Sandbox5
This Sandbox page is to experiment with using forms to create tables
For background see: Help:Use the template format to create tabular output
Step One: Create query as normal
{{#ask: [[Category:Semantic biography]]
|?Firstname
|?Lastname
|?Occupation
|?Birth place
|format=table
|sort=Lastname
|order=ascending
}}
Step two: Creating a template
See useful Youtube video on creating templates: Kristin McMurray, Creating Templates
See useful Youtube video on different types of templates: Peter Forsyth, Introduction to templates on Wikipedia
In the first video a simple template called "Template:Sample1" is created.
The template displays text in red.
The template is referred to as {{Sample1}}
Here are the results of the template:
This is red text. It is very pretty.
In the second video a simple template is created, which I have called "Template:Sample2"
The template displays text about Semantic biographies in large font size
The template is referred to as {{Sample2}}
Here are the results of the template:
Semantic biographies are an experimental series of biographies of deponents who were witnesses in the High Court of Admiralty in the 1650s. They are being prepared by {{{Name}}}.
The template can be used with the name inserted by using the following code
{{Sample2
|Name=Colin Greenstreet
}}
Here are the results of using the template with the addition of the name:
Semantic biographies are an experimental series of biographies of deponents who were witnesses in the High Court of Admiralty in the 1650s. They are being prepared by Colin Greenstreet.
