Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Components
 | This page shows typical portal components along with the templates that can be used to automate them. |
Portal pages
{{Portal description}} – adds a standard short description
{{Portal maintenance status}} – maintenance information and tracking categories
{{Portals browsebar}} – links for browsing portals by subject
Introduction
- Dynamically sized banner images randomly selected from a list. As many images and captions as desired may be specified
- Dynamic excerpt that always matches the source. Normally taken from the lead of the root article. Number of paragraphs and images may be specified.
{{Purge link portals}} – purge link for showing new selectionsSelected article
- Same as {{Transclude lead excerpt}}, but specify multiple sources within the template call for alternating display; or
- Same again, but specify multiple sources by linking to them on a separate page or section
Selected anniversary
{{Transclude selected excerpt}}
- Shows a specific lead of an article for a specific time.
Selected pictures
{{Random slideshow}}
- Shows a slideshow gallery of specified files, in a randomised order
{{Transclude files as random slideshow}}
- Same as {{Random slideshow}}, but uses images from specified pages
Selected quotation
{{Random quotation}}
- Shows a random quotation, from a specified set of quotations
In the news
{{Transclude selected current events}}
- Shows news about a subject from Portal:Current events.
or User:JJMC89 bot/Wikinews importer
- Imports news from Wikinews.
Did you know...
{{Transclude selected recent additions}}
- Shows Did you know? items for a subject from Wikipedia:Recent additions.
or User:JL-Bot/Project content
- Can be customised to show a limited number of DYKs.
Categories
{{#tag:categorytree}}
- Shows an interactive category tree.
A category name may be used instead of{{PAGENAME}}, if the portal page name doesn't match the most relevant category.
Related portals
{{Related portals2}}
- Shows images and links to specified portals
WikiProjects
No automation templates – configure manually
Things to do
Transclude WikiProject to-do list
Associated Wikimedia
- Creates a table of interwiki links related to the portal.
{{Portals}} – Explanatory and browsing linksLayout components
Here are the components used to generate the boxes above:
{{Box-header colour}}– start of a layout box. By default, the template will automatically select a color based on the page name.{{Box-footer}}– end of a layout box.{{Flex columns}}– two column layout, with equal-height columns, that switches to one column on narrow screens.
Components for portal talk pages
These should go on the base talk page, not subpages.
{{Portal talk}}(instead of {{talk header}}){{WikiProject Portals}}
