User:Daric Gaersmith/Templates

01:09, 27 May 2014 (GMT): I'm back playing Skyrim once again. I am not in ESO, so please don't ask. Userspace Links Cartography Gallery Genealogy In Game Characters Modding on the XBox Status Update Templatery TES Fan Fiction Collection To Do List Sandboxes — working on Alfwyn's map of Solstheim. — Apocryphal - the language on the Diiv Word Wall. — adding a referencing stylesheet to the Cite web references. — Empty or undefined. — Rewriting the proposed "guidelines" for DLC namespaces. See The Silencer's sandbox for more details. — new content for the Geode Vein page.

introduction   This page is where I play around under the hood of the wiki, creating my own templates, learning how to implement advanced wiki tricks, and other wiki-wizardry. Template Toolbox Category:Templates — the best place to start when looking for existing templates. Help:Magic Words — a summary of magic words that are unique to UESP. Help:Writing Templates — a useful help file when writing templates. UESPWiki:MetaTemplate — a handy reference for special template features of the UESP Wiki. Namespace Sandboxes Until such time as the {{Sandbox Space}} template is fixed, the following sandboxes are useful for testing any templates that rely on a particular namespace for their functionality. For a full list, see Category:Sandboxes. Template:Sandbox Lore:Sandbox Skyrim:Sandbox Oblivion:Sandbox Morrowind:Sandbox My Templates This is a collection of custom templates that I have created or modified from other peoples' custom templates, and which reside within my own Templatespace as subpages of this one. I may use these within my main user page, but they are mostly for use in my fan fiction Reference Material. box — A direct copy of Rpeh's box template. I use this throughout my userspace. Custom Template Warning — used when I create a new custom template. Fan Fiction Disclaimer — adds a disclaimer and Creative Commons license to my fan fiction pages. GaerYear — links a date to my custom History Pages. GaerNav — a floating navigation bar for the pages of The Gaersmith Legacy. Patriarchs — a navbar for all the Gaersmith patriarchs in order. Person — used when creating a new character in my fan fiction tale. PlotIdea — adds a and a link to the Plot Ideas page. ResetSandbox — applies a consistent heading to all my sandboxes. SubstNewPerson — for {{subst}}ituting into a new, blank Person. Userspace Layout — provides a more consistent feel for pages within my userspace. This template also contains my Standard Definitions, and other database additions I use for harmonizing my userspace. Common Definitions As I use a lot of subfolders in my userspace, I have developed a standard set of {{#define:}} definitions to make it easier to type in those long path names. Note that I generally terminate a path with the ending forward-slash. As a consequence of this, these definitions can only be used to address sub-pages under them, but NOT the page itself. Note that I have now moved these definitions to the Userspace Layout template, and they can simply be loaded from there by using the code below at the start of the page. <cleanspace> <!-- My Standard Definitions --> {{#load:User:Daric_Gaersmith/Templates/Userspace Layout|pathtotemplates|pathtorefmat|pathtopeople|pathtoplaces|pathtoitems}} </cleanspace> Examples Creating a Plot Idea. eg. "What would majicka smell like, I wonder". {{{{{pathtotemplates}}}PlotIdea|The smell of majicka}} Creating a link to my History pages. eg. "It is likely that Tiber Septim was born early in the ninth century of the Second Era". {{{{{pathtotemplates}}}GaerYear|2E 828|Second Era}} Creating a link to a character in my fan-fic. eg. "The grandfather of Daric Gaersmith was Andoryan". [[{{{pathtopeople}}}Andoryan_Gaersmith|Andoryan]] Creating a link to a place in my fan-fic. eg. "The Gaersmith family home in Bruma was Travendon Hall". [[{{{pathtoplaces}}}Travendon_Hall|Travendon Hall]] Other Templates I Use Often The following list is a quick reference for some of the existing UESP templates that I use often, would like to use, or really should be using. The bold parameters are required, others are optional. Patrolling {{speed|reason}} {{unsigned|editor|time}} or {{uns|editor|time}} General Editing {{Bullet Link|link|description|mod}} {{DragonFont|display_text|size (html)|size (css)|mouseover_text}} {{Editing Allowed|allowed|users}} {{ESDate|month|day|dow|year|showyear}} {{FC|color|display_text}} — color may either be a name or a HEX code. {{History Entry|year|day|minor|title|event|minoradd}} {{Map Link|label|zoom|ns|place|x,y|search}} — not all required params are required! {{Navbox}} {{Prize Templates}} — this isn't a template itself, it is a link to a category. {{Roleplaying|sectionname|sectiontype|user|game|nocat|rpsummary}} {{Scrollbox|content|width|height}} {{Showhide/End}} {{Showhide/Start|header|content|fw1|fw2|bg1|bg2|ta1|ta2}} {{Wipsandbox|editor|sandbox|date|note|project}} Images, Maps and Charts {{Chart|border|boxstyle}} {{Chart/End}} {{Chart/Start}} {{Image Mark|x|y|label|mark_alt|x%|y%|mark_link|position|x_delt|y_delt}} {{Perk Tree|image|label|float|alt|perks}} {{Perk Tree Setup|width|mark|mark_color|mark_width|mark_height|font_size|text_bold|text_italics|text_color|background}} {{SkyrimBox|text|width|text-color|main-color|background-color}} Icons {{?}} — _Maybe {{F}} — {{M}} — {{V}} — Yes {{X}} — No Referencing {{Book Link|title|alttitle|qty|authprefix|descprefix|namesp}} {{Cite book|name|ns}} {{Cite web|url|title|publisher|date|accessdate}} {{intnote|1=name|2=mark_type}} — no named variables. This one goes in the body of the page. {{Linkable Entry|display_text|exname|exname4}} or {{LE|display_text|exname|exname4}} {{Note|1=name|2=mark_type|3=text}} — no named variables. This one goes in the footer. {{UOL}} {{PGE|ed|sec|alt}} {{ref|name|group|note}} {{TIL|display_text|link}} — for link options, see the list of Save Named Values. Difficult Concepts I have trouble remembering the syntax for many of the parser functions and Metatemplate functions that I use often, so I am building this library of examples that I can quickly copy from. #switch {{#switch: {{{variable}}} | if_it_is_this= do this and this and this too | if_it_is_that= just do this | if_it_is_me | or_if_it_is_you= do this | #default= just do this instead, as it wasn't any of them }}