A macro inserts dynamic HTML data in any context supporting [Help:WikiFormatting Wiki Formatting].

== Using Macros ==

Macro calls are enclosed in two ''square brackets''.

=== Examples ===

{{{
[[Timestamp]]
}}}

Display:
[[Timestamp]]

{{{
[[Resource(100)]]
}}}

Display:
[[Resource(100)]]

{{{
[[Tag(heattransfer)]]
}}}

Display:
[[Tag(heattransfer)]]

{{{
To add a footnote to text you use the footnote macro. [[FootNote(Footnotes are automatically linked)]] You use the same macro but with no text to display the accumulated list of footnotes. For example:

[[FootNote]]
}}}

Display:
To add a footnote to text you use the footnote macro. [[FootNote(Footnotes are automatically linked)]] You use the same macro but with no text to display the accumulated list of footnotes. For example:

[[FootNote]]

== Available Macros ==

 `[[BR]]`::
   Insert a line break.
 `[[Span(content, attributes)]]`::
   Wraps text or other elements inside a `<span>` tag.
 `[[Image(filename)]]`::
   Embed an image in wiki-formatted text. The first argument is the filename of the image. The remaining arguments are optional and allow configuring the attributes and style of the rendered `<img>` element:{{{#!html<ul>
<li>digits and unit are interpreted as the size (ex. 120, 25%) for the image</li>
<li>right, left, top or bottom are interpreted as the alignment for the image</li>
<li>nolink means without link to image source</li>
<li>key=value style are interpreted as HTML attributes or CSS style indications for the image.<br />Valid keys are: align, border, width, height, alt, title, longdesc, class, id and usemap</li>
</ul>}}}
 `[[Resource(id or alias)]]`::
   This macro will insert a linked title to a resource. It can be passed wither an ID or alias. The remaining arguments are optional and allow for displaying various aspects of a resource: {{{#!html<ul>
<li>[[Resource(101)]] generates a linked title to resource #101</li>
<li>[[Resource(101, nolink)]] generates the title for resource #101</li>
</ul>}}}
 `[[Contributor(id,username,name)]`::
   This macro will generate a link to a contributor's page with the contributor's name as the link text. It accepts either the contributor's ID, username, or name. NOTE: to use a name, it must be identical to their contributor page.
 `[[Tag(tag)]]`::
   This macro will generate a link to a Tag.
 `[[TitleIndex(prefix)]]`::
   Inserts an alphabetic list of all wiki pages into the output. Accepts a prefix string as parameter: if provided, only pages with names that start with the prefix are included in the resulting list. If this parameter is omitted, all pages are listed.
 `[[FootNote(footnote text)]]`::
   Add a footnote, or explicitly display collected footnotes when no args (footnote text) are given.
 `[[RandomPage]]`::
   Generates a link to a random page.
 `[[Anchor(anchorname)]]`::
   Inserts an anchor into a page.