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I have noticed that when I include Templates, a great deal of white/blank space is included before the template itself is inserted. Am I using the templates incorrectly? Is there something that I should be doing to make sure that my templates are being included properly? The layout/format is pretty sloppy, and I definitely want it to be smooth/flush.
Can you post an example of one of your templates?
Of course. This is one of my templates:
http://www.aelyria.com/wiki/Template:Stub
But here is how it looks when it is included in an article:
http://www.aelyria.com/wiki/Interregnum
Notice how the added white-space and grey-space is included, even though in the source there are no carriage returns or added whitespace. This behavior happens anytime I use the TEMPLATE bbcode.
Here's another example of a more complicated template.
http://www.aelyria.com/wiki/Template:Spellbox
And here is how it renders (notice the HUGE blankspace before it is inserted/parsed):
http://www.aelyria.com/wiki/Summon_Angel
It looks like it's to do with your BBCodes [box] and [frame]. What is the coding for those within the BBCode manager?
Note how Pegasus has developed a template here: [template]Warning Box[/template]
Strange - they render just fine in posts, and were working just fine in NuWiki without the added carriage returns/etc. Here's the coding.
For [box]:
For [frame]:Code:<table cellpadding="5" align="{option}">
<tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" class="tborder">
<tr>
<td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td class="alt2">{param}</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr>
</table>
Code:<table width="95%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="{option}">
<tr>
<td width="12" height="12"><img src="/images/ui/border-topleft.gif" width="12" height="12" /></td>
<td width="99%" height="12" background="/images/ui/border-topmid.gif"><img src="/images/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /></td>
<td width="12" height="12"><img src="/images/ui/border-topright.gif" width="12" height="12" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="12" background="/images/ui/border-leftmid.gif"> </td>
<td>{param}</td>
<td width="12" background="/images/ui/border-rightmid.gif"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="12" height="12"><img src="/images/ui/border-botleft.gif" width="12" height="12" /></td>
<td width="99%" height="12" background="/images/ui/border-botmid.gif"><img src="/images/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /></td>
<td width="12" height="12"><img src="/images/ui/border-botright.gif" width="12" height="12" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
I just figured it out. Apparently, the VaultWiki bbcode parser is interpreting carriage returns in the HTML Replacement for a BBcode as actual carriage returns to be processed in a post/article. This is strange behavior and not how posts parse BBcodes. I was able to change my [box] bbcode to be a single line of HTML (with no carriage returns for added readability formatting), and that completely fixed the issue on my end.
I've submitted a bug to see if this can be fixed. I would be bummed to have to rewrite all of my BB Codes.
That would explain it. White space is added in templates, something to watch for. Templates are parsed differently because they can contain the [if] commands.
When using the table BBCode in VW, make sure you add a SPACE rather than a carriage return. Often in templates if something isn't lookig the way you expect, it can be extra spaces.
It might be an idea to consider creating a new template that replicates what you want.
For example, your Box BBCode could be adjusted to:
The advantage of this is that you will be able to add more options in if you want, such as width, padding, etc. The above template would be exectuted as:Code:[table] cellpadding="5" align="{{{align}}}">
|-
| style="border:1px;padding:1px" |
[table] width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10px" cellspacing="0"
|-
| class="alt2" | {{{content}}}
[/table][/table]
[template]MyTemplate
| align=center
| content=My content.
[/template]
If you do choose to use other style classes in your table commands, make sure you check out this thread on how to do it: Adding Additional CSS Classes.