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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 | 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}}. | ||
To test your subpage template creation with actual use, you can post it at [[Bulbapedia:Sandbox]], just by adding <nowiki>{{User:<yourname>/<pagename>|</nowiki>''test parameters''}} to the page. This will transclude your page as if it was a template, despite not being in the template namespace. | To test your subpage template creation with actual use, you can post it at the [[Bulbapedia:Sandbox|Bulbapedia Sandbox]], just by adding <nowiki>{{User:<yourname>/<pagename>|</nowiki>''test parameters''}} to the page. This will transclude your page as if it was a template, despite not being in the template namespace. | ||
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 | 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. | ||
[[Category:Bulbapedia guides]] | [[Category:Bulbapedia guides]] |
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