Template:Timeline/doc

Usage

Copy and paste all of the text below onto whichever article page it is needed for (even if some fields are not needed copy all of the text).

{{timeline
| prev    = 
| century = 
| decade  = 
| next    = 
}}

Description of fields

Below is what each of the fields of the infobox means.

{{timeline
| prev    = Previous year
| century = Century to which the year belongs (i.e., the 21st Century would be entered purely as <tt>21st</tt>)
| decade  = Decade to which the year belongs (i.e., 2010-2019 would be entered as <tt>2010s</tt>). 
| next    = Following year
}}

Alternate Useage for Decade pages

Below is what each of the fields of the infobox means.

{{timeline
| prev    = Previous decade (i.e., 2010-2019 would be entered as <tt>2010s</tt>).
| century = Century to which the decade belongs (i.e., the 21st Century would be entered purely as <tt>21st</tt>)
| decade  = Leave field blank to produce a link to [[Timeline]]
| next    = Following decade (i.e., 2010-2019 would be entered as <tt>2010s</tt>).
}}

Alternate Useage for Century pages

Below is what each of the fields of the infobox means.

{{timeline
| prev    = Previous century (i.e., the 21st Century would be entered as <tt>21st century</tt>).
| century = Leave field blank
| decade  = Leave field blank
| next    = Following decade (i.e., the 21st Century would be entered as <tt>21st century</tt>).
}}