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<nowiki>{{</nowiki>Application|image=<image address>|size=<horizontal size of image, in pixels>|caption=<image caption>|name=<application name>|author=<author, current maintainer or company name>|os=<Known OS '''in'''compatibilities or requirements>|desc=<brief description, 50–100 words>|translations=<languages supported>|url=<application homepage>|alt=<any well-known equivalents>}} |
<nowiki>{{</nowiki>Application|image=<image address>|size=<horizontal size of image, in pixels>|caption=<image caption>|name=<application name>|author=<author, current maintainer or company name>|os=<Known OS '''in'''compatibilities or requirements>|desc=<brief description, 50–100 words>|translations=<languages supported>|url=<application homepage>|alt=<any well-known equivalents>}} |
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Please ensure you include ''all'' fields. If you need to leave a field empty, type it in anyway but with no text between the = and | symbols, for example: …|'''os=|'''…. Better yet, please enter 'None' or 'Unknown' instead e.g. …|'''os=None|'''… as this is clearer. |
Please ensure you include ''all'' fields. If you need to leave a field empty, type it in anyway but with no text between the = and | symbols, for example: …|'''os=|'''…. Better yet, please enter 'None', 'None known' or 'Unknown' instead e.g. …|'''os=None|'''… as this is clearer. |
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For an example of this template in use, see [[Confix]] or [[Grapevine]]. |
For an example of this template in use, see [[Confix]] or [[Grapevine]]. |
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Revision as of 18:43, 9 October 2007
How to use this template
This is a template for adding a quick application summary to a page. To use it, enter
{{Application|image=<image address>|size=<horizontal size of image, in pixels>|caption=<image caption>|name=<application name>|author=<author, current maintainer or company name>|os=<Known OS incompatibilities or requirements>|desc=<brief description, 50–100 words>|translations=<languages supported>|url=<application homepage>|alt=<any well-known equivalents>}}
Please ensure you include all fields. If you need to leave a field empty, type it in anyway but with no text between the = and | symbols, for example: …|os=|…. Better yet, please enter 'None', 'None known' or 'Unknown' instead e.g. …|os=None|… as this is clearer.
For an example of this template in use, see Confix or Grapevine.
For application icons, please set the size parameter to twice that of the uploaded icon file, so that the icon is large enough to see clearly. Hence the usual size entered will be 64 or 68 pixels. There is no need to specify the units used (px) or the vertical size; units are entered automatically by the template, and the image will be scaled automatically without distorting its aspect ratio. If we start encountering images that do get distorted, the template can easily be altered to cope.
Notes
The whole thing is positionable with CSS. It expects to find a class: "infobox bordered", which the current stylesheet doesn't have, but I'm planning on bringing up stylesheets in a separate comment at some point.
Almost all software that is likely to appear on this wiki will be largely OS-neutral, so in that case you only need to enter anything on the OS line if it doesn't work with all the current OS versions
Also it's easy enough to have this with more information in the normal text after the template.
How do you get the images the right size. E.g. WinSnap, MultiError?
Also, has there been any progress on the CSS front? I think the template would benefit a lot from being a bit wider.
Adamr 17:07, 9 October 2007 (BST)
The Application template is applying a default size of 300 pixels to all images. I'm experimenting with changing it now. I'd suggest specifying icons at 2x default size otherwise they are a bit tiddly. See here for further details on image formatting. CSS tweaks - don't know yet. Simon Smith 18:16, 9 October 2007 (BST)
