User:Technical 13/Guides/TemplateMaking

Lesson 1

Generic concepts

• on mw:
  • mw:Help:Magic words
  • mw:Help:Templates
  • mw:Help:Transclusion
    • Not helpful
• on m:
  • m:Help:Magic words
    • mw: version is much more accurate and up-to-date
  • m:Help:Templates
  • m:Help:Transclusion
• on w:
  • Help:Magic words
    • mw: version is much more accurate and up-to-date
  • Help:Templates
  • Help:Transclusion

Lesson 2

Specific parts to focus on

• (no|only)include(only) tags
  • Help:Template#Noinclude, includeonly, and onlyinclude
  • m:Help:Template#Noinclude, includeonly, and onlyinclude
  • Help:Transclusion#Markup
  • Help:Category#Categories_and_templates

MOVE THIS TO LESSON 3 or 4 ---> m:Help:Substitution

Lesson 3

Conditional generics

• mw:Help:Extension:Parser functions

Lesson 4

Calculation

• m:Help:Calculation