Template:Blog post
Appearance
To be used at the top of blog posts. These are usually located at User:Username/Blog/Blog post title. For more information, see Help:Blog.
Usage
[edit source]{{blog post|date= |date displayed= |p=. |draft=yes }}
Parmaters:
date
- The date and time of the post. Defaults to the time of the most recent revision to the page. If a time is specified it will be assumed to be in UTC; the timezone can be set specifically (e.g. in ISO8601 format:
2024-11-02T12:21+12:00
where the+12:00
at the end is your current time offset from UTC). date displayed
- By default, the date that is displayed is of the form "12:21 pm Saturday, 2 November 2024"; use this parameter to change this to anything to want.
p
- Set the punctuation to be used at the end of the displayed date. Defaults to a full stop (period).
draft
- Any value will prevent the post from being categorised, and will display a message box alerting readers to the fact that the post is a draft.
InputBox
[edit source]To display a page-creation form, use the following InputBox code. It uses the preload text that's stored in Template:Blog post/preload.
<inputbox> type=create width=80 preload=Template:Blog post/preload editintro= buttonlabel=Add blog post searchbuttonlabel= break=no prefix=Special:Mypage/Blog/ placeholder=Enter title here </inputbox>
This results in the following:
Blog home page
[edit source]A blog home page can be created to list all blog posts. For more information, see the {{blog}} template.
Microformat
[edit source]This template also adds a Microformat following the Datetime Design Pattern, by wrapping the displayed date in a <time />
element. For example:
<time datetime="2024-11-02T12:21:49+00:00">12:21 2 November 2024</time>
See also
[edit source]- {{blog post comments}} for adding a comments section at the end of a blog post
- {{blog}} for placing on your blog's homepage
- Help:Blog for all information about how to have a blog in Wikiversity