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==Testing templates== | ==Testing templates== | ||
While making a new template or a new revision of an existing template, it is often better to put it in a user subpage (make an article at User:<yourname>/<pagename>) until it is ready and approved. If creating a test page in your userspace, mind the {{bp|userspace policy}}. | While making a new template or a new revision of an existing template, it is often better to put it in a user subpage (make an article at User:<yourname>/<pagename>) until it is ready and approved. If creating a test page in your userspace, mind the {{bp|userspace policy}}. | ||
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If a template was recently updated, but pages which use it do not update to reflect the change, the specific pages can be forced to update their transcluded pages by hard-refreshing the server. This can be done by clicking the UTC clock in the top of your screen. | If a template was recently updated, but pages which use it do not update to reflect the change, the specific pages can be forced to update their transcluded pages by hard-refreshing the server. This can be done by clicking the UTC clock in the top of your screen. | ||
[[ | And of course, look at existing templates with the features you want. That's probably easiest, and the best starting location since they're more likely to conform to style guidelines. | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates General template help] | |||
*Magic words ([http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words help], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Magic_words manual]) | |||
*Parser functions ([http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions help], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions manual], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Parser_function_extensions list]) | |||
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