Template:ItemPost: Difference between revisions
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[[Category:Templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude> | [[Category:Templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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<center><big>'''Syntax and usage'''</big></center> | |||
This template is used to post a message (item) on the [[CW:BB|Bulletin board]], and it can also be used to post items on talk pages. | |||
'''To post a message in an existing topic, such as: | |||
<table width="100%" frame="below"> | |||
<tr><td width=95%><font style="font-size:150%">Looking for works in Quenya</font></td><td>[<font color=blue>edit</font>]</td></tr></table> | |||
simply click on the blue <font color=blue>edit</font> link, go to the last posted message in the topic, start a new line, and use the '''[[Template:ItemPost]]''' in the format ('''note the <font color=red>new syntax</font>'''): | |||
<tt><nowiki>{{ItemPost</nowiki><br><nowiki>|by=<your name & date></nowiki><br><nowiki>|text=<your message></nowiki><br><nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt> | |||
The easiest way to [[ChoralWiki:Signatures|sign and date]] your message is to type four tildes ('''<tt><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></tt>''') for <your name & date>. Thus, for example, typing | |||
<tt><nowiki>{{ItemPost</nowiki><br> | |||
<nowiki>|by=~~~~</nowiki><br> | |||
<nowiki>|text=</nowiki><br> | |||
Here is a sample message<br> | |||
spread<br> | |||
over<br> | |||
several lines.<nowiki><br></nowiki><br> | |||
It even has more than one paragraph.<br> | |||
}}</tt> | |||
resulted in: | |||
{{ItemPost | |||
|by=[[User:CHGiffen|Chuck]][[User talk:CHGiffen|<sub><small>'''talk'''</small></sub>]] [[User:Charles H. Giffen|Giffen]][[Charles H. Giffen|<sub>'''♫'''</sub>]] 01:58, 28 July 2008 (PDT) | |||
|text= | |||
Here is a sample message | |||
spread | |||
over | |||
several lines.<br> | |||
It even has more than one paragraph. | |||
}} | |||
'''N.B.''' The old syntax for Template:ItemPost still works but is now deprecated in favor of the new syntax, which allows for nested replies using [[Template:Reply]]. | |||
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</noinclude> | |||
Revision as of 08:58, 28 July 2008
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This template is used to post a message (item) on the Bulletin board, and it can also be used to post items on talk pages.
To post a message in an existing topic, such as:
| Looking for works in Quenya | [edit] |
simply click on the blue edit link, go to the last posted message in the topic, start a new line, and use the Template:ItemPost in the format (note the new syntax):
{{ItemPost
|by=<your name & date>
|text=<your message>
}}
The easiest way to sign and date your message is to type four tildes (~~~~) for <your name & date>. Thus, for example, typing
{{ItemPost
|by=~~~~
|text=
Here is a sample message
spread
over
several lines.<br>
It even has more than one paragraph.
}}
resulted in:
|
Here is a sample message
spread
over
several lines. It even has more than one paragraph. |
N.B. The old syntax for Template:ItemPost still works but is now deprecated in favor of the new syntax, which allows for nested replies using Template:Reply.