View source for Help:List of COLLADA wiki templates

This page contains details of '''[[Help:Wiki template|Wiki template]]s''' currently defined in this COLLADA wiki.

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==User templates==
Any template can be used by anyone, but these are more likely to be of general use to a general user.

===Formatting templates===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
!width=20%| What to type !!width=55%| What it produces !! Where to put it
|-
| {{tplinkarg|highlight|arg=''text to highlight''}}
| <div>{{highlight|''text to highlight''}}</div>
| ''Enclose'' text to highlight as an argument
|-
| {{tplinkarg|notice|arg=''text to format as notice }}
| <div>{{notice|''text to format as notice''}}</div>
| ''Enclose'' text  (doesn't work in all contexts because it's a table)
|-
| {{tplink|prettytable}}
|  <div>{{prettytable}}</div>
| ''On first line of table definition''
|-
| {{tplink|{{=}}}}
| <div>{{=}}</div>
| ''Inside templates'' where an = character is needed
|}

===Message templates===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
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|-
| {{tplinkarg|delete |arg=reason=''why to delete''}}
| <div>{{delete|reason=why to delete}}</div>
| ''Top''<br />of articles that you'd like a [[sysop]] to delete.
|-
| {{tplink|disambig}}
| <div>{{disambig}}</div> 
| ''Bottom''<br />of articles that disambiguate terms that could have various meanings ([[disambiguation]] pages).
----''Note: this template also places the article in [[:Category:Disambiguation]]''
|-
| {{tplinkarg|editor |arg=what=''what needs attention''}}
| <div>{{editor|what=what needs attention}}</div>
| ''Inside''<br /> articles at location where an editor needs to address an issue.
|-
| {{tplink|stub}}
| <div>{{stub}}</div>
| ''Bottom''<br />of articles that need more info.
|-
| {{tplink|underconstruction}}
| <div>{{underconstruction}}</div>
| Pages actively being worked on. Please don't leave these lying around if you're not working on the page.
|-
| {{tplinkarg|underconstruction|arg=notready=true}}
| <div>{{underconstruction|notready=true}}</div>
| Pages actively being worked on and is not ready for use. Please don't leave these lying around if you're not working on the page.
|}

===Article initialization templates===
These templates are designed for one-time substitution into an article, to get the article layout initialized. To substitute the content of these templates into an article, use the syntax:

 <nowiki>{{subst:name_of_template}}</nowiki>

Then save the page, then edit. 

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
!width=20%| What to type !!width=55%| What it produces !! Where to put it
|-
| {{tplink|ClassElement}}
| <div>''See template documentation''</div>
| When used with "subst:"prefix (<nowiki>{{subst:ClassElement}}</nowiki>), fills in outline and sample text to get started on an article about a class or an element.
|-
| {{tplink|TutorialSample}}
| <div>''See template documentation''</div>
| When used with "subst:"prefix (<nowiki>{{subst:TutorialSample}}</nowiki>), fills in outline and sample text to get started on a how-to (tutorial) article .
|-
| {{tplink|Domsub}}
| <div>''See template documentation''</div>
| ''Note: This template is probably obsolete.'' When used with "subst:"prefix (<nowiki>{{subst:Domsub}}</nowiki>), fills in outline and sample text to get started on an article about a subsystem.
|}

