Template
{{Portal:Football in Africa/Selected article/Layout
|image =
|size =
|caption =
|text =
|link =
}}
Note that the prefix Image: is not required when using this template, also - the template will auto-wikilink the article entered in the link= field. Further information on this template can be found at Portal:Football in Africa/Selected article/Layout.
To add a new article
- Click on the next successive empty entry or red link from this page.
- Paste the above layout template if it isn't already there.
- Write three or four paragraphs in the text field using information from the selected article, you may find it useful to examine the existing entries for an idea of the length required.
- Ensure the main title of the article is in bold and add this same article to the link field.
- Add a free image and caption.
- Preview the page, check that the image size is correct. If the image is too big, add 100px to the size field.
- Save the page.
- Go to the main portal page.
- Click on edit page.
- Update
|max=
to its new total for the {{Random portal component}} on the main page. Make sure that |max=
is the same numerical value as the article entry added above, i.e. if you added article 21, then |max=21
.
{{Random portal component|max= |header=Selected article|subpage=Selected article}}
- Copy the following to the article's talk page.
{{Africa football portal selected|article}}