Template:Wikiportal/OTD: Difference between revisions

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Template for displaying OTD on portal pages.

Supports 3 methods of selecting articles:

Daily rotation: Display a rotation of 366 articles based on day of the year.
Weekly rotation: Display a rotation of 12 articles based on week of the year.
Monthly rotation: Display a rotation of 12 articles based on month of the year.

Usage

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|mode         =monthly
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
}}

The featured articles should all be subpages of a certain page (specified with prefix).

Parameters

Name of the template (without "Template:") which the featured articles are subpages of.

For example, if prefix is set to "Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD", the featured articles should be named:

"Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/January 1, 2026" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December 31, 2026") for the daily rotation.
"Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/Week 1, 2026" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/Week 52, 2026") for the weekly rotation.
"Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/January, 2026" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December 2026") for the monthly rotation.

mode Determines type of rotation.

Available options:

monthly: 12-article-rotation based on month of the year.
weekly: 52-article-rotation based on week of the year.
daily: 366-article-rotation based on day of the year.

Examples

Monthly rotation (31 articles)

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
|mode         =monthly
}}

results in the following featured article to be displayed today:

Template:Wikiportal:Main/OTD/April 2026

Weekly rotation (52 articles)

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
|mode         =weekly
}}

results in the following featured article to be displayed today:

Template:Wikiportal:Main/OTD/Week 17, 2026

Daily rotation (366 articles)

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
|mode         =daily
}}

results in the following featured article to be displayed today:

Template:Wikiportal:Main/OTD/April 26, 2026

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--->|full=<!--
+-->|daily=<!--
--->{{{{{prefix}}}/{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}<!--
+-->{{{{{prefix}}}/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}<!--
 -->|monthly|#default=<!--
--->{{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTDAY}}>{{{articlecount|31}}}<!--
+-->{{{{{prefix}}}/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}<!--
--->|{{#ifexpr:({{CURRENTDAY}} mod {{{articlecount|31}}})=0|{{{{{prefix}}}/{{{articlecount|31}}}}}|{{{{{prefix}}}/{{#expr:{{CURRENTDAY}} mod {{{articlecount|31}}}}}}}}}<!--
--->|{{{{{prefix}}}/{{CURRENTDAY}}}}<!--
+-->|weekly=<!--
--->}}<!--
+-->{{{{{prefix}}}/Week {{CURRENTWEEK}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}<!--
 -->}}<!--
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 --></onlyinclude></includeonly>
-{{Documentation}}
+<noinclude>
-[[Category:Portal templates|OTD]]
+Template for displaying [[Datacron Database:OTD|OTD]] on [[:Category:Portals|portal pages]].
+Supports 3 methods of selecting articles:
+* '''Daily rotation''': Display a rotation of 366 articles based on day of the year.
+* '''Weekly rotation''': Display a rotation of 12 articles based on week of the year.
+* '''Monthly rotation''': Display a rotation of 12 articles based on month of the year.
+==Usage==
+<pre>
+{{Wikiportal/OTD
+|mode         =monthly
+|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
+}}
+</pre>
+The featured articles should all be subpages of a certain page (specified with <code>prefix</code>).
+===Parameters===
+Name of the template (without "Template:") which the featured articles are subpages of.
+For example, if <code>prefix</code> is set to "Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD", the featured articles should be named:
+* "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/January 1, {{CURRENTYEAR}}" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December 31, {{CURRENTYEAR}}") for the daily rotation.
+* "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/Week 1, {{CURRENTYEAR}}" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/Week 52, {{CURRENTYEAR}}") for the weekly rotation.
+* "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/January, {{CURRENTYEAR}}" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December {{CURRENTYEAR}}") for the monthly rotation.
+<code>mode</code> Determines type of rotation.
+Available options:
+* '''monthly''': 12-article-rotation based on month of the year.
+* '''weekly''': 52-article-rotation based on week of the year.
+* '''daily''': 366-article-rotation based on day of the year.
+==Examples==
+===Monthly rotation (31 articles)===
+<pre>
+{{Wikiportal/OTD
+|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
+|mode         =monthly
+}}
+</pre>
+results in the following featured article to be displayed today:
+{| style="background: #DDD; border: 1px solid #AAA; width: 100%;"
+|-
+|
+{{Wikiportal/OTD
+|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
+|mode         =monthly
+}}
+|}
+===Weekly rotation (52 articles)===
+<pre>
+{{Wikiportal/OTD
+|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
+|mode         =weekly
+}}
+</pre>
+results in the following featured article to be displayed today:
+{| style="background: #DDD; border: 1px solid #AAA; width: 100%;"
+|-
+|
+{{Wikiportal/OTD
+|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
+|mode         =weekly
+}}
+|}
+===Daily rotation (366 articles)===
+<pre>
+{{Wikiportal/OTD
+|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
+|mode         =daily
+}}
+</pre>
+results in the following featured article to be displayed today:
+{| style="background: #DDD; border: 1px solid #AAA; width: 100%;"
+|-
+|
+{{Wikiportal/OTD
+|prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
+|mode         =daily
+}}
+|}
+</noinclude>
+[[Category:Portal templates|Featured article]]