Forms and Templates - Revision history

Ed: /* Fix your template's design */

2019-03-11T17:19:52Z

Fix your template's design

Juliette.richert: /* Make a new class */

2017-04-04T21:47:04Z

Make a new class

Ed: /* Forms and Templates Ready for Use */

2017-04-04T18:56:42Z

Forms and Templates Ready for Use

Juliette.richert: /* Make a new class */

2017-03-31T16:03:26Z

Make a new class

Ed at 17:37, 15 March 2017

2017-03-15T17:37:40Z

Ed at 19:29, 2 March 2017

2017-03-02T19:29:04Z

Ed: /* Forms and Templates Ready for Use */

2017-02-27T23:21:49Z

Forms and Templates Ready for Use

Ed: /* Forms and Templates Ready for Use */

2017-02-27T23:12:10Z

Forms and Templates Ready for Use

Ed: /* Forms and Templates Ready for Use */

2017-02-27T23:11:36Z

Forms and Templates Ready for Use

Ed: /* Fix your template's design */

2016-10-31T17:23:51Z

Fix your template's design

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   <nowiki>
   | belowstyle  = background:#ffffff;
-  | below       = © McNair Center, 2016
+  | below       = © edegan.com, 2016
   }}
   </nowiki>

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 ==Make a new class==
-Classes consist of a form, template and category. Come up with a spec for your class. Get your spec approved by your peers, Ed, or Anne, as is appropriate.
+Classes consist of a form, template and category. Come up with a spec for your class. A spec should include the name of the class you are creating, a format for the title of pages that will be put in your class, and field/property titles. Get your spec approved by your peers, Ed, or Anne, as is appropriate.
 Then go to [[Special:CreateClass]] and implement your spec as follows:
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 *Create field names and their types
 **Use verb phrases for property names whenever possible. See https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Property_naming. Don't use punctuation.
-**Fields should be pages only when there are pages associated with the values (i.e., the field will be a page title)
+**Fields should be pages only when there are pages associated with the values (i.e., the text in the field will be a page title)
 **Generally fields should be text unless some built-in property type (like email, url, etc,) directly applies and then we should use the appropriate field name (like email, url, etc.) when applicable. A list of built in property types is here: https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Property_declaration
-**Note that property types can be changed later. Each property has its own page. See [[Special:Properties]] for a list. You can go a property's page and redine it by adding a tag like <nowiki>[[Has type::number]]</nowiki> to that page.
+**Note that property types can be changed later. Each property has its own page. See [[Special:Properties]] for a list. You can go a property's page and redefine it by adding a tag like <nowiki>[[Has type::number]]</nowiki> to that page.
-**If a field is a list of values, choose the property type appropriately (usually text) and put the value names in a comma separated list in the Allowed Values box. Name values with a single short word whenever possible and use sentence case.
+**If you want to have a list of values in a field, choose the property type appropriately (usually text) and put the value names in a comma separated list in the Allowed Values box. Name values with a single short word whenever possible and use sentence case. When people use this template, this will allow them to only pick values that you have preselected.
 ===Check your class===

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:56, 4 April 2017
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	*Note: inclusion in [[:Category:McNair Affiliates]] is automatic with template use		*Note: inclusion in [[:Category:McNair Affiliates]] is automatic with template use

		+	McNair Affiliates:
		+	*[[Form:Legislation]]
		+	*[[Template:Legislation]]
		+	*Note: inclusion in [[:Category:Legislation]] is automatic with template use
	===Deprecated===		===Deprecated===

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 *Name the Form '''the same as the template'''. You should probably use spaces in the category name (i.e., My Name, not MyName) for readability though.
 *Create field names and their types
 **Use verb phrases for property names whenever possible. See https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Property_naming. Don't use punctuation.
 **Fields should be pages only when there are pages associated with the values (i.e., the field will be a page title)

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 *[[Template:McNair Faculty]]
 *Note: inclusion in [[:Category:McNair_Staff]] and [[:Category:McNair_Faculty]] are automatic with template use
 ===Deprecated===

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 *[[Template:BlogPost]]
 *[[Form:BlogPost]]
-*Note: inclusion in [[:Category:Blog_Posts]] is automatic with template use
+*Note: inclusion in [[:Category:Blog_Post]] is automatic with template use
 Academic Papers:

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 *[[Form:McNair Topic Areas]]
 *[[Template:McNair Topic Areas]]
 ==Make a new class==

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 Academic Papers:
-*[[Template:Academic Papers]]
+*[[Template:AcademicPaper]]
-*[[Form:Academic Papers]]
+*[[Form:AcademicPaper]]
 *Note: inclusion in [[:Category:Academic_Paper]] is automatic with template use

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 Look like this instead:
   <nowiki>
-  | label1      = Title
+  | label2      = Title
-  | data1       = [[Has title::{{{Title|}}}]]
+  | data2       = [[Has title::{{{Title|}}}]]
-  | label2      = Content status
+  | label3      = Content status
-  | data2       = {{#arraymap:{{{Content status|}}}|,|x|[[Has content status::x]]}}
+  | data3       = {{#arraymap:{{{Content status|}}}|,|x|[[Has content status::x]]}}
   </nowiki>
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   }}
   </nowiki>
 ===Set security for a class===