Topic:MediaWiki templates

This topic is about creating templates for MediaWiki, the software used to host Wikiversity, Wikipedia and a wide range of other projects and web sites. To learn to write your own templates for MediaWiki, there are a number of lessons we will offer here.

Planned Lessons

• Using MediaWiki Variables - Help:Variable
  This lesson introduces variables and some example uses.
• Using Template Parameters
  This lesson introduces parameters, passing parameters is an important part of any template. Examples in this lesson include navigation templates.
• Using MediaWiki Conditional Functions - Help:ParserFunctions
  This lesson introduces ways to conditionally do things based on the value of a variable.
• Using Template Substitution - Help:Substitution
  This lesson introduces what substitution is and shows examples in all its forms.

Links in italics are to relevant Meta-Wiki Help:Template pages