===Info-box templates===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
!width=20%| What to type !!width=55%| What it produces !! Where to put it
|-
| {{tplinkarg|Conditioner|arg=''various arguments''}}
| <div>{{Conditioner}}</div> 
| ''Top''<br />of each article that describes a COLLADA [[conditioner]].
----  ''Note: see the template itself for details about the arguments''
|-
| {{tplink|Conditioners header}}
| <div>{{Conditioners header}}</div>
| ''Top''<br />of articles that summarize or collect info on conditioners.
|-
| {{tplinkarg|Extension|arg=''various arguments''}}
| <div>{{Extension}}</div>  
| ''Top''<br />of each article that describes a COLLADA [[extension]].
----  ''Note: see the template itself for details about the arguments''
|-
| {{tplinkarg|Extensions|arg=n/a }}
|   obsolete
| Use Template:Extension
|- 
| {{tplink|Extensions header|arg=''none''}}
| <div>{{Extensions header}}</div>
| ''Top''<br />of articles that summarize or collect info on extensions.
|-
| {{tplinkarg|Product|arg=''various arguments''}}
| <div>{{Product}}</div>  
| ''Top''<br />of each article that describes a product that imports, exports, or otherwise works with or interacts with [[COLLADA document]]s.
----  ''Note: see the template itself for details about the arguments''
|}

===Category templates===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
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!width=20%| What to type !!width=55%| What it produces !! Where to put it
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| {{tplinkarg|addtocategory|arg = ''description''}}
| <div>{{addtocategory}}</div>  
| ''Top''<br />of Category pages.
----''Note: this template fills in name of category, not "COLLADA wiki templates"''
|-
| {{tplink|addimagetocategory}}
| <div>{{addimagetocategory}}</div>  
| ''Top''<br />of image Category pages.
----''Note: this template fills in name of category, not "COLLADA wiki templates"''
|-
| {{tplinkarg|addtemplatetocategory|arg = what = ''what the templates in this catg do''}}
| <div>{{addtemplatetocategory|what=what the templates in this catg do}}</div>  
| ''Top''<br />of template Category pages.
----''Note: this template fills in name of category, not "COLLADA wiki templates"''
|}

==Site templates==
These templates are used in the construction of other templates, for more specific system administration or page construction, or are otherwise less likely to be of use to a general user.

===Color templates===
To make it easier to switch color themes. See [[Help:Color schemes for wiki]] for what these colors look like:
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
!width=20%| What to type!!width=10%| What it produces!!width=10%|Which is !! width=20%|Where to put it !! Note
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 1 pale}}
| <div>{{Site color 1 pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 1 pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 1 light}}
| <div>{{Site color 1 light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 1 light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 1 mid}}
| <div>{{Site color 1 mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 1 mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 1 dark}}
| <div>{{Site color 1 dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 1 dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 2 pale}}
| <div>{{Site color 2 pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 2 pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 2 light}}
| <div>{{Site color 2 light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 2 light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 2 mid}}
| <div>{{Site color 2 mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 2 mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 2 dark}}
| <div>{{Site color 2 dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 2 dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 3 pale}}
| <div>{{Site color 3 pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 3 pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 3 light}}
| <div>{{Site color 3 light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 3 light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 3 mid}}
| <div>{{Site color 3 mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 3 mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 3 dark}}
| <div>{{Site color 3 dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 3 dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 4 pale}}
| <div>{{Site color 4 pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 4 pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 4 light}}
| <div>{{Site color 4 light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 4 light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 4 mid}}
| <div>{{Site color 4 mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 4 mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color 4 dark}}
| <div>{{Site color 4 dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color 4 dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color accent pale}}
| <div>{{Site color accent pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color accent pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color accent light}}
| <div>{{Site color accent light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color accent light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color accent mid}}
| <div>{{Site color accent mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color accent mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color accent dark}}
| <div>{{Site color accent dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color accent dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color gray pale}}
| <div>{{Site color gray pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color gray pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color gray light}}
| <div>{{Site color gray light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color gray light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color gray mid}}
| <div>{{Site color gray mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color gray mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Site color gray dark}}
| <div>{{Site color gray dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Site color gray dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color conditioners pale}}
| <div>{{Color conditioners pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color conditioners pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|rowspan=16|These templates aren't hard-coded with color numbers; they're set to the preceding site colors. Use edit on a template to see how that's done.
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color conditioners light}}
| <div>{{Color conditioners light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{color conditioners light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color conditioners mid}}
| <div>{{Color conditioners mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color conditioners mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color conditioners dark}}
| <div>{{Color conditioners dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color conditioners dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color extensions pale}}
| <div>{{Color extensions pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color extensions pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color extensions light}}
| <div>{{Color extensions light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color extensions light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color extensions mid}}
| <div>{{Color extensions mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color extensions mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color extensions dark}}
| <div>{{Color extensions dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color extensions dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color products pale}}
| <div>{{Color products pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color products pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color products light}}
| <div>{{Color products light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color products light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color products mid}}
| <div>{{Color products mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color products mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color products dark}}
| <div>{{Color products dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color products dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color general pale}}
| <div>{{Color general pale}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color general pale}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color general light}}
| <div>{{Color general light}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color general light}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color general mid}}
| <div>{{Color general mid}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color general mid}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|Color general dark}}
| <div>{{Color general dark}}</div>  
|bgcolor={{Color general dark}}|&nbsp;
|valign="top"| In <tt>color=</tt> args
|}

