User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate

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Hersfold is currently:
Offline
Update: On • IRC • Off

Want to show your status, but aren't willing to trust a bot to handle it for you? This template provides an easy, one-click way to update your status yourself, so that you're always online immediately after you log in, and offline as soon as you log out.

[edit] How to use this template

  1. Create Special:Mypage/Status. You can place any text in here, it doesn't matter; just create it.
  2. Go to your monobook.js file and add importScript('User:Henrik/js/automod.js'); This script is necessary for the automated update links to work.
  3. Add this template where you want to use it, like so: {{User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate|USERNAME}} . Replace "USERNAME" with your username, or else you'll be showing what my status is.
  4. Save the page.
  5. Click one of the three "Update" links. This will automatically update the /Status page you created in Step 1 to something this template can recognize.

[edit] Currently active status types

Update link Sets your status to...
On
Online
IRC
On IRC
I may not be actively editing,
but I am around.
Off
Offline
Anything else
Lost.
Check my status history for more info.

Don't see what you want? You can suggest additional statuses to Hersfold. Please note, however, that trivial additions that mean the same thing as something listed above (Such as "In da hood" instead of "Online") will not be added. There is also a practical limit to how many update links can be listed, to avoid making the template too unwieldy.

[edit] Other parameters

  • align={left|center|right} Use this to control where the box is displayed. The template will float to the left by default, however can be made to float right with align=right. Using "center" will cause the box to spread across the page like a banner - it does not truly center the box. This is a technical limitation of the software that cannot be fixed.