WikiIslam:Templates: Difference between revisions

A Stub template can be included on a stub page (a page that needs more content) by simply inserting <nowiki>{{</nowiki>stub}} on the page. Notice that the keyword (Template:) has been left out and the name of the template page has been surrounded with double curly brackets. Mediawiki calls this a transclusion ([http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion more info]).

Editors can practice including templates on a page by using the [[WikiIslam:Sandbox|Sandbox]] (insert <nowiki>{{</nowiki>stub}} in the page and save or preview it). Templates can also be flexible when they use variables. For example writing <nowiki>{{</nowiki>Quran|2|131}} will use the two variables to make a link to that part of the Qur'an. The result is this: {{Quran|2|131}}. Another example of a templates that uses variables: [[Muhammad and Historys 100 Most Influential People|Muhammad and History's 100 Most Influential People]]. Here the box at the right uses a template. The code for that box can be seen by clicking edit.

* [[Template:Stub]] - for short articles that need expansion

* [[Template:Underconstruction]] - page under construction

* [[Template:Quality control]] - articles that do not meet quality standards (content, style etc)

* [[Template:Essay]] - for putting an essay box at the top right of a page. This is for op-ed type pages that contain personal opinions

* [[Template:Flag|Flag]] - produces a flag icon for a country.

* [[Template:Spaces]] - inserts blank spaces in text

* [[Template:Small]] - small text

* [[Template:Fontcolor]] - used to change font color when needed

* [[Template:New]] - produces a "new" icon/image

* [[Template:Page title]] - used to change the heading of a page, since page names should ideally not contain brackets, commas and some other characters. Some websites and forums break links with these characters in them. This template produces a safe URL with any page heading.

* [[WikiIslam:Standardization]] - for templates related to Islamic texts

* [[Template:Reflist]] - produces a reference list at the bottom of an article when references (<nowiki><</nowiki>ref> tags) are used

* [[Template:Reference archive]] - used for links to WebCitation.org, which is used for preserving links in the long term

* [[Template:Infobox Book]] - for pages that are about books

* [[Template:Infobox Person]] - for pages that are about a person

* [[Template:Plainlink]] - this makes a plain link to a site without having an arrow graphic ([http://example.com/ &nbsp;])&nbsp; in the way.

* [[Template:Pagetop]] - makes a link to the top of a page

* [[Template:New Member]] - this will place (substitute) a welcome template on talk pages with the username of the editor who placed it there

* [[Template:Unsigned]] - for users who did not sign their comment on a talk page

Wikipedia has many templates that can be used here. Templates can be written using the page title format ''Template:My template''. This template can then be used on a page using this notation: ''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>My template}}''

'''Documentation''': As on Wikipedia, documentation for templates can be written on the page: ''Template:My template/doc'', if the code ''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>Documentation}}'' has been included in the template.

* [[Template:Qif]] - allows IF statements, similar to how they are used in programming languages

* [[Template:Loop]] - from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Loop Wikipedia], "This template is used to produce a simple loop that can repeat up to 150 times. It is not a real loop; it works by conditionally repeating the string."

* [[Template:Pipe]] - used inside a template to produce a pipe: |

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Anatomy_of_a_template Wikipedia:Anatomy of a template]

* {{plainlink|url={{SERVER}}/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=&to=&namespace=10 Full list of all templates}} (system generated; Note that many templates are used for very specific group of articles and some templates have more complex uses)