Template:Cms-catlist

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000000Wikipedia Belated switch to Calling {{catlst}} instead of {{Catlist}} [Switched with each other last month] to restore the Comma-separated values (CSV) formatting.) earlier. // FrankB 21:33, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

1. {{catlst}} is the working template which builds the Comma-separated value formated links...
      an output string which is comma delimited. (Templates which are bullet delimited use the {{catlist}} base template instead.)
   
2. This template {Cms-catlist} is a front end, or filter module which does most of the typing for you for the working (and very generalized template). This filter refines and eases your effort to simple cut and paste, and thus allows you to focus on names and keeping category relationships straight instead of formatting syntax and trifles.
   

The defaults provided (listed below with override parameters) and your list of categories are sent to {{catlist}}, which are co-defined in conjunction with parameters you can use to override said defaults like {pre, post, end, and label}, all of which affect formatting, or sister, which can be used to reach even another language's wiki-pages or another 'in English' sister project:

Option parameters for template:Cms-catlist:

{{catlst
|PRE={{{pre|''}}}
|POST={{{post|<!--
 -->{{#if:{{{nowrap|}}}{{{NW|}}}<!--
+++    +++ -->|'' <!--
+++    +++ -->|{{#if:{{{label|}}}||<br />''}}<!--
 -->}}<!--  + + +
+++    +++ -->}}}
|END={{{end|<br /><br />}}}
|SISTER={{{sister|{{CMS}}}}}
|CALLEDBY=Cms-catlist
|LABEL={{{label|Commons same level categories:}}}  |

So you can define at need:

|000pre = 000formating command, acts before all other output, including the title Label

|00post = 000formating commnad, acts after the title, and before any list element

|000end = 000formating (termination) command, acts at the exit of the string.

|0label = 000to override the default message. Note the one given means the peer level categories.

|sister = 000parameter defaults to access the commons categories... it can be defined to any sister project and language, as inherited from {{catlst}}— though normally one would copy this sort of utility template, and create one linking another site as a general tool.

For further information, see

W:template:catlst/doc