Advanced Article Templates
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Advanced Article Templates
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
Creating a Article template currently will result in a large wall of text, that can be hard to navigate. And everything not currently in use has to be either deleted or made inviseble on the article page.
An alternative way could be the edditing of the Html structure, reusing exsisting template fields. This will lead to the entry fields, both in name and functionality, being unconected to the use in the article.
Currently the only way to even come close to my sugestion is entering a json object.
How does this feature request address the current situation?
My sugesstion is the creation of an advanced Article Template creation tool, where users can create article templates, together with an iterface that has entries just like the standard ones.
I imagine it to work like this: You create an advanced template, selecting one of the standard templates as a guide. Now you have the option to edit the existing entry fields, modefying the title or description. The more powerful option would however be the ability to add or remove more entry fields and catagories.
What are other uses for this feature request?
It might be a good idea to make the article templates sharable, like the generators. Here it might be possible to copy the template into your own collection.
This feature might also reduce the number of requests, to update the standard templates.
Follow up
To adress the concerns of amelianite, Sh4d0wPh03n1x and Lucifer__oO. I am well aware of the capibilitis of the current article template function. And it is a pain to actually use. All you can do is enter standard text into the Vignette, Sidebar, Footnotes, and Footer fields and preset tags. Sure if you somewhat understand twig you can coopt the entry fields of the generic templates and restucture your template, but you would still have to remember what you used them for. In addition you also can't enter standard text into any entry fields besides the ones mentioned above. all in all it feels like a underpowered tool that requires too much effort to truly create a template that works for me on all levels.
The Team's Response
Hello there beans and NONGENTESIMUS! What is proposed above is already possible for Grandasters via the Studio (Article Templates). In addition you can also achieve this by using the Generic articles and forming it as you please. That being said, reading through the 2021 Survey, this system will become more powerful coming this year.25/300 Votes · +4310 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by allanadeluca
on 2021-12-13 19:10 -
-100
by UnknownWriter88
on 2021-12-10 18:40 -
+100
by A Lusty Skeleton
on 2021-12-10 17:11 -
+300
by TheFarquard
on 2021-12-10 06:12 -
+300
by ProfessorSputin
on 2021-12-09 01:06 -
+50
by JpgPngExe
on 2021-12-08 11:37 -
+300
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+100
by Felixora
on 2021-12-03 17:27 -
+300
by Maltacrai
on 2021-12-03 01:15 -
+300
by TransatlanticStardust
on 2021-12-01 17:13 -
+300
by Uruschk
on 2021-12-01 16:24 -
+300
by CrocOsnake
on 2021-11-30 13:40 -
+300
by Flashp0int
on 2021-11-30 12:22 -
+300
by SIlks1
on 2021-11-29 12:39 -
-50
by amelianite
on 2021-11-26 22:44With what Sh4d0wPh03n1x said, it is possible for Grandmasters to do this already, which can be found down in the "Creative Studio" under "Article Templates." However, Lucifer_oO is also correct as you can also do this in a generic article.
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+300
by Mupen
on 2021-11-26 19:50 -
+50
by A Roaring T-Rex
on 2021-11-26 03:13 -
-10
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-10
by Lucifer__oO
on 2021-11-25 17:41Everything you proposed is already doable. You can create generic article, and organize it accordingly to your needs.
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+300
by cedes
on 2021-11-25 02:21 -
+10
by A Filthy Bananafolk
on 2021-11-24 21:09 -
+100
by xSpazztic
on 2021-11-24 20:52 -
+20
by BrandenR1
on 2021-11-24 20:37 -
+50
by AuraGuard
on 2021-11-24 10:29 -
+100
by ReaverArklight
on 2021-11-24 08:46 -
+300
by NONGENTESIMUS
on 2021-11-24 05:11
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