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This page is used for testing the DPL extension (it should be an orphan page). See [http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=DPL:Manual DPL Manual].
 
This page is used for testing the DPL extension (it should be an orphan page). See [http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=DPL:Manual DPL Manual].
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==DPL Cheatsheet==
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===Invocation===
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We can use <nowiki><dpl></nowiki> or <nowiki>{{ #dpl: ... }}</nowiki> to invoke DPL (Dynamic Page Lists). The latter is more powerful:
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* Magic words like <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> or <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki> '''can be used'''.
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* Template calls like <nowiki>{{{some template}}}</nowiki> '''can be used''' as parameters.
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* Parser function calls like <nowiki>{{#if:...|...|...}}</nowiki> '''can be used''' within arguments.
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===Special characters and escaping===
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Wiki characters must be escaped in the DPL arguments:
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* Use <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>  (ie. [[:Template:!]]) or the special symbol ¦ to escape the pipe character.
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* ¶ must be used to insert a linefeed character where linefeeds are required by the wiki formatting.
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Example of using an escape pipe character:
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<pre>
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{{#dpl:
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  |category = cat1¦cat2
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  |linksto  = {{{1}}}
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}}
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</pre>
  
 
==Using Titlematch==
 
==Using Titlematch==

Revision as of 12:44, 25 October 2014

This page is used for testing the DPL extension (it should be an orphan page). See DPL Manual.

DPL Cheatsheet

Invocation

We can use <dpl> or {{ #dpl: ... }} to invoke DPL (Dynamic Page Lists). The latter is more powerful:

  • Magic words like {{PAGENAME}} or {{CURRENTDAY}} can be used.
  • Template calls like {{{some template}}} can be used as parameters.
  • Parser function calls like {{#if:...|...|...}} can be used within arguments.

Special characters and escaping

Wiki characters must be escaped in the DPL arguments:

  • Use {{!}} (ie. Template:!) or the special symbol ¦ to escape the pipe character.
  • ¶ must be used to insert a linefeed character where linefeeds are required by the wiki formatting.

Example of using an escape pipe character: 

{{#dpl:
  |category = cat1¦cat2
  |linksto  = {{{1}}}
}}

Using Titlematch

Pulling all news article for 2014 only. Note! : titlematch can create inefficient queries, and should not be necessary if categories can do it.

dplreplace

This could be useful... (manual) 

 {{#dplreplace:abrakadabra|ab|AB}}

ABrakadABra

uses (pulling pages using certain templates)

This is the main way we could handle skills/recipes tables with DPL and templating. WORK IN PROGRESS (trying to figure out the templating of table rows with DPL).

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