POTD custom

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This is a customised Picture of the day template, the year may be specified.

  • It displays the POTD, with caption, automatically, in a box with a border.
  • The picture is the POTD for today's date, the year selected between 2008 and the current year (2024) (or at random).
  • The image height is limited by a calculation based on width, to prevent excess depth in some portrait images.

Usage

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Parameter Description Default (parameter not supplied) Format Example/notes
whichYear Specifies which year's POTD to use Pseudorandom from 2008 to current year (2024) incl. 4 digit year 2014
sTwidth Image width (pixels) 500 Integer 350
caption Caption for picture Caption supplied from POTD Wikitext May include wikilinks
textOpacity Text opacity (CSS) (0.0 - 1.0) 1.0 Decimal 0.75
textColour Text colour (CSS) darkSlateBlue CSS colour descriptor #FF0000
borderColour Border colour (CSS) silver CSS colour descriptor #FF0000
borderWidth Border width (pixels) 1 Integer 2

Syntax

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{{User:Begoon/POTD custom|whichYear=2009|sTwidth=550|caption=foobar|textOpacity=0.55|textColour=grey|borderColour=#fe3|borderWidth=2}}

Notes

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  • The textOpacity, textColour, borderColour and borderWidth parameters supply CSS parameters
  • The sTwidth parameter takes an integer value, corresponding to width in pixels. The default is 500.
    Depth and maximum-depth are calculated automatically. Not tested in extremely small/large scenarios - use sensible values.
  • The whichYear parameter specifies which year's picture to display. It may be given as a 4 digit number between 2008 and the current year (2024) incl., for example:
{{User:Begoon/POTD custom|whichYear=2010}}
  • If not provided, whichYear defaults to a pseudorandom year between 2008 and the current year (2024) incl.