Customising templates

The following examples show how you can customise a variety of iDevice templates so that they are more appropriate for your content. You can cut and paste the examples into the Template Properties dialog box's text area or directly into the edit area when in wikitext mode.

Wiki Syntax for changing the title:

{{Activity|Title=Workshop Activities|Text for your activity goes here. You can add bullet lists
* first bullet
* second bullet}}

Displays:

Workshop Activities

Text for your activity goes here. You can add bullet lists first bullet second bullet

Wiki Syntax for custom margins

There are occasions when you would like to change the margins around your template. The following syntax increases the top and bottom margins around the template to 50 px.

{{Objectives
|TopMargin=50px
|BottomMargin=50px
}}

Displays:

Objectives

Wiki Syntax for adding your template to the table of contents:

{{Web_Resources|[[Main Page|WikiEducator.org]]|TOCdepth=3}}

Displays:

Web Resources

Web Resources

WikiEducator.org

Wiki Syntax for visible feedback

{{Activity|
*Activity One
|feedback=Visible feedback can go here
}}

Displays:

Activity

Activity One Feedback: Visible feedback can go here

Wiki Syntax for hidden feedback:

{{Reflection2|Content=Relection content goes here. |Feedback=hidden feedback goes here }}

Displays

Reflection

Relection content goes here. hidden feedback goes here

Wiki Syntax for making your template content collapsible:

There are occasions you would like to be able to hide the content of a template. The following wiki syntax allows you to collapse the content area.

{{Objectives2|collapsible=collapsible |Content=Collapsible content go here }}

Displays

Objectives
Collapsible objectives go here

More customisation information can be found on the specific template pages. You can see a list of all the available iDevice Templates here.

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