Difference between revisions of "Template:Wiki News"

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{{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=April 25| news=We've been working hard to add templates to lots of pages for people, tour dates, songs, etc, to hopefully make it easier for visitors to jump in and start editing. So please feel free to do so! It's not necessary to build an entire article in one shot, just to add information wherever you might have it.--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] 04:52, 25 April 2008 (PDT)}}
 
{{NewsItemRed | timestamp=April 3| news=New to working in Wiki code? Not sure how to use a [[Help:Templates|template]] or how to format things properly? Test things out in the [[PoliceWiki:Sandbox|sandbox]] without being afraid of "messing up" an actual article page.--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] 03:47, 3 April 2008 (PDT)}}
 
{{NewsItemRed | timestamp=April 3| news=New to working in Wiki code? Not sure how to use a [[Help:Templates|template]] or how to format things properly? Test things out in the [[PoliceWiki:Sandbox|sandbox]] without being afraid of "messing up" an actual article page.--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] 03:47, 3 April 2008 (PDT)}}
 
{{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=April 1| news=[[PoliceWiki]] is now open to the public for editing, viewing, and additions. To see sample pages which have been built so far, as well as page templates developed for use, please visit [[Help:Templates]]--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] 04:00, 1 April 2008 (PDT)}}
 
{{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=April 1| news=[[PoliceWiki]] is now open to the public for editing, viewing, and additions. To see sample pages which have been built so far, as well as page templates developed for use, please visit [[Help:Templates]]--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] 04:00, 1 April 2008 (PDT)}}

Revision as of 04:52, 25 April 2008

Wiki News
April 25 We've been working hard to add templates to lots of pages for people, tour dates, songs, etc, to hopefully make it easier for visitors to jump in and start editing. So please feel free to do so! It's not necessary to build an entire article in one shot, just to add information wherever you might have it.--Sockii 04:52, 25 April 2008 (PDT)
April 3 New to working in Wiki code? Not sure how to use a template or how to format things properly? Test things out in the sandbox without being afraid of "messing up" an actual article page.--Sockii 03:47, 3 April 2008 (PDT)
April 1 PoliceWiki is now open to the public for editing, viewing, and additions. To see sample pages which have been built so far, as well as page templates developed for use, please visit Help:Templates--Sockii 04:00, 1 April 2008 (PDT)
March 31 We are moving forward for plans to launch officially tomorrow, April 1.--Sockii 05:28, 31 March 2008 (PDT)
more info

How to use

To add a line to the wiki news, do the following:

  1. If the first entry begins with "NewsItemRed", copy and paste in the following code above the first entry:
    {{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=MONTH DAY| news=(INSERT NEWS ITEM TEXT HERE}}
  2. If the first entry begins with "NewItemWhite", copy and paste in the following code above the first entry:
    {{NewsItemRed | timestamp=MONTH DAY| news=(INSERT NEWS ITEM TEXT HERE}}
  3. Correct the time stamp and new links.
  4. Add the item to Template:Wiki News

Items that have been up for more than two months should be removed from the list.