===General navigation templates===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
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|{{tplinkarg|portalheader|arg = various arguments  }}
| <div>{{portalheader}}</div>
| Top of [[portal]] pages.
|-
|valign="top"| {{tplink|helpTOC}}
| <div>{{helpTOC}}</div>  
|valign="top"| ''Top'' of Help articles.
|}

===System administration templates===

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
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|}

===Tutorial templates===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
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| {{tplink|DOM navigation}}
| <div>{{DOM navigation}}</div>  
| ''Bottom''<br />of articles that are part of the [[Portal:COLLADA DOM]].
|-
| {{tplinkarg|DOMversion|''version number''}}
| <div>{{DOMversion|1.3}}</div>
| Put at top of DOM tutorial articles to indicate what version the page is current for.
|-
| {{tplink|Tutorials}}
| <div>{{tutorials}}</div>
| ''Top'' of tutorial article or first in related set of articles forming a single tutorial.
|}

===Templates for constructing templates and similar underpinnings===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
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!width=20%| What to type !!width=55%| What it produces !! Where to put it
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| {{tplinkarg|box-header|arg=title=''Title for box''}}
| <div>{{Box-header|title=Title for box}}</div>
| Constructs header with edit link for use in "subpages" on Main page, portals, and similar things.
|-
| {{tplinkarg|NavigationBox|arg=''various arguments''}}
| <div>{{NavigationBox}}</div>  
| General format for creating navigation boxes such as [[Template:DOM navigation]]
----''Note: see the template itself for details about the arguments''
|-
| {{tplinkarg|Tplink|arg=''template_name''}}
| 
| Used in the left column of this article for displaying template info for templates with no arguments
|-
| {{tplinkarg|Tplinkarg|arg=''various args''}}
| 
| Used in the left column of this article for displaying template info for templates with one argument (for more than one, say "various arguments" and refer to template documentation).
|}

===For FAQ and help desk pages===
And other places where you want to control people adding a single heading and (usually) a single paragraph or so to the article.
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 align=center
|-
!width=20%| What to type !!width=55%| What it produces !! Where to put it
|-
| {{tplinkarg|addnewsection|arg=actiontext=''what user achieves''}}
| <div>{{addnewsection|actiontext=''what user achieves''}}</div>  
| In FAQ or help desk or similar article AFTER instructions on how you want people to add new sections/questions. "what user achieves" might be "ask a question", "add a new FAQ", etc.
|-
| {{tplink|howtoask}}
| <div>{{howtoask}}</div>
| Use before addnewsection in help desk type articles.
|-
| {{tplink|howtoanswer}}
| <div>{{howtoanswer}}</div>
| Use ''after'' addnewsection in help desk type articles.
|-
| {{tplink|howtopost}}
| <div>{{howtopost}}</div>
| (Don't use at the moment...see following)
|-
| {{tplink|howtopostfaq}}
| <div>{{howtopostfaq}}</div>
| Use before addnewsection in FAQ type articles.
|}

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