User:Evon R'al/Sandbox template/doc

Description

This template is a metatemplate for the creation of sidebar templates, i.e. boxes that are vertically-aligned navigational templates.

This template is converted from the last non-lua version of Wikipedia Sidebar

Dependencies

Uses

{{Navbar}}

Used by

Syntax

For UnuWiki navigational sidebar

The UniWiki navigational sidebar uses a subset of the available parameters and only the parameters used are documented.

{{Sidebar
| name = {{subst:PAGENAME}}

| topimage = 
| topcaption = 

| pretitle = 

| title = 

| image = 
| caption = 

| above = 

| heading1 = 
| content1 = 

| heading2 = 
| content2 = 

| heading3 = 
| content3 = 

<!-- More heading<x>, content<x> blocks as required up to a maximum of 35 -->

| below = 
| navbar = off

}}

Parameters

name 

The name of the sidebar's page. {{subst:PAGENAME}} can be used. May be omitted if no navbar is used (navbar must be off).

topimage 

Image at the top of the sidebar. Use standard wiki mark-up i.e. [[File:filename.png|64px]]

topcaption 

Caption appear under topimage.

pretitle 

Pre-title of the sidebar. Appears above title

title 

Title of the sidebar

image 

Image below the title. Use standard wiki mark-up i.e. [[File:filename.png|64px]]

caption 

Caption to appear under image.

above 

Text to appear above the heading/content sections.

heading<x> 

content<x> 

below 

Text to appear below the heading/content sections.

navbar 

Controls the use of navbar. Use off to deactivate (If not deactivated name must be filled in).

Sample

{{Sidebar
| topimage = [[File:Agent.png]]

| title = Sidebar title

| heading1 = Heading 1
| content1 = 
* link 1
* link 2

| heading2 = Heading 2
| content2 = 
* link 3
* link 4

| navbar = off

}}

Note

This documentation does not include all possible parameters. Only the parameters for use in the UniWiki navigational sidebar are documented. Reason: lack of time, seeing no use for them now. And being plain lazy -- Evon R'al (talk) 11:39, 4 June 2023 (UTC)