Template:POTD row/doc

A row style for WP:POTD templates.

Usage
This template can be used to generate protected versions of the Picture of the day in the standard format needed for the Main page.

The easiest way to create the protected version of the POTD is to click the "create protected version" link on this month's archive page. This will create a new page preloaded with a template call to the non-protected version. Then replace the first line with  (note no closing braces) and save it. Please note that the non-protected version needs to be created before the protected version.

An alternate method is to cut and paste the code of the non-protected version and replace the first line with  (also note no closing braces) before saving it.

This template should always be substituted. As stated on Picture of the day/Guidelines, there are two versions: a protected version that appears on the Main Page, and a non-protected version for non-admins to make updates to the POTD caption. If this template is NOT substituted, various meta-templates used to generate POTDs will automatically be cascade-protected, and non-admins would not be able to create/edit recent and upcoming non-protected versions.

Parameters

 * image
 * Filename in single image mode


 * image1 and image2
 * Filenames in dual images mode


 * thumb
 * Override displayed thumbnail. Actual image will be linked in caption.


 * caption
 * Text describing the image or images.


 * credit
 * Attribution text shown beside the image or images.


 * size and rowsize
 * Control the size of the image, which determines the relative layout of the image and the blurb


 * wide and tall
 * Mutually exclusive optional boolean flags to use Template:Wide image or Template:Tall image.


 * dir
 * Scroll direction for wide images, see Template:Wide image.


 * alttext, alttext1 and alttext2 for dual mode (aliases texttitle, texttitle1, and texttitle2))
 * Alt text for the image


 * imagelink (imagelink1 and imagelink2 for dual mode)
 * Overrides linking to file pages.


 * thumbtime (thumbtime1 and thumbtime2 for dual mode)
 * See


 * date
 * Override default POTD date detection, which uses page name.