Template:Index-page: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:00, 5 November 2007

This template sorts adds an infobox with a text explaning that this an index or overview page for a certain topic.

Include this template at the top of index pages like so:

{{index-page|category=Editing|topic=elevators}}

The optional sort parameter for this template influences the place where the article will be sorted in the category:

Example	Description
{{index-page\|...}}	default sorting order based on article name
{{index-page\|...\|sort=Lifts}}	an article named "Creating a Lift" goes under "L" (specifically "Lifts")

The required topic parameter sets the text that will be inserted into the info box after the word about:

Example	Description
{{index-page\|topic=textures}}	Creates: "This is a selected list of articles and tutorials about textures."

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 |-
 |<nowiki>{{index-page|topic=textures}}</nowiki>
-|Creates: "This page lists articles about textures."
+|Creates: "This is a selected list of articles and tutorials about '''textures'''."
 |}
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 [[Category:Templates|{{{sort}}}]]
 </noinclude><includeonly>
-{{infobox|bg=#e0e0ff|text=This page lists articles about {{{topic|Topic parameter not set!}}}.
+{{infobox|bg=#e0e0ff|text=This is a selected list of articles and tutorials about '''{{{topic|Topic parameter not set!}}}'''.
 <br>Please see the category '''[[:Category:{{{category|undef!}}}|{{{category|Category parameter not set!}}}]]''' for a full list of articles for this topic.}}
 [[Category:Index pages|{{{sort|{{PAGENAME}}}}}]]
 </includeonly>