Help:Infoboxes - Revision history

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	# Create a template using the [[:Category:Main templates\|existing main templates]] as a model.		# Create a template using the [[:Category:Main templates\|existing main templates]] as a model.
	# Create a module, adjusting the properties plan, the infobox schema, the category and the footer template (if used).		# Create a module, adjusting the properties plan, the infobox schema, the category and the footer template (if used).
	# Create the missing ~~formatter~~ templates, fine tune or customize the output format.		# Create the missing rendering templates, fine tune or customize the output format.

	== Main Datasets ==		== Main Datasets ==

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	== Workflow ==		== Workflow ==
	When creating a new dataset, one is advised to:		When creating a new dataset, one is advised to:
	* Plan [[Special:Properties\|properties]], set their data types, property descriptions, and allowed values (if applicable).		# Plan [[Special:Properties\|properties]], set their data types, property descriptions, and allowed values (if applicable).
	* Create a form using the [[Special:Forms\|existing forms]] as a model		# Create a form using the [[Special:Forms\|existing forms]] as a model.
	* Create a template using the [[:Category:Main templates\|existing main templates]] as a model		# Create a template using the [[:Category:Main templates\|existing main templates]] as a model.
	* Create a module,		# Create a module, adjusting the properties plan, the infobox schema, the category and the footer template (if used).
			# Create the missing formatter templates, fine tune or customize the output format.

	== Main Datasets ==		== Main Datasets ==

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	:* passes data to helper modules that build an infobox		:* passes data to helper modules that build an infobox

	'''For easier tracking I use the same name for the form, template and module.''' See [[#Main ~~datasets~~\|here]].		'''For easier tracking I use the same name for the form, template and module.''' See [[#Main Datasets\|here]].

	=== Properties Plan ===		=== Properties Plan ===

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	:* optionally defines the main category and footer for pages		:* optionally defines the main category and footer for pages
	:* passes data to helper modules that build an infobox		:* passes data to helper modules that build an infobox

			'''For easier tracking I use the same name for the form, template and module.''' See [[#Main datasets\|here]].

	=== Properties Plan ===		=== Properties Plan ===
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	To identify the infobox formatter templates easily, I put them all as subpages to ''Template:Infobox'':		To identify the infobox formatter templates easily, I put them all as subpages to ''Template:Infobox'':
	{{Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Infobox}}		{{Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Infobox}}

			== Workflow ==
			When creating a new dataset, one is advised to:
			* Plan [[Special:Properties\|properties]], set their data types, property descriptions, and allowed values (if applicable).
			* Create a form using the [[Special:Forms\|existing forms]] as a model
			* Create a template using the [[:Category:Main templates\|existing main templates]] as a model
			* Create a module,

	== Main Datasets ==		== Main Datasets ==

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 * '''form'''  &mdash; set the name of the form the link should use if a required page doesn't exist yet, for easy page creation. It requires ''links'' to be enabled.
 * '''indicator''' &mdash; set into any valid color name, variable or hex to display a [[Template:Led|LED]] indicator.
 == Main Datasets ==

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 === Rendering templates ===
-The purpose of the rendering templates is to allow for fine tuning the infobox row output.
+The purpose of the rendering templates is to allow for fine tuning the infobox row output. A typical pattern that applies to the regular field looks like this:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 == Main Datasets ==

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 :* provides a schema of the infobox
 :* optionally defines the main category and footer for pages
 === Infobox Schema ===