This page briefly describes some of the most useful tools available to document projects on Appropedia.
Content templates[edit | edit source]
- Template:Video - Embed a video from YouTube, Vimeo, Wikimedia Commons or Appropedia
- Template:Card - Create squared cards to list helpful links, tips and other information you want to highlight
- Template:Step - Create a list of steps when a simple numbered list wont suffice, for example when each step has an image or many paragraphs
- Template:Contact - Add contact information to your page
- Template:Bill of materials - Create a bill of materials that calculates costs automatically
- Template:Excerpt - Reuse content from other Appropedia pages
- Template:Wikipedia excerpt - Reuse content from Wikipedia
Data templates[edit | edit source]
Use these templates to store and display structured information about your page, project, organization, etc.
- Template:Page data - Basic information about the page, such as authors, affiliation, keywords, etc. All content pages should use this.
- Template:Project data - For project pages
- Template:Organization data - For organization pages
- Template:Device data - For device pages, contains links to relevant files and resources
- Template:Location data - For location pages, such as countries, counties, cities, etc.
- Category:Databox templates - All data templates
Query templates[edit | edit source]
Use these templates to query Appropedia and display the results anywhere in your page:
- Template:List - Generate a list of pages matching a query
- Template:Map - Generate a map of pages matching a query
- Template:Gallery - Generate a gallery of pages matching a query
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If your page is part of a larger group of related pages, use these templates to simplify navigation:
- Template:Header - Use this meta template to create your own header. Headers sit on the top of pages and are useful for branding, visually grouping related pages, and providing easy access to the most important ones.
- Template:Menu - Use this meta template to create your own menu. Menus float on the top right of pages and provide easy access to all the related pages in your project. Menus also provide functionality such as downloading all pages as a PDF and a progress bar.
- Template:Horizontal menu - Use this meta template to create your own horizontal menu. Horizontal menus generally sit near the top or bottom of pages and provide easy access to related pages in no particular order.
Layout templates[edit | edit source]
Generally speaking, the plain default layout is the preferred one, since it adapts best to mobile devices and is consistent across Appropedia. However, when need arises, we have a few templates that can help customize the layout of your page:
- Template:TOC - Control the location and appearance of the table of contents
- Template:Columns - Create two or more columns of content, for example when a list becomes too long
- Template:Tabs - Create tabs of content
- Template:Grid - Create a grid of content
Other templates[edit | edit source]
- Template:Notice - Use this meta template to warn users of important information regarding the page or section they're about to read
- Category:Templates - All templates
