Template:Portal pictures/doc

This template is used to display a random selection of pictures on portals. When this template is used, all pictures are listed using a single page.

Template supports using pictures of the day and custom images. When transcluded on a subpage, template shows a list gallery of all pictures. When transcluded on a basepage (i.e. main page of a portal), templates shows a randomized slideshow of the pictures.

Template does not support showing video files.

Usage

Put wikitext {{subst:Portal pictures/preload}} on the portal subpage, e.g. Portal:Sports/Selected picture and save. Add pictures to the template per instructions in the comments.

When the subpage is ready, put wikitext:

{{/Selected picture}}

on the main portal page, e.g. Portal:Sports.

To find appropriate pictures, use search box below, from {{POTD subpage search box}}:

Parameters

|1=, |2=, |3=...

Dates of the picture of the day in YYYY-MM-DD format. These should be the names of subpages of Template:POTD. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive.

|i1=, |title1=, |credit1=, |caption1=

|i2=, |title2=, |credit2=, |caption2=

|i3=, |title3=, |credit3=, |caption3=...

Use numbered parameters to display images, which don't have a POTD subpage.

|more=

Wikitext for the footer. For example, |more=[[Portal:Sports/Selected picture|More selected pictures...]]. Optional. Defaults to [[Portal:{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Selected picture|More selected pictures]].

|more=no

Special value of parameter |more= to not show the footer.

|subpage=

Name of the subpage if it is different from the default "Selected picture", e.g. |subpage=Selected pictures. Optional.

Legacy subpages

If the portal has legacy subpages (e.g. Portal:Brazil/Selected picture/20) and you wish to re-use them via {{Portal pictures}}, pass the maximum subpage number via parameter |subpagemax=. The template will automatically pick up all subpages from one to the maximum number. By default, "Selected picture" is used as root subpage. Custom subpage can be specified via parameter |subpage=, e.g. |subpage=Featured picture. Example of such usage can seen at Portal:Brazil/Selected picture.

Examples

See usage of {{Portal pictures}} at Portal:History/Featured picture, Portal:Sports/Selected picture, and Portal:Arthropods/Selected picture.

See also

• {{subst:Portal pictures/preload}}
• {{Portal pictures/portal doc}}
• Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive