Template:CiteDevBlog/doc

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Template:CiteDevBlog invokes function devblogref in Module:References using Lua.

Usage

{{CiteDevBlog|author=|url=|title=|blogdate=|notes=|name=}}

author

The author of the blog found in large letters at the top. Include "Mod" prefixes, such as "Mod Mark" instead of simply "Mark".

url

Make sure to include the full URL, including the http://.

title

The title of the Developers' blog, found in large letters at the top of the page.

blogdate

The date the blog was added which appears right after the author's name.

Standard parameters

The following parameters are standard across all citation templates.

notes

Optional. This parameter allows you to add text beginning one space after the end of the citation. Having no formatting (meaning you will have to format it yourself), this area can be used for anything you require.

name

Optional. If you want to use this reference more than once, you must name it the first time you use it, then whenever you want to use it again, add {{NamedRef|name}} wherever you want it to re-appear.

group

Optional. This can be used to put the reference into a specific group, to separate it from other types of reference. See here for more on reference groups.

Template data

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The following information is used by extensions and applications, such as VisualEditor, to help users implement this template onto pages. Please ensure that it is up-to-date. Used to create a reference to a Developer Blog on the RuneScape Forums Template parameters This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status author author The author of the blog Example Mod Mark String suggested url url The URL of the blog Example http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?380,381,370,65891449 URL suggested blogdate blogdate The date the blog was published (YYYY-MM-DD) Example 2018-05-31 String suggested title title The name of the blog Example Dev Blog: The Inferno String suggested name name The name of the reference (to use more than once) Example jmodtweet String optional group group The group to add the reference to Example group1 String optional