Template:Selected DYK/doc
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![]() | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Selected DYK. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
![]() | If you are using the {{Random subpage}} template, do not use this template as the resulting Did you know... section will not be formatted correctly. |
This template is designed to be used with the {{Random portal component}} and {{Random portal component with nominate}} templates.
Template layout
{{Selected DYK | image = | size = | caption = | text = <!--- Required ---> | link = }}
Usage
It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |text= field does allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion.
- image - Places an image relating to the subject of the article on the left side of the section.
- size - Sets the image size, if left out or left blank it will default to 250px.
- caption - Creates a caption for the image.
- text - is the "Did you know" verbiage. No quotation marks needed.
- link - is the link to the article the subject is referring.
Examples
{{Selected DYK | image = Modern Charcuterie display.jpg | size = | caption = | text = that '''charcuterie''' is derived ... ? | link = charcuterie }}
Will produce:
See also
- Main portal creation templates
- {{Box portal skeleton}} - Used to create portal main pages.
- {{Random portal component}} - Used on the portal main page to randomly display articles from the portal sub-pages.
- {{Random portal component with nominate}} - Used on the portal main page to randomly display articles from the portal sub-pages, adding the option to nominate other Featured foo articles.
- {{Random subpage}} - Used on the portal main page to randomly display articles from the portal sub-pages. This template is best used for creating randomly populated Did you know... sections on the portal main page that are intended to include multiple Did you know... facts.
- {{Subpage}} - Used to output a box containing a link to subpage.
- {{Numbered subpages}} - Used to create article links on portal sub-pages with 50 links.
- {{25 numbered subpages}} - As hereinbefore, but with 25 links.
- {{75 numbered subpages}} - As hereinbefore, but with 75 links.
- {{100 numbered subpages}} - As hereinbefore, but with 100 links.
- {{Random box-header subpage}} - Used to transclude a numbered subpage.
- Main portal page formatting templates
- {{Boxheader}}
- {{Box-header}}
- {{Box-header1}}
- {{Box-header2}}
- {{Box-Header II}}
- {{Box-header-blank}}
- {{Box-header-groovy}}
- {{Box-header-health}}
- {{Box-header-plain}}
- {{Box-header-round}}
- {{Box-header-square}}
- {{Box-header-watch}}
- {{Boxfooter}}
- {{Box-footer}}
- {{Box-footer2}}
- Templates that configure links
- {{Portal}}
- {{Portal bar}}
- {{Portal-inline}}
- {{Portals}}
- {{Portals browsebar}}
- {{Related portals}}
- {{Related portals2}}
- {{Wikimedia for portals}}
- These templates are used to format the articles on the sub-pages
{{Selected X}} - Generic template for situations not listed hereafter.
- {{Selected article}}
- {{Selected biography}}
- {{Selected business}}
- {{Selected DYK}}
- {{Selected ingredient}}
- {{Selected location}}
- {{Selected picture}}
- {{Selected product}}
- {{Selected publication}}
- {{Selected quote}}
- {{Selected recipe}}
- Related templates