FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Add new template to HR articles

Current Projects page

View Images Project

Purpose

Replace the old RecordSearch template on the Historical Records pages with a new template.

Contact

Danielle

Task List

Task List

Instructions

Part 1 Add the template and Information

1. Use the task list link to go to the first Historical Records page to be edited.

2. Click on Edit source tab and on the keyboard press down the buttons: Control and F key at the same time to search the page.

3. Search for the header:

View the Images

4. Once you find that on the Wiki page, copy:

{{View_Images_Link | CID = 
 | browse_1 = 
 | browse_2 = 
 | browse_3 =  
 | browse_4 =  
 | browse_5 =  
 | browse_6 =  }}

5. Paste the wikitext directly below the header, ===View the Images===

6. It should now look like this:

Example:

7. Just below the template wikitext code you pasted to the page, you will see {{RecordSearch|.

8. Copy the number listed directly after {{RecordSearch| and paste it into the new template after the | CID =

Example:

9. Now fill in the information from the old RecordSearch template to the new View Images Link template by copying the information after the first # Select and pasting it directly behind | browse_1 = in the new template.

Example:


10. For the second # Select in the old template, copy the information and paste it directly behind | browse_2 = in the new template.

11. If there is more information in the old template, copy that information and paste it to the correct corresponding section in the new template.

Part 2: Delete the Old Template

1. Now delete the old template from the page starting with View images in this collection.... and going to the last # Select in the wikitext.

Example:

2. Once you have removed the old template, click on the Show preview button to make sure the new template appears correctly.

Example:

Note: Make sure there is no space between the end of the new template and the next line of wikitext.

Example:

3. In the Edit Summary field add: WikiProject - add template

4. Click on the Save changes button to save the page.