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A '''navigation template''' is a tool used to connect related articles together in a way that is easy to update across all the articles. Since it is a [[template]], when it is updated, the changes will be reflected across all of the pages that call that template. Wikipedia makes extensive use of navigation templates through an elegant template structure called [[Template:Navbox]] (See Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Template:Navbox|page about them]]). | A '''navigation template''' is a tool used to connect related articles together in a way that is easy to update across all the articles. Since it is a [[template]], when it is updated, the changes will be reflected across all of the pages that call that template. Wikipedia makes extensive use of navigation templates through an elegant template structure called [[Template:Navbox]] (See Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Template:Navbox|page about them]]). | ||
== | ==USApedia and navigation templates== | ||
As of November 2010, | As of November 2010, USApedia has working parser functions, but not all of the style sheets are installed and a complete list of required templates to bring over from Wikipedia does not yet exist. An interim solution is at [[Template:ManNav]]. Please make sure to keep the categories and banners so users are aware your template is an interim solution that will eventually be replaced with Navbox. See [[:Category:Manual Navigation Templates]] for a list of templates that use this interim structure and [[:Category:Articles with Manual Navigation Templates]] for a list of pages that include these templates. | ||
==Historic== | ==Historic== | ||
===Key elements needed to get infobox and navbox templates working=== | ===Key elements needed to get infobox and navbox templates working=== | ||
# [[Help:Magic words|Parser functions]] (done) | # [[Help:Magic words|Parser functions]] (done) | ||
# Identify and [[#Navbox templates|document]] all the templates used in infobox and navbox and bring them into | # Identify and [[#Navbox templates|document]] all the templates used in infobox and navbox and bring them into USApedia with appropriate attribution | ||
# Identify and [[#Navbox styles|document]] styles used by these templates, get them from Wikipedia's style sheets, and bring them into | # Identify and [[#Navbox styles|document]] styles used by these templates, get them from Wikipedia's style sheets, and bring them into USApedia. | ||
# all templates that are [[:Category:Manual Navigation Templates]] need to be updated to the navbox template. | # all templates that are [[:Category:Manual Navigation Templates]] need to be updated to the navbox template. | ||
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** [[Wikipedia:Help:Table#Style_classes]] discusses how these styles work. | ** [[Wikipedia:Help:Table#Style_classes]] discusses how these styles work. | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox The Infobox Documentation on Wikipedia] talks about there being both CSS and HTML classes. | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox The Infobox Documentation on Wikipedia] talks about there being both CSS and HTML classes. | ||
** The skins we need to make sure works in | ** The skins we need to make sure works in USApedia is the Monobook skin, which can be found here: [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css]] and then the Vector theme which is coming online within the next two weeks. | ||
* To see what templates are called from a page, go into edit mode (or view source mode if locked) and a list of templates will be shown at the bottom of the page. | * To see what templates are called from a page, go into edit mode (or view source mode if locked) and a list of templates will be shown at the bottom of the page. | ||
* We will know we are finished when the tree structure below is all blue and the example templates look correct. | * We will know we are finished when the tree structure below is all blue and the example templates look correct. | ||
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==Related== | ==Related== | ||
* [[:Category:Core wiki templates]] | * [[:Category:Core wiki templates]] | ||
* [[ | * [[USApedia:Maintenance]] | ||
[[Category:Help]] | [[Category:Help]] | ||