Template:Portals suck

Documentation

For examples of this template, see [1] (look at page source as well). This is a fork of BrianMc's portal, with a different table style, and included the leads inline instead of in sub-pages. Interested readers are recommended to look at brianmc's {{newPortal}}.

Todo

• Figure out what to do for stuff like the tables on portal:Sports
• ticker ? (do we even want it? does anyone actually like the ticker)

Options

Note, not all of these options are needed or either recommended. Most have sane defaults. Look at [2] for example calls to this template.

• 1= portal name (Default to pagename)
  • Note, it is important to put the 1= when using this parameter. calling as unamed first may have whitespace problems.
• wikipedia, wikibooks, commons = overide dest of interwikis.
• lastedit= {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
• headerImg an image for header. perhaps one of those cute wikinews country logos, or a flag
• headerImgSize
• leads:
  • lead1= Page for lead1
  • lead1img= image name for lead 1 (default image:Wikinews.png)
  • lead1imgWidth= image width. defaults to something sane (100x100px ?)
  • lead1shortTitle = short title (optional, unrecomended)
  • lead1summary = summary.
  • lead1type default none
• repeat for lead2, lead3
• floaters = random floats, like image or wikipedia box or flag or location map. only displayed if no lead
• topics - list of subtopics (aka the continent list)
• type - none, topic, region (mostly for intersection boxes, which require at least 46 articles in cat)
• banner - override default header
• boxes - override geo boxes. could be used for custom tables like stock prices on the econ and bussiness portal

An example for africa might be:

{{portals suck
|1=Africa
|lastedit={{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
|lead1=Airport named after late Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua
|lead1summary=Nigeria has announced that an airport has been named after late president Umaru Yar’Adua. The announcement to re-name Katsina Airport was made by President Goodluck Jonathan.
|lead1img=Umaru Yar'Adua VOA.jpg
|lead2=Nigerian ex-governor James Ibori arrested in Dubai
|lead2summary=James Ibori, a former Nigerian governor, has been arrested in Dubai on corruption charges. Ibori was the governor of Delta State from 1999 until 2007.
|headerImg=Wikinews-Africa-logo.svg
|headerImgSize=70px
|floaters=[[File:Africa terrain.jpg|200px|right]]
|topics={{User:Bawolff/sandbox/africaTopics}}
|type=region
}}

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