Template:Wikiportal/OTD: Difference between revisions

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Template for displaying OTD on portal pages.

Supports 1 method of selecting articles:

Daily rotation: Display a rotation of 366 articles based on day of the year.

Usage

{{Wikiportal/OTD
|mode         =daily
|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" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December 31") for the daily rotation.

mode Determines type of rotation.

Available options:

daily: 366-article-rotation based on day of the year.

Examples

Daily rotation (366 articles)

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

results in the following featured article to be displayed today:

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

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 <includeonly><onlyinclude><!--
 -->{{#if:{{{prefix|}}}|<!--
 -->{{#switch:{{lc:{{{mode}}}}}<!--
--->|daily=<!--
+-->|daily=|#default=<!--
--->{{{{{prefix}}}/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}<!--
+-->{{{{{prefix}}}/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}}}<!--
--->|monthly|#default=<!--
+-->|monthly|<!--
 -->{{{{{prefix}}}/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}<!--
@@ Line 16: / Line 17: @@
 -->|{{terr|"prefix" not set}}}}<!--
 --></onlyinclude></includeonly>
 <noinclude>
 Template for displaying [[Datacron Database:OTD|OTD]] on [[:Category:Portals|portal pages]].
-Supports 3 methods of selecting articles:
+Supports 1 method 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.
@@ Line 30: / Line 28: @@
 <pre>
 {{Wikiportal/OTD
-|mode         =monthly
+|mode         =daily
 |prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
 }}
@@ Line 41: / Line 39: @@
 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/January 1" (up to "Template:Wikiportal:Datacron Database/OTD/December 31") 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
+{{Wikiportal/News
 |prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
 |mode         =daily
@@ Line 98: / Line 56: @@
 |-
 |
-{{Wikiportal/OTD
+{{Wikiportal/News
 |prefix       =Wikiportal:Main/OTD
 |mode         =daily
 }}
 |}
+</noinclude>
 </noinclude>
 [[Category:Portal templates|Featured article]]