Help:Useful Templates
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The templates used here may be useful specifically when creating Cargo-aware templates, tables, or pages.
!
As any intermediary template wizard can attest, once you start stuffing templates into other templates the syntax can get complicated fast. {{!}} will insert a pipe symbol, but because of the order in which it is processed, this will happen after expressions and such have executed. If you find that your templates are eating each other, you probably need {{!}} somewhere.
A or an
Template:A or an can be used on English-specific pages to check whether dynamic data should be preceded by "a" or "an".
clear
Template:Clear is most often used around infoboxes. When invoked, it will push the next text down below all prior article text, meaning that it will clear the bottom of any vertical infoboxes on the side.
{{clear}}
F
Template:F, short for "Faction", this will insert the associated faction's icon and article link; this can be used either in infoboxes or inline. It supports both English terms ("Temple") and internal faction names ("human"). If you pass in a language code in the second parameter, it will render the name in that language.
"creatures of the {{F|Temple}} faction".
"creatures of the 
Temple faction".
"creatures of the {{F|Temple|pl}} faction".
"creatures of the Świątynia faction".
Link
Template:Link looks up a term in the Translation Cargo table and links to the appropriate article in the requested language. If "nolink" is provided, it will instead just render the term itself with no link.
{{Link|type=faction|id=human}}
{{Link|type=ui|id=starting_army|nolink}}
{{Link|type=faction|id=human|lang=pl}}
LinkIcon
The basis for Template:F, Template:LinkIcon will like Link look up a particular term in the Translation table and construct a link to that article. Unlike Link, it will also attempt to interpret the English name as a filename and render an icon; if the filename is not exact, you can provide a suffix to append to the English name.
{{LinkIcon|type=faction|id=human|suffix=_icon.png}}
{{LinkIcon|type=faction|id=human|suffix=_icon.png|lang=pl}}
MediumIconDisplay
Useful for infoboxes, Template:MediumIconDisplay will take a provided term, article, and filename and render an icon next to text. This template is not language-aware, so you will have to perform the translation yourself.
{{MediumIconDisplay|filename=Hive_icon|pagelink=Hive|name=Example Linked Text}}
{{MediumIconDisplay|filename=Hive_icon|name=Example Unlinked Text}}
Example Unlinked Text
MediumIconThumbDisplay
Suitable for creature counts, Template:MediumIconThumbDisplay renders an icon and link to a page, with unlinked text rendered underneath.
{{MediumIconThumbDisplay|filename=skeleton_icon|pagelink=Skeleton|text=16-29}}
16-29
Quote
Template:Quote renders a block of text, with or without a separate title and with or without a decorating icon. The background and border can also be customized.
 Test Info
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| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. |
This template is the basis for several others, such as Template:Biography.
