change first heading to big non-heading

Philip J. Rayment: /* Parameters */ Formatting

2008-02-24T11:23:04Z

Parameters: Formatting

Philip J. Rayment: /* What do you pass to parameters? */ Notes section; formatting

2008-02-24T11:17:33Z

What do you pass to parameters?: Notes section; formatting

Philip J. Rayment: Move mainpageright down a bit

2008-02-24T11:05:38Z

Move mainpageright down a bit

Philip J. Rayment: left half of main page doesn't work well account headings, so change to right; shrink included templates to avoid display problems

2008-02-24T11:03:11Z

left half of main page doesn't work well account headings, so change to right; shrink included templates to avoid display problems

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 Using templates can be easy or hard, depending on the template.  But normally they are easy.
-<div style="background-color:#dff; border:solid 1px blue; padding:5px; float:right; width:20em; margin-left:5px"><small><small>{{mainpageright}}</small></small></div>
+<div style="background-color:#dff; border:solid 1px blue; padding:5px; float:right; width:20em; margin-left:5px"><small><small><nowiki>{{mainpageright}}</nowiki></small></small></div>
 __TOC__
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 For example, the ''Welcome'' template that someone might have put on your user talk page has two parameters.  One is the name of the user, and the other is the name of the person placing the welcome message.  See the example below welcoming The Joker, placed by Batman:
-<div style="width:65%"><small><small>{{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}</small></small></div>
+<nowiki><div style="width:65%"><small><small>{{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}</small></small></div></nowiki>
 (This was included on this page by typing {{tt|<nowiki>{{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}</nowiki>}}.<ref name="shrunk" />)

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 You can assume that if no default is shown for a parameter that is not required, the result will be blank (i.e. in this case, the welcome message would not show who it was from).
-To supply a value to a '''named parameters''', put the parameter name followed by an equals sign (=) followed by whatever you want that to be.  In the example above, this is {{tt|<nowiki>sig=~~~~</nowiki>}}.
+To supply a value to a '''named parameter''', put the parameter name followed by an equals sign (=) followed by whatever you want that to be.  In the example above, this is {{tt|<nowiki>sig=~~~~</nowiki>}}.
 Parameters shown with numbers are the '''un-named parameters'''.  You ''can'' treat them as named parameters, by typing {{tt|1=1=''your text''}}, but this is not necessary, except in the case that you want your text to include an equals sign (=).  Normally you just supply the value, such as {{tt|YourUserName}}.

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 Parameters can be optional or required, and they can be named or not named.  In the example above, the first parameter ("Joker") was not named, but the second ("from Batman") was named ''sig''.  Two points need to be kept in mind with parameters:
-* Named parameters can be supplied in any order.
+* '''Named parameters''' can be supplied in any order.
-* Un-named parameters must be supplied in the correct order.
+* '''Un-named parameters''' must be supplied in the correct order.
 Each template has (or will have) a list of parameters, looking something like this (this one is from the {{tl|welcome}} template):
 {{Parms|
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 You can assume that if no default is shown for a parameter that is not required, the result will be blank (i.e. in this case, the welcome message would not show who it was from).
-You will notice that named parameters have the parameter name followed by an equals sign (=) followed by whatever you want that to be.
+To supply a value to a '''named parameters''', put the parameter name followed by an equals sign (=) followed by whatever you want that to be.  In the example above, this is {{tt|<nowiki>sig=~~~~</nowiki>}}.
-Parameters shown with numbers are the un-named parameters.  You ''can'' treat them as named parameters, by typing {{tt|1=1=''your text''}}, but this is not necessary, except in the case that you want your text to include an equals sign (=).
+So supplying both parameters in the {{tl|welcome}} template would look like this: {{tt|<nowiki>{{welcome|YourUserName|sig=~~~~}}</nowiki>}}.
 === What do you pass to parameters? ===

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 <div style="background-color:#dff; border:solid 1px blue; padding:5px; float:right; width:20em; margin-left:5px"><small><small>{{mainpageright}}</small></small></div>
 __TOC__
 == Basic instructions ==

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 Using templates can be easy or hard, depending on the template.  But normally they are easy.
-== '''Before you can attach your own template to any CP page, you will need to submit it for approval at [[Template Submission]].''' ==
+<div style="background-color:#dff; border:solid 1px blue; padding:5px; float:right; width:20em; margin-left:5px"><small><small>{{mainpageright}}</small></small></div>
 == Basic instructions ==
 A template is simply a page (usually a very brief one) that is inserted into another page.

