This template is used on 190,000+ pages. To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this template should first be tested in its /sandboxor/testcases subpages, or in your own user space. The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit. Please consider discussing any changes on the talk page before implementing them.
A typical usage case could be to make it so that a template only adds a category when not on a template page. Thus not adding the template itself and other templates that are built with it to the category. Like this:
{{template other | | [[Category:Some maintenance category]] }}
Note that in the example above the "template" parameter was left empty.
Demospace
For testing and demonstration purposes this template can take a parameter named demospace.
If it has the value template it returns the template page text.
It if has the value other or any other value such as the name of some other namespace it returns the other pages text.
If the parameter is empty or undefined, the actual page type determines the result.
Like this:
{{template other
| Template page text
| Other pages text
| demospace = template
}}
No matter on what kind of page the code above is used it will return this:
You can make it so your template also understands the demospace parameter. That means you can demonstrate the different appearances of your template in the documentation for your template. Then do like this:
{{template other
| Template page text
| Other pages text
| demospace = {{{demospace|}}}
}}
Technical details
This template detects "Template talk:" pages as type other.
This template works like Template:Tl, for more examples and technical details see full documentation there.
If you create such a menu, please list it here: this menu is experimental and needs script improvements (using the JQuery library).
These menus are easy to use and to create as well.
Code example
{{Navigation menu
| state =
| header =
| contents =
}}
There are 3 parameters:
state: required, copy the header in a new parameter. This parameter can be given the value "uncollapsed" in the page menus, and is set to "collapsed" by default.
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