Formatting Templates
Introduction Pages
Like all MediaWiki installations, This platform uses templates to create standard formatting effects. A template is a specific kind of Wiki Markup where a single code is used to represent a bunch of formatting or text. When the wiki renders a page, and runs into a {{Example}}
it replaces that code with the text found on the page [[Template:Example]]
. Some Templates are used in isolation to define a page type. In other cases, a template can be customized so that a text block (such as a category or column content) is passed into the template to create unique effects. By having these functions in templates, we can adjust a template, and the style or layout is adjusted over the entire platform. The following templates are in common use throughout the platform.
{{Workgroup}}
- for pages about groups of people that work together.{{Effort}}
- for pages describing the projects they do.{{Product}}
- for pages describing documents, graphics or websites.{{Place}}
- for pages describing specific geographies.{{Topic}}
- for pages about anthropogenic or ecological concepts or phenomena.
We also have templates for core pages of the wiki infrastructure:
{{Category}}
- for pages about anthropogenic or ecological concepts or phenomena.{{MasterTopic}}
- for topic pages that are associated with a topic category.{{Introduction}}
- for pages that describe the purpose of the wiki or provide direction.
We also have a set of templates specifically for Landform Scale Places:
{{headwatersite}}
- a watershed management unit in the highland portions of Puget Sound.{{watershedsite}}
- a watershed management unit tributary to a floodplain, or a coastal shoreline or inlet process unit watershed.{{floodplainsite}}
- a floodplain unit with divisions generally based on local planning.{{deltasite}}
- a delta process unit assocaited with a major river mouth{{embaymentsite}}
- a coastal inlet or barrier-type embayment along the shoreline{{beachsite}}
- a shoreline process unit including bluff-backed beach{{headlandsite}}
- a shoreline process unit dominated by rocky shoreline landforms
The following templates are used to create effects on page content. The numbers sign indicates where you would insert content
{{ImageBullet| # | # }}
- the first insertion is a link for the image to be used as an icon. The second entry is for the text that will be placed immediately to the right of that icon.{{TwoColumn| # | # }}
- each entry is used to populate one of the columns. The columns are responsive, so that if you view them on a phone, they will stack.{{ThreeColumn| # | # | # }}
- each entry is used to populate one of the columns. The columns are responsive, so that if you view them on a phone, they will stack.{{TwoColumnTwoPicture| # | # }}
- for each entry, provide a link to an image. The images will scale so that they fill the available space. If they are viewed on a phone they will stack.{{TwoColumnLeftPicture| # | # }}
- In this layout the first entry is an image. The second entry is for text that
For example the following code:
{{ImageBullet|[[File:Riverdelta.jpg|200px]]|This is text that uses a picture of a particular size as a bullet.}}
Will create the following output: