589027 - Hook to use a template in a wiki article

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Software, task, P1)

Description

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

We need to allow template hooks.
Syntax: [[Template:Template name|arg_1=value_1|...|arg_n=value_n]]
This just turns above syntax with the processed template, substituting the arguments for "%s" or "%(arg_1)s"-like substrings.

Comment 1

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

I believe the MediaWiki syntax for variable substitution in templates is:

{{{1}}} is a numbered argument and {{{kwarg}}} is a named argument.

Comment 2

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

http://github.com/jsocol/kitsune/commit/b36fe8e3626d9c46b80875786a66543231fcd9e5

Comment 3

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Here's an example to test:

--- Template:testme --
Some text.
{{{depends}}}
Other text
---

Then you can include this template in a wiki document, like so:

[[Template:testme|depends=Yay, inserting an argument]]

Comment 4

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

I followed the steps and created the test-template, gave it category 'templates' and approved the revision:
https://master.support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/test-template

I included it in a new article and it says the template doesn't exist or has no approved revision:
https://master.support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/funkadelic

Comment 5

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

* Use the title, not the slug, in the [[Template:<>]] tag. (eg [[Template:test template]])
* To be a template, the article title must start with "Template:". (eg "Template:test template".) Slug is irrelevant.

After fixing these issues, the above worked as expected, for me.

Comment 6

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

Verified all works as expected with the title and not the slug