Template:Random portal component/doc

This template generates a box for a portal home page. The content is drawn randomly from a pre-defined list.

Usage

 * header: (Optional) The header text of the box. If no header is passed to the template, the default is the subpage name.
 * footer: (Optional) The footer text in the box. E.g. Nominations for selected picture.
 * rootpage: (Optional) The root of the transcluded page, e.g. Portal:Foo.
 * subpage: The subpage of the transcluded page, e.g. Selected picture.
 * max: The maximum number of sub-subpages. Must be a positive integer.
 * headertemplate: (Optional) The name of the template to use for the box header, e.g. Box-header/10 for Template:Box-header/10; default is the portal's /box-header subpage

Formatting subpages

 * Create a sub-page first. If your portal is Portal:Foo, then a sub-page could be Portal:Foo/Selected bar.
 * On the Portal:Foo/Selected bar sub-page, place the template numbered subpages on the page and save it.
 * Once the list of subject links have been created, use one of the Selected templates from below to format each of the subject sub-pages.
 * This template calls /box-header (if headertemplate is not specified) and box-footer for its color styles and closing. Either headertemplate must be used, or the /box-header subpage must exist for everything to work correctly.

Example
To see a real time example, see what links here (the list of pages that currently transclude the undefined template).

Here is a stale example of the output generated by this template.

will produce: