Template:StateForum/doc

This is a documentation subpage for . It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template enables the automatic selection of a United States (or US Territory) forum or region name.

Usage

Place {{StateForum}} on a page where either a URL to a state or region forum is desired. Alternately the template can also determine the name of the region based on the state name or the states in a region. It uses the data in {{StateForum/List}}.

{{StateForum
| STATENAME or 
  STATE ABBREVIATION or
  REGION NAME
| state-id or 
  region-id or 
  region-name or
  state-list
}}

Parameters

First parameter

STATENAME - The full name of the state or territory (Alaska, California, Texas, etc.)

STATE ABBREVIATION - The two letter state abbreviation (AK, CA, TX, etc.)

REGION NAME - The full name of the region (Northwest, New England, etc.)

Second parameter

state-id will return a URL to the state specific forum.

region-id will return a URL to the forum for that state's region.

region-name will return the name of the region, not a URL.

state-list will return the names of the states in the region, not a URL.

Examples

Entering:

[{{StateForum | AK | state-id}} Alaska forum]

Produces: Alaska forum

Entering:

[{{StateForum | AK | region-id}} {{StateForum | AK | region-name}} region forum]

Produces: http://www.waze.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=Northwest region forum

Entering:

[{{StateForum | Northwest | region-id}} Northwest region forum]

Produces: Northwest region forum

Entering:

{{StateForum | Northwest | state-list}}

Produces: http://www.waze.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=AK/ID/MT/OR/WA/WY