7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Parameters
An example
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creates a link with the name “Backlinks” on the page that displays
all incoming links (see Chapter 7.1). Note that the actual URL is
generated again here.
Especially in the case of templates that dictate layout but not content,
it is advantageous to transfer values to the template. You can
use your own parameters for this purpose, which can be set when the
template is accessed. Transfer of values takes place within the curly
brackets that surround the template, and can be done in two different
ways:
{{Templatename|value1|value2|...}}
{{Templatename|name1=value1| ↵
name2=value2|...}}
In the first case, the parameters are simply numbered consecutively,
and in the second, they can be addressed using a name. The parameters
are integrated in the template by setting either its number or
name in triple curly brackets. For example:
{{Salu|Ms|Stone}}
{{Salu1|name=Stone|address=Ms}}
Invokes the two templates Salu
Hello {{{1}}} {{{2}}}
and Salu1:
Hello {{{address}}} {{{name}}}
The result is the same in both cases; the sentence “Hello Ms Stone”
appears. The first version is less complicated when writing it, since
you do not need to name the parameters. However, if you have a
template with several values, it is simpler to give them names. In
such a case, the source text of the template is easier to follow. Furthermore,
the order of the entries does not matter; thus, you can be
sure that the correct information will end up in the correct spot. This
advantage should not be underestimated, especially in large-scale
projects!
In the following example, we will further clarify the possibilities
offered by templates by working on the design of a uniform participants
page for members of a project group of our tribal initiative.
We want the page to have a uniform header with a display of current
6 Multi-Page Structures