Wiki text for navigation template
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Instructions and conventions
Please follow these conventions:
- Navigation templates for OERu courses should be transcluded from a sub-page of the relevant OERu course unit.
- The subpage for the navigation template should be prefaced with an underscore (_) to distinguish this from ordinary content pages, for example: http://wikieducator.org/Course/Name_of_Unit/_Nav
- The wiki boilerplate text below used to create a navigation template is saved on the _Nav sub-page.
- To transclude the navigation template from the subpage within the relevant sub-pages of the unit, put a colon (:) in front of the page name contained withing two curly brackets, for example {{:Course/Name_of_Unit/_Nav}} representing the page where the navigation template is stored for transclusion.
- For example the wiki text: {{:AST1000/Introducing_Asia_and_the_Pacific/_Nav}} transcludes the navigation template on this sub-page to each of the target page(s) using the wiki text
{{:AST1000/Introducing_Asia_and_the_Pacific/_Nav}}
on the target page.
These instructions assume the following nomenclature for the sub-components of an OERu course:
- Course --> Unit --> Section --> sub-section
- Step 1: Copy all the text contained in the grey box below and paste this on the sub-page you are using to create and transclude the navigation template (e.g. http://wikieducator.org/Course/Name_of_Unit/_Nav). Remember to save your page.
- Step 2: Replace the green text highlighted below with the relevant wiki page urls for your course. Tip: open this window in a new tab to view what text needs to be changed.
{{TopicsWithSubpages
|state = iframe
|title = [[Course_homepage|Link Display text (#Hashtag)]]
|image =
|above = [[Course_homepage/Name_of_Unit|Link Display text for the Unit]]
|topic1 = <font color=green>Name of section</font>
|section1 = [[Course_homepage/Name_of_section/First_sub-section|Display text for first subsection]] {{vbar}} [[Course_homepage/Name_of_section/Second_sub-section|Display text for second subsection]] {{vbar}} [[Course_homepage/Name_of_section/Third_sub-section|Display text for third subsection]] {{vbar}} [[Course_homepage/Name_of_section/Fourth_sub-section|Display text for fourth subsection]] {{vbar}} [[Course_homepage/Name_of_section/Fifth_sub-section|Display text for fifth subsection]]
|below = [[Course_homepage/StudyDesk|StudyDesk]] {{vbar}} [[OERu/Learner support|OERu learner support]]
|note = [[Course_homepage/Name_of_unit/Copyright|Copyright]]
}}
Example
- Inserting the following syntax on the target OERu course page will transclude the navigation template from the navigation sub-page on every page it is used.
{{:AST1000/Introducing_Asia_and_the_Pacific/_Nav}}
It will display as follows in the published view: