Viewer Help Templates

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General notes

Special CSS style: We now have a special style to use when you want to see something in the wiki, but not in help content. Use

<div class="help-hidden">.... <div/>

Thanks, Kazu!

Transclusion issue:

If you change a template, but don't change a page that uses (transcludes) the template, the help app will not recognize that the page content has changed and so will not pick up the change. For now, you MUST edit the page to make it update.

See http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/EXT-4054

Work in progress templates

  • Template:red - Somewhat overlaps with "tbd" but is a lot more time-sensitive, Torley uses it to SCREAM AT HIM for followup research notes, Issue Tracker bug-reporting, and soforth. Some of these may stabilize to tbd; else, they should be cleared ASAP.
    • Template:redbug - Specifically used for issues you want to report on the Issue Tracker. Once reported, change the template instance to link to the specific bug so we can keep track.

Obsolete articles

Use this one for articles that were moved/renamed, and are being kept around temporarily "just in case" they are needed for some reason:

Categorization / Workflow templates

When you add the following templates to an article, the article is placed into the "corresponding category".

Template Description Corresponding Category
Template:Help Placeholder Temporary placeholder until "real" content is added. Category:Missing Help Articles
Template:Help WIP Article is a work in progress. Writing and editing is ongoing.

Also use this during review process to "send an article back" to the author.

Category:Help Articles in Progress
Template:Help Article Ready for Review Article is ready for content review / tech edit. Category:Help Articles Ready for Review
Template:Help Article Ready for Copy Edit Article is ready for copy edit Category:Help Articles Ready for Copy Edit
Template:Help Article Ready for Translation Use to handoff article for localization.
Template:FROZEN Help Article - In Translation Indicates the article is being translated and should not be modified. Category:FROZEN Help Articles
Template:Translated Help Article English articles: indicates article has been returned from localization; Translated articles adds "lang" variable used by other templates and categorizes by language. * For English articles (with no parameter), adds article to Category:Translated Help Articles
Template:Modified Translated Help Article Indicates an article that has been edited since it was returned from translation. When handed off to localization again, move to FROZEN state. Category:Modified Translated Help Articles

Linking, layout, and formatting templates

  • Template:UIref - Used for UI reference articles. No internationalization required.
  • Template:Xref - Link to Glossary term. Internationalized.
  • Template:Vh - Link to another help article, without capitalization (e.g. for task articles, contents, etc.) Internationalized.
  • Template:Win - Display name of Viewer window (CAPITALIZES). Not internationalized.
  • Template:Winlink - Link to an help UI ref article on a Viewer window (CAPITALIZES). Internationalized.
  • Template:Report Bug - Displays link to report bug Viewer help article. To be internationalized.
  • Template:SLlink - Link to a page on secondlife.com (or other LL-owned site) that has localized versions. Internationalized.

Localization of templates

For the above templates to work with localized articles, we must include the following template at the TOP of each translated article. For example:

{{Translated Help Article|de|<date of import>}}

Indicates that the article is a German translation and defines a variable that is used to localize other templates. Also puts the article into a category called "De/<date>" for example, Category:De/17 Feb 2010 Import.

See Template:Translated Help Article.

Icon templates

See also Category:Viewerhelp Icons

General UI Icons

Checkmark Checkmark Template:Icon_Activate_Checkmark
Add Add Template:Icon_Add_Item
Audio Audio Template:Icon_Audio
Close Close Template:Icon_Close
Dock Dock Template:Icon_Dock
Forward Arrow Forward Arrow Template:Icon_ForwardArrow
Group Group Template:Icon_Generic_Group
Gear Gear Template:Icon_Gear
Help Help Template:Icon_Help
Info Info Template:Icon_Info
Lock Lock Template:Icon_Lock
Person Person Template:Icon_Generic_Person
Search Search Template:Icon_Search
Close Notification Close Notification Template:Icon Toast CloseBtn
Trash Trash Template:Icon_TrashItem
Undock Undock Template:Icon_Undock

Bottom bar icons

Conversations Conversations Template:Icon_Instant_Messages
Notifications Notifications Template:Icon_Notifications
Snapshot Snapshot Template:Icon_Snapshot
Voice Off Voice Off Template:Icon_Voice_Off
Voice On Voice On Template:Icon_Voice_On

Camera & Movement Icons

See as avatar See as avatar Template:Icon_Cam_Avatar
View object View object Template:Icon_Cam_Free
Orbit camera Orbit camera Template:Icon_Cam_Orbit
Pan camera Pan camera Template:Icon_Cam_Pan
Flying mode Flying mode Template:Icon_Move_Fly
Running mode Running mode Template:Icon_Move_Run
Walking mode Walking mode Template:Icon_Move_Walk
Rear View Rear View Template:Icon_Cam_Back
Front View Front View Template:Icon_Cam_Front
Group View Group View Template:Icon_Cam_Group
Mouselook View Mouselook View Template:Icon_Cam_Mouselook

Sidebar Icons

Home Home Template:TabIcon_Home
Open Open Template:TabIcon_Open
Close Close Template:TabIcon_Close
People People Template:TabIcon_People
Places Places Template:TabIcon_Places
My Profile My Profile Template:TabIcon_Profile
My Appearance My Appearance Template:TabIcon_Appearance
My Inventory My Inventory Template:TabIcon_Inventory

Media Icons

Back Back Template:WebIcon_Back
Forward Forward Template:WebIcon_Forward
External Browser External Browser Template:WebIcon_External_Browser
Home Home Template:WebIcon_Home
Refresh Refresh Template:WebIcon_Refresh
Stop Stop Template:WebIcon_Stop
Zoom Out Zoom Out Template:WebIcon_Zoom_Out
Zoom In Zoom In Template:WebIcon_Zoom_In
Damage Damage Template:WebIcon_Damage
Health Health Template:WebIcon_Health
Flag Flag Template:WebIcon_Flag
Lock Lock Template:WebIcon_Lock


Pause Pause Template:WebIcon_Pause
Play Play Template:WebIcon_Play
Skip Backward Skip Backward Template:WebIcon_Skip_Back
Skip Forward Skip Forward Template:WebIcon_Skip_Forward
Stop Stop Template:WebIcon_Stop_Playback


Power Off Power Off Template:Icon_Power_Off
Power On Power On Template:Icon_Power_On

Content Permissions Icons

Note: These are very similar to the Inventory icons and names, but the differences were great enough that I decided they needed to be a separate set.

Animations Animations Template:InvIcon_Animations
Body Parts Body Parts Template:InvIcon_Body_Parts
Clothing Clothing Template:InvIcon_Clothing
Gestures Gestures Template:InvIcon_Gestures
Notecards Notecards Template:InvIcon_Notecards
Objects Objects Template:InvIcon_Objects
Scripts Scripts Template:InvIcon_Scripts
Sounds Sounds Template:InvIcon_Sounds
Textures Textures Template:InvIcon_Textures

Inventory Icons

Note: These are very similar to the Content Permissions icons, but there are ultimately more of them, and they are named differently.

Animation Animation Template:InvIcon_Animation
Shape Shape Template:InvIcon_BodyShape
Calling Card Calling Card Template:InvIcon_CallingCard
Collapse Collapse Template:InvIcon DisclosureArrow Closed
Expand Expand Template:InvIcon DisclosureArrow Opened
Clothing Clothing Template:InvIcon_Clothing
Eyes Eyes Template:InvIcon_Eyes
Folder Folder Template:InvIcon_FolderClosed
Gesture Gesture Template:InvIcon_Gesture
Gloves Gloves Template:InvIcon_Gloves
Hair Hair Template:InvIcon_Hair
Jacket Jacket Template:InvIcon_Jacket
Landmark Landmark Template:InvIcon_Landmark
Link Link Template:InvIcon_LinkItem
Broken Link Broken Link Template:InvIcon_LinkItem_Broken
Look Folder Look Folder Template:InvIcon_LookFolderClosed
Notecard Notecard Template:InvIcon_Notecard
Object Object Template:InvIcon_Object
Pants Pants Template:InvIcon_Pants
Script Script Template:InvIcon_Script
Shirt Shirt Template:InvIcon_Shirt
Shoes Shoes Template:InvIcon_Shoe
Skin Skin Template:InvIcon_Skin
Skirt Skirt Template:InvIcon_Skirt
Snapshot Snapshot Template:InvIcon_Snapshot
Socks Socks Template:InvIcon_Socks
Sound Sound Template:InvIcon_Sound
Tattoo Tattoo Template:InvIcon_Tattoo
Texture Texture Template:InvIcon_Texture
Trash Trash Template:InvIcon_Trash
Underpants Underpants Template:InvIcon_Underpants
Undershirt Undershirt Template:InvIcon_Undershirt

Build Tools Icons

Focus Focus Template:ToolIcon_Focus
Move Move Template:ToolIcon_Move
Edit Edit Template:ToolIcon_Edit
Create Create Template:ToolIcon_Create
Land Land Template:ToolIcon_Land


Cube Cube Template:ToolIcon_Cube
Prism Prism Template:ToolIcon_Prism
Pyramid Pyramid Template:ToolIcon_Pyramid
Tetrahedron Tetrahedron Template:ToolIcon_Tetrahedron
Cylinder Cylinder Template:ToolIcon_Cylinder
Hemicylinder Hemicylinder Template:ToolIcon_Hemicylinder
Cone Cone Template:ToolIcon_Cone
Hemicone Hemicone Template:ToolIcon_Hemicone
Sphere Sphere Template:ToolIcon_Sphere
Hemisphere Hemisphere Template:ToolIcon_Hemisphere
Torus Torus Template:ToolIcon_Torus
Tube Tube Template:ToolIcon_Tube
Ring Ring Template:ToolIcon_Ring
Tree Tree Template:ToolIcon_Tree
Grass Grass Template:ToolIcon_Grass

Adult Content

Please talk to Torley if you want to make changes to these. Per CR-8179, they're dependent on Adult Content team's work! Eventually they should be localized like other templates.

Parcel lght G.png General Template:Mrg
Parcel lght M.png Moderate Template:Mrm
Parcel lght A.png Adult Template:Mra

Other