Difference between revisions of "Template:Howto"

Latest revision as of 04:03, 9 June 2019

This page describes how to do something.

Calling the template currently:

Adds page to Category:How To
Sorts page under correct title, rather than V for ~~Vendetta~~ VLC HowTo
Displays a message (optional)
- {{Howto}} no banner
- {{Howto|play music with VLC}} banner: This page describes how to play music with VLC.

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-{| cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3" class="widebox"
+{{#if:{{{1<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}}
-|align="left"|This page describes ''how to {{{1}}}''.
+  | {{{!}} class="widebox center cellpadding-3px" style="border-spacing:2px;"
-|align="right"|[[VLC HowTo|Other "how to" pages]]
+     {{!}}style="text-align: left;"{{!}}This page describes ''how to {{lcfirst:{{{1<noinclude>|do something</noinclude>}}}}}''.
-|}
+     {{!}}class="nowrap" style="text-align: right;"{{!}}[[VLC HowTo{{!}}Other "how to" pages]]
+    {{!}}}
+}}
+{{#switch:{{{nosort}}}|yes|y = |#default = <includeonly>{{DEFAULTSORT:{{#titleparts:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|1|2}}|noerror}}</includeonly>}}
+{{#switch:{{{nocat}}}|yes|y = |#default = [[Category:How To]]}}<noinclude>
+== Usage ==
+Calling the template currently:
+# Adds page to [[:Category:How To]]
+# Sorts page under correct title, rather than <code>V</code> for <del>Vendetta</del> <code>VLC HowTo</code>
+# Displays a message '''(optional)'''
+#* <code>{{{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> no banner
+#* <code>{{{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>|play music with VLC}}</nowiki></code> banner: <samp>This page describes ''how to play music with VLC''.</samp>
-:{{ #if: {{{nocat|}}} |   | [[Category:How To]] }}<noinclude>
+[[Category:How To|*]]<!-- modifies sortkey -->
-{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:*}}
 [[Category:Templates]]
 </noinclude>