Thread:Mhommer/@comment-15636815-20151010044803

As you may or may not remember, I have advocated heavily making things easier for editors here, primarily by making our templates more complex, i.e. to do the "dirty work" for us.

I have achieved success.

Under the existing system, producing the text, links, and other shtuff at the top of each contractor's Shop page requires a series of interesting template calls and a link to an image file. A link and a complex template call also appear at the top of each contractor's Story page.

Under the new system, the editor can replace all the complex code with only this: That's it. No parameters, no nothing. Because the pages now have a clean, consistent naming pattern, the template can parse the PAGENAME to find the contractor's name (and, if relevant, the year), then use that information when, where, and how appropriateall by itself.

Of course, this works if and only if the pages are named correctly. I'm working on a page of "new page creators", which allow an editor to enter the name of a new page, then presents the editor with a pre-filled page of the right informationincluduing templates, when necessary. I will include instructions for proper naming of pages directly on the page I'm building. These instructions will concur with the style guidelines in the new Style Guide, on which I'm also working. Good news, though: My life is shifting somewhat lately, and it looks like I'm going to have more time to devote to the Wiki. 

You may see the results of my recent work at the following pages:
 * Valentina (2015)
 * Valentina's Shop (2015)
 * Valentina's Story (2015)
 * Mrs. Wilma
 * Mrs. Wilma's Shop
 * Mrs. Wilma's Story

 