Manual:Create pages/Inputbox

The extension InputBox provides a form field on a wiki page. This field allows users to automatically create a new page with a predefined page name. This page can - optionally - be created in a particular namespace.
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Input box for creating a new page

A typical example for using an input box is the creation of meeting minutes, which have to follow a consistent naming convention. The inputbox by copying the following code into any wiki page:

                    <inputbox>
type=create
default={{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}
prefix=Minutes:IT/Jour fixe/
preload=Template:Minutes_general
buttonlabel=Create new minutes
break=no
width=30
useve=true
</inputbox>

                

Description of the inputbox elements:

Element	Value	Description
type	create	The purpose of the infobox is to create a new page
default		Default text as suggestion for the new page name. In our example: The current date.
prefix	path	The path to the new page, if it is created as a subpage and/or in a specific namespace. Example without namespace: IT/Jour Fixe/ Example with namespace (the namespace has to already exist): Minutes:HR/
preload	path to the template	Loads the default text for the meeting minutes from a template. If you do not use a template, you can delete this line. If the template is not found, an empty page is created.
buttonlabel	Text	Label for the submit button.
break	no	Places the submit button next to the input field.
width	30	Width of the input field in characters.
useve	true	Opens the new page in visual editing mode.

Show the latest minutes

If you want to display links to the latest meeting minutes directly under the input box, you can add the following query in the source text under the input box, specifying the path to the logs in the square brackets in the #ask query (i.e. the prefix -Path from the input box, followed by a *: Wenn Sie direkt unter der Inputbox Links zu den letzten 5 Protokollen nach Erstellungsdatum anzeigen wollen, können Sie folgende Abfrage im Quelltext unter der Inputbox hinzufügen, wobei Sie in den eckigen Klammern in der #ask-Abfrage den Pfad zu den Protokollen angeben (also den prefix-Pfad aus der Inputbox, gefolgt von einem *:Bisherige Protokolle:

                    Previous minutes:
<div>
{{#ask:[[~IT/Jour Fixe/*]]
|limit=5
|sort=creation date
|order=desc
|format=ul
|default=EsThere gibtare bisherno keinepervious Protokolleminutes.
|searchlabel= &#8594; MehrMore IT-Jour Fixe Protokolleminutes
}}
</div>

                

Beschreibung der Einstellungen zur Anzeige der letzten ProtokolleDescription of the query elements for displaying previous meeting minutes:

Name	Wert
#ask [[ ]]	create	Protokolle die angezeigt werden sollen. Hier kann der Pfad zu den Protokollen angegeben werden. Alternativ die Kategorie, wenn die Protokolle einer Kategorie zugeordnet sind.	limit	Zahl	Anzahl der angezeigten Protokolle. Danach erscheint ein Mehr... Link Type of meeting minutes to show. You can show the path to the subpages if you are working with subpages, followed by an asterisk *. Alternatively, you can enter a category, if your minutes are associated with a particular category, e.g., category IT-minutes.
limit	number	Number of minutes to show. I additional minutes exist, a more... link will be shown.
sort	creation date Ausgabe der Protokolle nach Erstellungsdatum	Sort the minutes by creation date.
order	desc Absteigend nach Erstellungsdatum	Sort order is descending (latest first)
format	ul Aufzählungsliste	Show the links to the minutes as a bullet list.
default	Text	Standardtext, wenn keine Protokolle existierentext	Default text when no minutes are found.
search label	Text text	Bezeichnung für den Link zu weiteren Protokollen (erscheint nur, wenn es mehr Protkolle gibt als im Wert für limit angegeben.

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