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# Now go to the page [[:Template:Portal:Main/Quotes]]. | # Now go to the page [[:Template:Portal:Main/Quotes]]. | ||
# The text on this page looks like this: | # The text on this page looks like this: | ||
− | ::<nowiki>{{Random subpage|page=Portal:Main/Quotes|start=1|end=13|seed=2}}</ | + | ::<nowiki>{{Random subpage|page=Portal:Main/Quotes|start=1|end=13|seed=2}}</nowiki> |
::Set the number after "end" to the number of the subpage you just created. This means the portal picks a random quote from among 13 possible subpages. | ::Set the number after "end" to the number of the subpage you just created. This means the portal picks a random quote from among 13 possible subpages. | ||
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==How do I select an extra article for the "Selected articles" section of the portal?== | ==How do I select an extra article for the "Selected articles" section of the portal?== | ||
===Adding the extra article=== | ===Adding the extra article=== | ||
+ | # Go to the page [[:Portal:Main/Selected article]]. | ||
+ | # You will see the existing selected articles. To create a new one, click on the first red link to a subpage '''template''' (it is very important that it is the template, not the page). For the 16th subpage, it looks like this: <nowiki>Template:Portal:Main/Selected article/16</nowiki>. | ||
+ | # Clicking on the red link will create the page for you. On this page, insert the following: | ||
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{{Selected article | {{Selected article | ||
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}} | }} | ||
</nowiki> | </nowiki> | ||
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+ | ::''Example:'' | ||
+ | ::<nowiki>{{Selected article | ||
+ | | image = | ||
+ | | size = | ||
+ | | side = | ||
+ | | caption = | ||
+ | | text = TEDTalk transcriptions are made by professional transcribers. TEDx transcriptions are often made by volunteers. They may be interested in the resources we put together regarding [[Transcribing talks|transcribing talks]]. | ||
+ | | link = Transcribing talks | ||
+ | | archive = | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </nowiki> | ||
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+ | ::''Result:'' | ||
+ | ::{{Selected article | ||
+ | | image = | ||
+ | | size = | ||
+ | | side = | ||
+ | | caption = | ||
+ | | text = TEDTalk transcriptions are made by professional transcribers. TEDx transcriptions are often made by volunteers. They may be interested in the resources we put together regarding [[Transcribing talks|transcribing talks]]. | ||
+ | | link = Transcribing talks | ||
+ | | archive = | ||
+ | }} | ||
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===Ensuring that the random counter knows there is one extra page to choose from=== | ===Ensuring that the random counter knows there is one extra page to choose from=== |
Revision as of 09:19, 26 August 2011
Contents
How do I create an extra "Quote" for the portal?
Adding the extra quote
- Go to the page Portal:Main/Quotes.
- You will see the existing quotes. To create a new one, click on the first red link to a subpage template (it is very important that it is the template, not the page). For the 16th subpage, it looks like this: Template:Portal:Main/Quotes/16.
- Clicking on the red link will create the page for you. On this page, insert the following:
- {{cquote|Text of the quote|||Who said it?|Where?}}
- Example:
- {{cquote|If language really is the conduit of our cooperation, the technology that our species derived to promote the free flow and exchange of ideas, in our modern world, we confront a question. And that question is whether in this modern, globalized world we can really afford to have all these different languages.|||Mark Pagel, TED Speaker|[http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity.html How language transformed humanity]}}
- Result:
“ | If language really is the conduit of our cooperation, the technology that our species derived to promote the free flow and exchange of ideas, in our modern world, we confront a question. And that question is whether in this modern, globalized world we can really afford to have all these different languages. | ” |
—Mark Pagel, TED Speaker, How language transformed humanity |
Ensuring that the random counter knows there is one extra page to choose from
- Now go to the page Template:Portal:Main/Quotes.
- The text on this page looks like this:
- {{Random subpage|page=Portal:Main/Quotes|start=1|end=13|seed=2}}
- Set the number after "end" to the number of the subpage you just created. This means the portal picks a random quote from among 13 possible subpages.
How do I select an extra article for the "Selected articles" section of the portal?
Adding the extra article
- Go to the page Portal:Main/Selected article.
- You will see the existing selected articles. To create a new one, click on the first red link to a subpage template (it is very important that it is the template, not the page). For the 16th subpage, it looks like this: Template:Portal:Main/Selected article/16.
- Clicking on the red link will create the page for you. On this page, insert the following:
- {{Selected article | image = | size = | side = | caption = | text = Type a short text that will be shown in the box and that is introducing the article | link = Title of the page, no brackets needed, no underscores for spaces, just plain text | archive = }}
- Example:
- {{Selected article | image = | size = | side = | caption = | text = TEDTalk transcriptions are made by professional transcribers. TEDx transcriptions are often made by volunteers. They may be interested in the resources we put together regarding [[Transcribing talks|transcribing talks]]. | link = Transcribing talks | archive = }}
- Result:
TEDTalk transcriptions are made by professional transcribers. TEDx transcriptions are often made by volunteers. They may be interested in the resources we put together regarding transcribing talks. |