Template:Autotranslate/doc

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The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Autotranslated templates

Usage

<poem>{{Autotranslate

|base = 

}}</poem>

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
base			empty	required
...			empty	optional
lang			Template:Magic word	optional

Template data

Parameter text is empty This template is used as a part of the larger mechanism to show a template content in the user's interface language. It allows you to set up set of language subtemplates and call proper subtemplate based on users chosen language. All parameters passed to Autotranslate will be passed to the subtemplates. See “Help:Autotranslate” for help on the whole process. Template parameters This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status ... Any additional parameter passed to {{Autotranslate}} will be passed to {{Autotranslate}}'s subtemplates. Parameter names are case independent and the subtemplates **will only *see lower case* names**. Unknown optional Translations Page base Name of the template's translations page, like "Template:Information", or "Template:Information/i18n". Auto value {{subst:PAGENAME}}/i18n Template required Language lang display language Default {{int:lang}} String optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: At the top of the page

Relies on:
Module:Autotranslate

⧼Seealso⧽

• {{LangSwitch}} for all-translations-on-one-page template i18n mechanism template.

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

Used by templates using Autotranslate for internationalisation and templates using the Translate extension for internationalisation.

How to convert a template

Before you apply this template, first you have to prepare the template.

Pick a template

—See for example Template:Cc-by-1.0 before changes.
First you have to pick a template to autotranslate.
In this documentation, we will name our "selected template" as: Template:Template name

• See Commons:Template i18n for a list of templates needing translation or translated.

Create a layout template

—See for example Template:Apache/layout.
You must create a layout template, named Template:Template name/layout, to contain the layout of all language versions of the template. The easiest way to do this is to copy a layout template of a similar template.
This template should not add any categories when transcluded.

Convert existing language versions

—See for example Template:Apache/en.
All versions must be subpages of Template:Template name, and this name must use the appropriate prefix, as used on Wikipedia when adding a new language –ISO 639 language code–.

For example, the Spanish subpage must be named Template:Template name/es

Usually the English-language template links to the main template –Template:Template name–. This is incorrect, point it instead to the Template:Template name/en subpage.

Each language version of the template should be checked and converted to use the layout template –Template:Template name/layout–.
Start with the English language version and compare it to the current template.

Note that everything that is not supposed to be included together with the template, like {{translated tag|cleanup}} or {{documentation}}, must be inside a <noinclude> tag.

Here is the syntax you must use for Template:Template name/<prefix>.

{{Template name/layout
|text=<translated text of the template>
|lang=<prefix>
}}<noinclude>
{{translated tag|license}}
</noinclude>

Create a documentation page

—See for example Template:Apache/doc.
Create a documentation page at Template:Template name/doc. This documentation page should include some code for creating language versions of the template. {{TemplateBox}} has a |il8n=autotranslate option which provides a standard explanation of how to localise an autotranslated template.

Convert the main template

—See for example Template:Apache.
The last step is to enable the template. Be sure to check everything before you enable the template. You can cause a really big mess! To enable the template, put this code in the template –Template:Template name–.

{{Autotranslate|base=template name}}