Template Documentation

This series of templates is used to create a "See it in action box," which contains links to examples in other wiki pages or in external websites, such as ReliaSoft.com and ReliaSoft.tv. We will use this box when we have examples that are relevant to a particular topic but it’s not appropriate to integrate the example directly into the reference book chapter. For an example of how this element has been integrated into a reference book chapter, see http://reliawiki.org/index.php/Repairable_Systems_Analysis_Through_Simulation#Discussion. Note that this example is a live page on ReliaWiki. Please do not edit it or use it to experiment with templates!

This template in particular (i.e, Template:Examples Box) contains the settings for the box itself, such as horizontal lines, shading, etc. There are four other templates that serve as the content for the box. Complete instructions for building the box are given below.

Usage

To insert the box and its contents, copy and paste the following code:

{{Examples Box|WIKI PAGE|<p>More application examples are available! See also:</p> 
{{Examples Link|WIKI PAGE|ANCHOR TEXT}}<nowiki/>
{{Examples Link External|HTML PAGE|ANCHOR TEXT}}<nowiki/>
{{Examples Movie|VIDEO URL|ANCHOR TEXT}}<nowiki/>
{{Examples Both|HTML URL|ANCHOR TEXT1|VIDEO URL|ANCHOR TEXT2}}<nowiki/>
}}

The code inserts the box template and the four other "bullet" templates that serve as the content for the box. You can then choose which of the four “bullet” templates are appropriate for the situation and then duplicate/delete the rows as needed. You can also customize the content for any other situation by manually entering the necessary code to create the custom bullet.

Once you have decided which "bullet" template you want to keep or add, you will need to configure the parameters of each template. In the code above, all the required parameters are shown in ALL CAPS.

Below are descriptions of the "bullet" templates and their parameters:

a) Examples Link is for linking to an example in another wiki page. It has 2 parameters:

WIKI PAGE = the name of the wiki page (e.g., Page_Name).
ANCHOR NAME = the name of the example

b) Examples Link External is for linking to an example that's posted on another website such as ReliaSoft.com. It has 2 parameters:

HTML URL = the URL of the example on the external website (e.g., http://www.reliasoft.com/BlockSim/examples/rc1/index.htm).
ANCHOR TEXT = the name of the example that should be displayed for the link.

c) Examples Movie is for linking to an example that's only available as a video on ReliaSoft.tv. It has 2 parameters:

VIDEO URL = the URL for the ReliaSoft.tv web page (e.g., http://www.reliasoft.tv/blocksim/appexamples/blocksim_app_ex_1.html).
ANCHOR TEXT = the name of the example that should be displayed for the link (e.g., "Reliability of a Storage Cluster").

d) Examples Both is for an example that's available both on an external website (e.g., ReliaSoft.com) and on ReliaSoft.tv. It has 4 parameters:

HTML URL = The URL for the HTML version of the example (e.g., http://www.reliasoft.com/BlockSim/examples/rc1/index.htm).
ANCHOR TEXT1 = The anchor text for the HTML version link (e.g., "Reliability Analysis of a Storage Cluster System").
VIDEO URL = The URL for the video version of the example on ReliaSoft.tv (e.g., http://www.reliasoft.tv/blocksim/appexamples/blocksim_app_ex_1.htm).
ANCHOR TEXT2 = The anchor text for the video version link (e.g., "Watch the video...").

Example

The following example shows the complete box for a BlockSim page:

{{Examples_Box| BlockSim_Examples|<p>More application examples are available! See also:</p>
{{Examples Link|BlockSim_Example:_CM_Triggered_by_Subsystem_Down|This is a link to another wiki page}}<nowiki/>
{{Examples Link External|http://www.reliasoft.com/BlockSim/examples/rc1/index.htm|This is a link to an example on ReliaSoft.com}}<nowiki/>
{{Examples Movie|http://www.reliasoft.tv/blocksim/appexamples/blocksim_app_ex_1.html|This is an example with video only}}<nowiki/>
{{Examples Both|http://www.reliasoft.com/BlockSim/examples/rc1/index.htm|Reliability Analysis of a Storage Cluster System|http://www.reliasoft.tv/blocksim/appexamples/blocksim_app_ex_1.html|Watch the video...}}<nowiki/>
}}

This code is rendered as follows: