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|publisher        = Publisher of magazine
|publisher        = Publisher of magazine
|prev override    = Generally, navigation happens automatically.  However, if you're dealing with a magazine range that does not number its issues sequentially, you'll need to use the variables {{{prev override}}} and {{{next override}}}.   
|prev override    = Generally, navigation happens automatically.  However, if you're dealing with a magazine range that does not number its issues sequentially, you'll need to use the variables {{{prev override}}} and {{{next override}}}.   
|Next override    = Both are free-form variables that allow you to enter whatever text you choose.  Again, though, '''do not override''' unless it's absolutely necessary.  In other words, don't override just to put a fiddly little technical note in.  Override only when there's no other way to properly link to the prev/next issue.  If there is no previous issue, put a dash (–)  
|next override    = Both are free-form variables that allow you to enter whatever text you choose.  Again, though, '''do not override''' unless it's absolutely necessary.  In other words, don't override just to put a fiddly little technical note in.  Override only when there's no other way to properly link to the prev/next issue.  If there is no previous issue, put a dash (–)  
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== Usage ==
== Usage ==

Revision as of 21:27, 13 March 2012

{{Infobox Magazine/doc}} is the primary template on this wiki for magazines. Typically, it's used for "proper" magazines and not American-style comic books, which tend to use {{Infobox Story}}.

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).

  • As of March 2012, this template has no {{{name}}} variable. The title of the infobox is automatically controlled by the template and cannot be overriden. It is always equal to the name of the page for this particular infobox.
  • Because T:MAGS standardised the naming of magazine issues in a mathematically useful way, {{{previous issue}}} and {{{next issue}}} can now be calculated automatically. In those rare cases, as with DWMS, when issues are not numbered, you must now use {{{prev override}}} and {{{next override}}} to, well, override the automatic links to the surrounding issues.
  • This template's navigation section will always consider an "issue 0" an impossibility. In the unlikely event of an actual issue 0, you'll have to use {{{prev override}}} to create a link to it.
{{Infobox Magazine
|image            =
|caption          = 
|image2           =
|caption2         =
|cover date       = 
|format           = 
|editor           = 
|publisher        = 
|prev override    = 
|next override    = 
}}