Template:Location Description

From Masq

Usage

{{Location Description
|page=Name of Location's Page
|name=Complete Room Name On Grid
|-----
|paragraph1=The first paragraph of the description.
|paragraph2=The second paragraph of the description.
|paragraphN=The Nth paragraph of the description.
|-----
|exit_name1=The name of the first exit.
|exit_link1=The name of the wiki grid page for the room the first exit links to, or 'none' if appropriate.
|exit_alias1=The short alias for the first exit.
|exit_name2=The name of the second exit.
|exit_link2=The name of the wiki grid page for the room the second exit links to, or 'none' if appropriate.
|exit_alias2=The short alias for the second exit.
|exit_nameN=The name of the Nth exit.
|exit_linkN=The name of the wiki grid page for the room the Nth exit links to, or 'none' if appropriate.
|exit_aliasN=The short alias for the Nth exit.
}}

This template creates a description page for a location on the grid; the location's page itself is created with Template:Location. Exit links are of the form "Q1_--_Central_Avenue:_300_East" or "W1_--_Central_Avenue:_900_East"; the easiest way to figure out the right link is to do a search on either the business name or the block you know the business is on. The grid page should link to your new business page, and this page should be linking back to the grid page.


Example

{{Location Description
|page=Pizza Palace
|name=Pizza Palace -- Albuquerque
|-----
|paragraph1=Pizza Palace is a bustling restaurant filled with all types of people -- an interesting and thorough cross-section of humanity. The low prices and frequent specials attract everyone from hungry college kids to curmudgeonly old people; from pasty late-night nerds taking a break from MMOs to families with screaming, marinara-smeared toddlers. Pizza Palace is open 24/7 except for holidays, with a happy hour from four to seven, and offers just about every topping commonly or uncommonly found upon pizzas. The menu also includes a variety of non-pizza food options such as pasta, sandwiches, and salads, for freakish pizza-haters dragged here by their friends. Eat in, get it to go, or call from home for delivery!
|paragraph2=The restaurant has a reputation for hiring stoners and slackers, but it's a mostly clean place with booths and tables on the inside, plus an outdoor patio area for smokers and people with dogs. The floor is a checkerboard pattern of black and white linoleum squares, and all the chairs and booths are red. Each table is covered with a fresh sheet of butcher paper and is equipped with a little cup of crayons along with the napkins, parmesan, and red pepper flakes. Neon signs in the restaurant windows announce PIZZA! and BUDWEISER!, and CORONA!, along with the always-lit OPEN! sign. Video games both archaic and current tempt children to scream at their parents for quarters, and a karaoke area reminds tipsy customers that beer makes you an excellent singer.
|paragraph3=<center>~*~[[Pizza Palace|places]] are available here~*~</center>
|-----
|exit_name1=Out
|exit_link1=Q1_--_Central_Avenue:_300_East
|exit_alias1=O
|exit_name2=Employee Exit
|exit_link2=none
|exit_alias2=EE
}}

The above would create a description page for Pizza Palace -- with an additional exit (just to show how it works) that doesn't link anywhere in the wiki.