User:WikiWriter/Sandbox/Creating a new Knowledgebase Article Contributor

The Knowledgebase Article Contributors appear on the Main Page.

How it works
The Main Page comprises a number of templates - one of which is the knowledgebase_article_contributor template - its markup below : Most of this markup is just about creating a framework for drawing in another template specified by the line : This line pulls in a date-based template that uses the system date to find the correct template to pull in. For example - on the 30th of September 2008 the Template:Kac 2008-09 template would be pulled in, but on the 1st of October 2008 the Template:Kac 2008-10 template would be pulled in. This allows you to create date-based 'contributor' templates in advance, without needing to modify the Main Page, the knowledgebase_article_contributor template, or anything else - the pulling in is automatic.
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Creating a new 'kac' template

 * 1) View an existing 'kac' template -  for example Template:kac_2008-10
 * 2) Click the 'Edit' tab, and copy its markup
 * 3) Click the 'template' tab
 * 4) In the browser address bar : edit the name of the template - for example change Template:Kac_2008-10 to Template:Kac_2008-11
 * 5) Press 'Enter' - a new 'potential' template is created
 * 6) Click the 'edit' tab
 * 7) Paste in the template copy
 * 8) Customise the template for the new 'contributor'
 * 9) Click the 'Save page' button - the new template is created