Difference between revisions of "Template"

Revision as of 23:11, 5 September 2006

Get annoyed writing out the same piece of text on multiple pages? You can create your own template on a sub-page of your user page:

Add the link [[/TemplateName]] (where "TemplateName" is the name of your template) to your user page.
Add the text of your template to this new sub-page.
To add the template to a page, you simply have to add this code:

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 * Add the link <nowiki>[[/TemplateName]]</nowiki> (where &quot;TemplateName&quot; is the name of your template) to your user page.
 * Add the text of your template to this new sub-page.
-* To add the template to a page, you simply have to add this code: <nowiki>{{subst:User:YourUserName/TemplateName}}</nowiki> (substituting your own user name and template page name).
+* To add the template to a page, you simply have to add this code:
-For example, [[user:Steinsky]] has templates for textbook references:
+__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__
-* ''<nowiki>{{subst:User:Steinsky/iGenetics}}</nowiki>'' becomes:
-* Russel, P.J., 2003.  ''iGenetics''.  San Francisco: Benjamin Cummins.
-__NOTOC__