Template:MainPage

Description

This template is used to create a dynamic grid layout on the main page using wiki.gg's Improved Main Page (IMP) framework, initiated with Module:MainPage to then present with Template:MP-Box header-body content containers.

The layout is made using keywords arranged in a grid. This grid has 3 columns on desktop-width screens, 2 columns on tablet, and 1 on mobile. Each can have as many rows as you want. Each keyword represents the same section and can span multiple rows and/or columns, but must form a contiguous rectangle of any dimension (1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3, etc.).

For example, the following input to desktop would produce a grid resembling the table following.

welcome	welcome	welcome
external	external	about
contribute	contribute	about

Where welcome is the contents of Geometry Dash Expanded Wiki/welcome, about is the contents of Geometry Dash Expanded Wiki/about, and so on. See Template:MP-Box for more information about creating your own boxes.

If you enter a keyword that does not have a corresponding box already, you'll be prompted to create one when saving or previewing the page.

If you leave a keyword out of a certain layout, it will not be displayed on that layout. A warning will be given at the top of the edit preview in case this was an accident, but can be safely ignored if intentional.

For additional hints and information, see the comments that came on your main page or ask a wiki.gg staff member for help.

Technical explanation

For the CSS savvy, this section explains how it works a bit under the hood.

The input to desktop, tablet, and mobile create CSS variables which are then used as the value of grid-template-areas in media queries for screen widths >=1350px, >=990px, and <990px. The boxes are given an id based on their subpage name, which is then used by the module to find the template, as well as by the box templates to assign them a CSS id of mp-box-<keyword>. Since these keywords are used directly in the grid layout, they must follow the rules of <custom-ident> naming.

Syntax

{{MainPage
 |desktop = (required) [requires 3 main page box specifications per line]
 |tablet  = (required) [requires 2 main page box specifications per line]
 |mobile  = (required) [requires 1 main page box specification per line]
}}

Sample

{{MainPage
 |desktop =
welcome welcome welcome
about about external
contribute contribute external
 |tablet =
welcome welcome
about external
contribute contribute
 |mobile =
welcome
about
contribute
external
}}

Sample output

welcome

The welcome main page box does not exist. Check your spelling or create it here.
<inputbox> type = create width = 25 placeholder = name (no spaces, cannot start with a number) buttonlabel = Create this main page box default = welcome prefix = Geometry Dash Expanded Wiki/ preload = Template:MP-Box--Preload summary = Created using preload </inputbox> See Template:MP-Box for more information.
For inherent technical restrictions on valid names, see <custom-ident>.

about

The about main page box does not exist. Check your spelling or create it here.
<inputbox> type = create width = 25 placeholder = name (no spaces, cannot start with a number) buttonlabel = Create this main page box default = about prefix = Geometry Dash Expanded Wiki/ preload = Template:MP-Box--Preload summary = Created using preload </inputbox> See Template:MP-Box for more information.
For inherent technical restrictions on valid names, see <custom-ident>.

external

The external main page box does not exist. Check your spelling or create it here.
<inputbox> type = create width = 25 placeholder = name (no spaces, cannot start with a number) buttonlabel = Create this main page box default = external prefix = Geometry Dash Expanded Wiki/ preload = Template:MP-Box--Preload summary = Created using preload </inputbox> See Template:MP-Box for more information.
For inherent technical restrictions on valid names, see <custom-ident>.

contribute

The contribute main page box does not exist. Check your spelling or create it here.
<inputbox> type = create width = 25 placeholder = name (no spaces, cannot start with a number) buttonlabel = Create this main page box default = contribute prefix = Geometry Dash Expanded Wiki/ preload = Template:MP-Box--Preload summary = Created using preload </inputbox> See Template:MP-Box for more information.
For inherent technical restrictions on valid names, see <custom-ident>.