View source

3D Game Comparison - Game vs. game. No hype; just facts.™

This page has been locked to prevent editing.
You can view and copy the source of this page:
These are tests to see if I can get a MediaWiki table to look like my [http://tnlc.com/eep/compare/table.html game comparison table]. Unfortuately, it's not going very well...too many extensions are required to even get basic functionality, let alone [[3dgc:design|the full design]]!

==[[mw:Extension:TemplateTable|TemplateTable]]==

<ttable border cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="border: 1px black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt" class=sortable template='game'>No headers specified--only "website" appears but with cropped template syntax except if the "website" field is defined with a <tt><nowiki>{{template}}</nowiki></tt>; then all other fields display fine (but without links--unless hacked but then <a href=http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Kainaw>there are other problems</a>--and can't specify if the field names should be on the first column vs. only first row)</ttable>

<ttable border cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="border: 1px black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt" class=sortable template='game' headers=year|genre|publisher|developer|engine|character>All headers but "website"--must specify field case exactly or TemplateTable doesn't use it :/</ttable>

==[[mw:Extension:DynamicPageList|Dynamic Page List]]==

Lists all articles in category even if they don't use [[template:game]] and doesn't include template's field links:
<dpl>
  category=games
  includepage={game}:year,{game}:genre,{game}:publisher,{game}:developer,{game}:engine,{game}:character
  ordermethod=title
  listseparators=\n{|order cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class=sortable border style="border: 1px black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt"\n !Game\n !Year\n !Genre\n !Publisher\n !Developer\n !Engine\n !Character,\n|-\n|[[%PAGE%]],,\n|}
  secseparators=\n|
  resultsfooter='''Total games: %PAGES%'''
</dpl>


With specific template field declaration and manually entered field header category links (should take template table field data directly, preferably, without having to manually enter wiki markup for all fields, causing them all to be, either article ''or'' category links):
{{#dpl:
<!--debug=3-->
|category=games
|includepage={game}:year,{game}:genre,{game}:publisher,{game}:developer,{game}:engine,{game}:character
|ordermethod=title
|listseparators=\n{¦cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border class=sortable style="border: 1px black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt"\n!{{cat|Games|Game}}\n !{{cat|Years|Year}} !!{{cat|Genres|Genre}} !!{{cat|Companies|Publisher}} !!{{cat|Companies|Developer}} !!{{cat|Engines|Engine}} !!{{cat|Player characters|Character}}\n¦-,\n¦[[%PAGE%]],\n¦-\n,\n¦}
|secseparators= ¦¦
|uses=Template:game
|resultsfooter='''Total games: %PAGES%'''
}}


With (redundant) DPL template and unspecified fields (empty fields show template code if template does not use a parser function to hide non-existent parameters, however; "(test game)" hidden and only articles in main namespace):
{{#dpl:
<!--debug=3-->
namespace=
|category=games
|includepage={game}.dpl
|nottitlematch=(test game)
|ordermethod=title
|listseparators=\n{¦cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border class=sortable style="border: 1px black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt"\n!{{cat|Games|Game}}\n !{{cat|Years|Year}} !!{{cat|Genres|Genre}} !!{{cat|Companies|Publisher}} !!{{cat|Companies|Developer}} !!{{cat|Engines|Engine}} !!{{cat|Player characters|Character}}\n¦-,\n¦[[%PAGE%]],\n¦-\n,\n¦}
|secseparators= ¦¦
|uses=Template:game
|resultsfooter='''Total games: %PAGES%'''
}}


Without (redundant/phantom) DPL template (but no links or "?") as above:
{{#dpl:
<!--debug=3-->
namespace=
|category=games
|includepage={game}:year:genre:publisher:developer:engine:character
|nottitlematch=(test game)
|ordermethod=title
|listseparators=\n{¦cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border class=sortable style="border: 1px black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt"\n!{{cat|Games|Game}}\n !{{cat|Years|Year}} !!{{cat|Genres|Genre}} !!{{cat|Companies|Publisher}} !!{{cat|Companies|Developer}} !!{{cat|Engines|Engine}} !!{{cat|Player characters|Character}}\n¦-,\n¦[[%PAGE%]],\n¦-\n,\n¦}
|secseparators= ¦¦
|uses=Template:game
|resultsfooter='''Total games: %PAGES%'''
}}


With Semantic MediaWiki game template:
{{#dpl:
<!--debug=3-->
|category=games
|includepage={game}.smwdpl
|nottitlematch=(test game)
|ordermethod=title
|listseparators=\n{¦cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border class=sortable style="border: 1px black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt"\n!{{cat|Games|Game}}\n !{{cat|Years|Year}} !!{{cat|Genres|Genre}} !!{{cat|Companies|Publisher}} !!{{cat|Companies|Developer}} !!{{cat|Engines|Engine}} !!{{cat|Player characters|Character}}\n¦-,\n¦[[%PAGE%]],\n¦-\n,\n¦}
|secseparators= ¦¦
|uses=Template:game
|resultsfooter='''Total games: %PAGES%'''
}}

==[[mw:Extension:Semantic MediaWiki|Semantic MediaWiki]]==

Possible but requires lots of complex relations/attributes/types in order to function. Last-ditch resort...getting closer to using it...but I don't think it can use rows ''and'' columns as headers (multi-dimensional tables) either...<sigh>
Templates used on this page:
Return to Main Page.
Retrieved from "http://www.tnlc.com/wiki/index.php?title=Comparison_table"
View source

3D Game Comparison - Game vs. game. No hype; just facts.™

Views

Personal tools

Navigation

Search

Toolbox
