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*Notice all we have done to create the parameters is enclose the item with opening and closing <font color="red">{{{ }}}</font color>. That is all. | *Notice all we have done to create the parameters is enclose the item with opening and closing <font color="red">{{{}}}</font color>. That is all. | ||
*In the wikitext, things are really getting hard to differentiate. There are a lot of curly brackets on the code. Again showing that using HTML is less messy than Wikitext. | *In the wikitext, things are really getting hard to differentiate. There are a lot of curly brackets on the code. Again showing that using HTML is less messy than Wikitext. | ||
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This coding looks a bit intimidating but it is really not hard<ref>The coding is called Parser functions. You can read more about them at [[Help:Magic words#Parser functions]] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions Parser Functions]</ref>. | This coding looks a bit intimidating but it is really not hard<ref>The coding is called Parser functions. You can read more about them at [[Help:Magic words#Parser functions]] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions Parser Functions]</ref>. | ||
*Notice that there are <font color="red">{{ }}</font color> at each end of the expression. | *Notice that there are <font color="red">{{}}</font color> at each end of the expression. | ||
*After the first set of <font color="red">{{</font color> notice <font color="red">#if:</font color> which consists of a pound sign <font color="red">#</font color>, the word <font color="red">if</font color> and a colon <font color="red">:</font color>. | *After the first set of <font color="red">{{</font color> notice <font color="red">#if:</font color> which consists of a pound sign <font color="red">#</font color>, the word <font color="red">if</font color> and a colon <font color="red">:</font color>. | ||
*After the colon you see the parameter repeated with the addition of a pipe after the word inside the <font color="red">{{{}}}</font color> and a pipe on the outside like so:<font color="red"><nowiki>{{{parameter|}}}|</nowiki></font color>. We will not take the time to explain what all this code means but if you are interested see the footnote<ref>The coding looks complicated but it is really not. First this is an “if” statement. In essence, it says “if” you have A do B or if you do not, do C. Or another way to put it, if you have peanut butter, make a sandwich otherwise starve. | *After the colon you see the parameter repeated with the addition of a pipe after the word inside the <font color="red">{{{}}}</font color> and a pipe on the outside like so:<font color="red"><nowiki>{{{parameter|}}}|</nowiki></font color>. We will not take the time to explain what all this code means but if you are interested see the footnote<ref>The coding looks complicated but it is really not. First this is an “if” statement. In essence, it says “if” you have A do B or if you do not, do C. Or another way to put it, if you have peanut butter, make a sandwich otherwise starve. | ||
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*To explain the code: | *To explain the code: | ||
*First, this bit of code is enclosed with <nowiki>{{}}</nowiki>. | *First, this bit of code is enclosed with <nowiki>{{}}</nowiki>. | ||
*Following the first <nowiki>{{ is #if:</nowiki>. This code tells the browser that a “if” statement is coming. For our peanut butter example, the question is, do we have any peanut butter? This test statement or called a “test string,” is separated from our two options with a pipe. Our first option is to “make a sandwich.” The second option is to “starve.” The two options themselves are separated by a pipe. | *Following the first <nowiki>{{is #if:</nowiki>. This code tells the browser that a “if” statement is coming. For our peanut butter example, the question is, do we have any peanut butter? This test statement or called a “test string,” is separated from our two options with a pipe. Our first option is to “make a sandwich.” The second option is to “starve.” The two options themselves are separated by a pipe. | ||
*This coding is testing to see if there is a positive value in the test string or if there is any peanut butter. If there is a positive value, the browser picks the first option, “make sandwich” if there is no value or no peanut butter, it picks the second option “starve.” | *This coding is testing to see if there is a positive value in the test string or if there is any peanut butter. If there is a positive value, the browser picks the first option, “make sandwich” if there is no value or no peanut butter, it picks the second option “starve.” | ||
*So if there really is NO peanut butter, you can leave the space is blank like so: | *So if there really is NO peanut butter, you can leave the space is blank like so: | ||
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