Template:Random portal component/sandbox

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This template uses Lua:

Module:Random portal component

This template generates a box for a portal home page. The content is drawn randomly from a pre-defined list.

Layout

{{Random portal component
 |max      =
 |template =
 |header   =
 |footer   =
 |subpage  = 
 |rootpage =
 |headertemplate = 
}}

Usage

header: (Optional) The header text of the box. If no header is passed to the template, the default is the subpage name.
footer: (Optional) The footer text in the box. E.g. Nominations for selected picture.
rootpage: (Optional) The root of the transcluded page, e.g. Portal:Foo.
subpage: The subpage of the transcluded page, e.g. Selected picture.
max: The maximum number of sub-subpages. Must be a positive integer.
headertemplate: (Optional) The name of the template to use for the box header, e.g. Box-header/10 for Template:Box-header/10; default is the portal's /box-header subpage

Formatting subpages

Create a sub-page first. If your portal is Portal:Foo, then a sub-page could be Portal:Foo/Selected bar.
On the Portal:Foo/Selected bar sub-page, place the template {{numbered subpages}} on the page and save it.
Once the list of subject links have been created, use one of the Selected <subject> templates from below to format each of the subject sub-pages.
This template calls /box-header (if headertemplate is not specified) and {{box-footer}} for its color styles and closing. Either headertemplate must be used, or the /box-header subpage must exist for everything to work correctly.

Example

To see a real time example, see what links here (the list of pages that currently transclude the {{Random portal component}} template).

Here is a stale example of the output generated by this template.

{{Box-header | title=Header
|editpage   = Template:Lorem ipsum
|border     = Black
|titleforeground = #ffe247
|titlebackground = #646464
|background = #FFFFFF
|foreground = black
}}
{{Lorem ipsum}}
{{Box-footer | Footer }}

will produce:

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Header

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Footer