Help talk:Templates

Can Template:T replace more complex code?
The help page still contains some complex expressions using "code" and "nowiki" tags that look as if they could be simplified with use of T. Are there still places where it can't be used? — Robin Patterson (Talk) 03:07, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm new to templates, and I'm having a hard time locating templates for the wiki I'm working on. If someone could update this article and explain how to find existing templates, I'd appreciate it!


 * Hey ;)! You can find a complete list of widgets using the Special:Prefixindex, and selecting templates. You can also use this link, changing  to the Wiki's URL; http://WIKILINK.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=&namespace=10. Hope this helps ;). Tedjuh10 - Talk 10:25, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

Template Loop Detected
I don't understand this problem, I can't figure out how to fix it.--Phantom Stranger 01:47, March 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * if you keep posting your question in a dozen places, you are never going to get a response when one is left. Please see the email reply, or the message on the central forums. --Uberfuzzy 04:51, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Foiled by Templates
I'm still needing some help with templates. I've created the template with the double fancy brackets as a sub-page and then this can not be put into any other page.

So, at this test page on my wiki: http://cloh.wikia.com/test3 there is a link to a page that has a number. That number should be something that should be able to be put into a chart.

The number page is here: http://cloh.wikia.com/Pittsburgh_Obama_Academy_of_International_Studies_6-12/HS_boys.

The text for the link to show the template should be: *. But it is not working. It seems as if the sub page with the / mark is messing us up.

Can templates have a / in them?

These pages were created with a simple link, /HS boys. Then the number was put into the blank page. Rauterkus 18:53, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Testing Templates
Is there a way to test potential changes to a template without saving, but still being able to see how it looks when put on a page? I'm trying to fix some padding and margins (which don't show up in a preview) on multiple templates used on the home page and I keep messing up, which makes the home page look bad. I'd like to fix the weird padding without messing up the home page. SereneChaos 21:14, July 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * Not as far as I know of - The preview page show templates (that are saved) so when you are making a change to a template and click on Preview - You see the version that is saved not the unsaved version you currently are working on.


 * What I do, so I can see immediate effects of the template when I save it without having to leave the template is have a Documentation page for the template with some examples already set up, and add the following to the end of the template: . This will cause the Documentation page to be transcluded onto the main page, while not passing this information onto the regular articles that use the template. When you make changes to the template and save it you can see immediately how the changes look in your examples that are transcluded.


 * -- 19:54, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

Help me please!
I want the family tree template on my wiki, but I don't know how to put it on there. if I try It just says that the page does not exist and I made a page for the template but that didn't help at all! Please help me! 14:14, June 4, 2012


 * Did you copy the both templates? and its sub-template ?


 * -- 20:01, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

Template Help
I'm having so much trouble with templates I'm trying to make a template similar to the one used here but nothing seems to be working :( I tried using the default ino box and edited it so it ended up like this, but it keeps telling me template loop detected whenever I try and use it, I got rid of the monster part so it just started with {{Infobox but then it wouldn't let me edit it when I stuck it into the page. Help please?

GamingGrl24 19:53, July 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * The Monster Infobox template was calling itself when it should have been calling the the Main template {{T|Infobox}}. On the " Monster " pages you will use {{T|Monster Infobox}}. -- {{:User:Jrooksjr/Sig1}} 21:44, July 7, 2012 (UTC)

Ok thanks :) but now when I imput the template into the page I'm not able to edit it the way you can with the example one? GamingGrl24 21:55, July 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * You do not edit a template on the "article pages" you add the template to the page with the parameters that you do know and add the others later as you find the information for those parameters. - Example: if you know only the image to be used you would enter this on the monster page:

{{Monster Infobox }}
 * image = image file name goes here


 * -- {{:User:Jrooksjr/Sig1}} 22:01, July 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * After thinking about what you are asking to be able to do, I think you need to substitute the template onto the page so that all of the parameters are there and you can just edit them later -- to do this you would use  {{subst:Monster Infobox}}  onto the page and then SAVE the page - then edit the page and the template with all of the parameters would be there as well for you to change the N/A's into the information you want displayed.


 * Edit my user page to see what I mean
 * -- {{:User:Jrooksjr/Sig1}} 22:09, July 7, 2012 (UTC)

Ok thanks for all your help :) GamingGrl24 22:26, July 7, 2012 (UTC)