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 In some cases, however, specific text must be supplied.  The {{tl|Bible ref}} template, for example, expects a book of the Bible for the "book" parameter, and giving it something that is not a book of the Bible will break the link to BibleGateway that the template creates.
-In many cases you can supply a blank value to the parameter.  You can set a parameter to be blank by typing nothing after the pipe character for an unnamed parameter, or nothing after the equals sign for a named parameter.  For example, if you wanted the welcome template to not show "Joker" or "from Batman", you could type <tt><small><nowiki>{{welcome||sig=}}</nowiki></small></tt>
+In many cases you can supply a blank value to the parameter.  You can set a parameter to be blank by typing nothing after the pipe character for an unnamed parameter, or nothing after the equals sign for a named parameter.  For example, if you wanted the welcome template to not show "Joker" or "from Batman", you could type {{tt|<nowiki>{{welcome||sig=}}</nowiki>}}.
 However, a well-written template will allow you to simply omit the parameter altogether, as the {{tl|welcome}} template does with the ''sig'' parameter.

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-<div style="background-color:#dff; border:solid 1px blue; padding:5px; float:right; width:20em"><small>{{mainpageleft}}</small></div>
+<div style="background-color:#dff; border:solid 1px blue; padding:5px; float:right; width:20em"><small><small>{{mainpageright}}</small></small></div>
 Using templates can be easy or hard, depending on the template.  But normally they are easy.
 == '''Before you can attach your own template to any CP page, you will need to submit it for approval at [[Template Submission]].''' ==
 == Basic instructions ==
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 A template is simply a page (usually a very brief one) that is inserted into another page.
-For example, the two separate boxes on the [[Main Page]] ("Mainpageleft" and "Mainpageright") are each actually separate pages that are "included" on the Main Page.  In fact, they can be included on any page:  The "Mainpageleft" page has been included to the right just to demonstrate that point:
+For example, the two separate boxes on the [[Main Page]] ("Mainpageleft" and "Mainpageright") are each actually separate pages that are "included" on the Main Page.  In fact, they can be included on any page:  The "Mainpageright" page has been included to the right just to demonstrate that point<ref name="shrunk">The "Mainpageright" and "welcome" templates on this page have been reduced in size to fit better.</ref>:
-Templates are included on a page by typing the page name in double curly brackets.  So to include ''this'' page on another page, you could type {{tt|<nowiki>{{help:Using templates}}</nowiki>}}.  If, however, the template is in "template" [[namespace]] (i.e. the page name starts with "template:"), then you don't need to include that bit.  So to include the "Mainpageleft" page, you would just type {{tt|<nowiki>{{Mainpageleft}}</nowiki>}}.
+Templates are included on a page by typing the page name in double curly brackets.  So to include ''this'' page on another page, you could type {{tt|<nowiki>{{help:Using templates}}</nowiki>}}.  If, however, the template is in "template" [[namespace]] (i.e. the page name starts with "template:"), then you don't need to include that bit.  So to include the "Mainpageright" page, you would just type {{tt|<nowiki>{{Mainpageright}}</nowiki>}}.
 For simple templates, that's all there is to it.
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 For example, the ''Welcome'' template that someone might have put on your user talk page has two parameters.  One is the name of the user, and the other is the name of the person placing the welcome message.  See the example below welcoming The Joker, placed by Batman:
-{{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}
+<div style="width:65%"><small><small>{{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}</small></small></div>
-(This was included on this page by typing <tt><small><nowiki>{{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}</nowiki></small></tt>.)
+(This was included on this page by typing <tt><small><nowiki>{{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}</nowiki></small></tt>.<ref name="shrunk" />)
 "Pipe" characters (|) separate each parameter.