I hope this is the appropriate forum for such questions.
I installed MediaWiki 1.9.3 this last week. Our hosted server is running PHP 5.1.6 and MySql 5.0.27. Extensions installed so far: Cite, Inputbox, and now ParserFunctions.
After seeing the Multicol template at work in the Wikipedia tutorial.* I thought I'd like to add it. Copied: Multicol, Multicol-break, and Multicol-end. What I don't understand is the variable within the template that reads like {{{1:20px}}}. Can somebody explain what that is? With it in I get 3 broken </div> tags. With that entry replaced by just the value the template works. Is it calling another template?
Be kind to the newbie and use small words,
Thanks!
-Scott
* ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Wrap-up_and_more_info%29 )
Yes, it's a typo in my email..and it's unrelated to my problem.
If you look at the template for Multicol-end on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Multicol-break
and then you look at the same on my wiki:
http://wiki.armyairforces.com/Template:Multicol-break
Note how mine has the </div> tag above the pipe. I cannot for my sanity figure out why this is?
You can see part of what's going wrong here:
http://wiki.armyairforces.com/User_talk:Scott_Burris
At the top is the use of the template. Then I quote out what the templates contain before the <noinclude> text about the template. Page bottom I've written the template contents out, removing the <includeonly> and the comment tag and it works just fine.
I'm just not good at this. Pending something really stupid I've done. I think I'll look at formatting options other than Multicol.
Thanks,
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Alexis Moinet Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 4:48 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Multicol template question
Scott wrote :
{{{1:20px}}}.
Shouldn't this be {{{1|20px}}} ???
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