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=Templates=
=Templates=
===Referencing===
===Referencing===
  [[Template:Ref Single Author]]
  [[Template:Ref Single Author|Reference A Single Book/Author]]


===Lists===
===Lists===
  [[Template:List Group]]
  [[Template:List Group|Template to make a simple list of people/items]]
  [[Template:list Group/Graduate 11/production]]
[[Template:List Group/Graduate 11|Pre-Made List - 2011 Graduates]]
  [[Template:list Group/Graduate 11/production|Pre-Made List - 2011 Production]]
[[Template:List Group/Graduate 11/applied arts|Pre-Made List - 2011 Applied Artists]]
[[Template:List Group/Graduate 11/design|Pre-Made List - 2011 Designers]]
 
===Announcements & Notifications===
  [[Template:Announcement|Template to easily add a message box with border]]
 
===Infoboxes===
  [[Template:Infobox|Template:infobox - Makes a standard Blank table with image and upto 5 fields of information]]

Latest revision as of 16:29, 15 November 2010

Templates are used to duplicate common items/text or formatting over many pages or many times over the same page.

How templates work

The commonly used text box is placed in a wikipedia page that begins with "Template:" the contents of that page can then be Embedded in to any other page using the following code- {{template:"template name"}} where "template name" is the name of your desired template.

How templates are made

any wikipedia page can be used as a template in this way so if you are designing a template you can begin making one like you would any other wiki page, if you have an idea for a template you can start by creating a link to it in the headings below

Templates

Referencing

Reference A Single Book/Author

Lists

Template to make a simple list of people/items
Pre-Made List - 2011 Graduates
Pre-Made List - 2011 Production
Pre-Made List - 2011 Applied Artists
Pre-Made List - 2011 Designers

Announcements & Notifications

 Template to easily add a message box with border

Infoboxes

 Template:infobox - Makes a standard Blank table with image and upto 5 fields of information