Previous and Next Templates

If you look at the bottom of this page, you will notice two images (or icons)

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These two icons are typically used to represent the previous page and the next page, respectively. When you see them on a page they usually behave in a special way because clicking on them will send you to a predefined page instead of the image information page (click one of the above images to go to an image information page). To act in this special way, we need to use predefined templates.

If you have not worked through the tutorial on pedagogical templates now would be a good time to do so.

These templates are called, {{Prev}} (which is short for previous), {{Next}}, and {{PrevNext}} (which is short for previous and next) and they can be quite useful when linking a lesson plan, activity or tutorial that has several pages or subpages together.

Prev template

The syntax for the Prev template is

{{Prev | Name of previous page}}.

So, for example, if the Wikieducator tutorial page is the previous page, you can add the previous page link using

{{Prev | Wikieducator tutorial}}.

It would appear as shown below.

Next template

The syntax for the Next template is

{{Next | Name of next page}}.

So, for example, if the Learning for contents page ( L4C ) page is the next page, you can add the next page link using

{{Next | L4C}}.

It would appear as shown below.

PrevNext template

The syntax for the PrevNext template is

{{PrevNext | Name of prev page| Name of next page}}.

So, for example, if the Wikieducator tutorial page is the previous page and the Learning4Content page( L4C ) is the next page, you can add them using

{{PrevNext | Wikieducator tutorial | L4C}}.

It would appear as shown below.

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Activity

Navigate to your user page by clicking on your username at the top of this page or here; Navigate to your sandbox or the subpage you created in the subpages activity.   If you don't have a subpage linked to your user page, complete this activity on your user page. Edit the page Using the Prev template, make the Prev icon link to "Main Page" and Using the Next template, make the Next icon link to your favorite user page (For example if your favorite user page is WikiTutor you would add {{Next|User:WikiTutor}} to your page). preview add some summary text click the save page button.

Key points

These templates can be used more than once in a single page because you choose the page(s) that the icons link to. For example, you may have a different next link at the end of each section in a page. There are some magic words that can simplify the use of these templates. They are {{PAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAME}}

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