Template:News Timeline/doc

This is the shared documentation and TemplateData for the three news timeline templates (Template:Global News, Template:Domestic News, Template:Character News). Each adds one table to an Era Nova year page. They are powered by Module:Timeline and Module:Calendar.

How to use

{{Global News
| Year = 1
}}

That is all most year pages need: every post written with {{News Header}} appears here automatically, on the day its RealDate falls in, and days with nothing are merged into one row.

Events that have no page of their own

For something staff-only (like "Era Nova Begins") fill in the day's box, one event per line:

Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date

{{Global News
| Year = 1
| Day1 = <span>Era Nova Begins</span>
}}

A plain name becomes a link automatically; wrap it in <span>...</span> to keep plain text. If a typed line is for a post that also has a page, the typed line is dropped so nothing appears twice.

Notes

• A post only appears if it uses {{News Header}} with a valid RealDate.
• Year pages are cached: after a new post is saved, purge the year page to see it straight away.
• Auto=no turns the automatic list off (handy for testing).

Adds one news section (Global, Domestic or Character) to an Era Nova year page. Posts that use {{News Header}} are listed automatically; empty days are merged.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Lore year	Year	The Era Nova year as a whole number (1, 2, 3...). Example 1	Number	required
Extra events, day 1: Early January	Day1	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 2: January–February	Day2	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 3: February–March	Day3	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 4: March–April	Day4	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 5: April–May	Day5	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 6: May–June	Day6	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 7: June	Day7	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 8: June–July	Day8	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 9: July–August	Day9	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 10: August–September	Day10	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 11: September–October	Day11	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 12: October–November	Day12	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 13: November–December	Day13	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Extra events, day 14: Late December	Day14	Only for events that do NOT have their own page. Posts that use {{News Header}} appear automatically. One event per line: Post title; Character or nation; optional real-world date. Example Era Nova Begins; High Council	String	optional
Read posts automatically	Auto	Leave blank to list posts from the news database. Write 'no' to show only the lines typed here. Suggested values no	String	optional