Template:TA

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The action of the TA template with no pass parameter is shown above. It forms a link to the AM&C TOC page.

usage

This template forms an internal link to the Trainz wikibook with placeholder parameter {{{1}}}, and incorporates an option to access a sub-sub-page given the optional 3rd default parameter: {{{3}}} as well allowing for as an optional pretty-link re-title parameter '2' allowing {{{2}}} and/or '|3=sub-page/' formatted link calls ... all forming the link and all links in the wikimarkup as:

[[Trainz/AM&C/{{{3|}}}{{{1}}}|{{{p|{{{2|{{{1}}}}}}}}}]]
Users unfamiliar with wiki-markup parameter parsing, just focus on {{{2}}} or '|2=text' overriding the presented text of the link,
and {{{3}}}/ or '|3=sub-sub-linktext/' giving a prefix to a sub-sub-page, so the subject page is:

[[Trainz/AM&C/{{{3}}}/{{{1}}} | {{{2}}}]], pipe-linked as {{{2}}}

if and when given, {{{3}}}/ MUST HAVE a trailing '/' to form a proper link.

The observant and discerning reader will have noted the '| p=' for 'pretty parameter' overrides '2', as it does for most all Trainz link templates. Example-1, expanded paste down:

This is because all template default parameters, formally 'numbered parameters' can also be specified like this:

{{TA
 |1=Tips And Tricks
 |2=Tips
 }}
which in wiki-markup language is processed exactly
the same as {{TA |Tips And Tricks |Tips }}.

caution When using a template such as this which forms a link, it is best to NOT use spaces between the pipe characters "|" as done for clarity above.

However... Spaces in the 'pretty-text' part are fine and dandy! Indulge yourself in clarity!

In-line Examples:

{{TA|Tips And Tricks}} links as:

[[Trainz/AM&C/Tips And Tricks|Tips And Tricks]] and the other formulation:

[[/AM&C/Tips And Tricks|Tips And Tricks]] both would.

But... is much easier to edit around on a page when trying to get the best prose presentation.

Similarly:

{{TA|Tips And Tricks|Tricks}} links as if the constructs:

[[Trainz/AM&C/Tips And Tricks|Tricks]] and

[[/AM&C/Tips And Tricks|Tricks]] which is perhaps part of the phrase you want.

Which do you think is easiest to look past in a paragraph filled with prose and multiple links?

Sub-subpage links will mainly be needed in the forthcoming Errorfixing series of tutorials and the Programmed Instruction (Trainz A-Z) linked progressive tutorials off their own sub-TOC base page.

Planned use of Sub-sub-pages... Better than splitting the book down the multiple tracks... we're going to make a lot of new pages in the PI tutorials! Whether for beginners or intermediate Trainzers, they'll all end in content creation and other advanced topics like TransDEM map generation anyway.