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[edit] Portal Link

Template:Cheshire is based on this template.

There is also a Cheshire portal that is being started and we would like to add a link to the portal to the Cheshire template. This has been done (see Template:Cheshire), but I do not think it looks great, and looks worse on actual pages (e.g. Northwich). A better way to do it would be to change this template to allow a new 'field' of Portal. I would suggest it has a value of the associated portal's name. This would then generate a link to the portal within the template, perhaps within the 'header', using portal.svg ()?

Template:Cornwall, not based on this template, have done something similar and this kind of look is what I would like to achieve within this template.

I would have a crack at it myself, but as it affects a much wider audience outside Cheshire, I feel it needs to be discussed first.

Opinions anyone?  Pixie2000 (talk) 13:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I think this is a good suggestion, well worthy of discussion. I would support the addition of such a field.  DDStretch  (talk) 14:22, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't see why the county template cannot be redesigned to look like the Cornwall one. The addition of a "Topics" list seems like a good idea. -- Phildav76 11:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I have updated this by adding a portal variable, pt. It is now used in Template:Cheshire. If anyone wants to improve the look, then please do have a crack!!  Pixie2000 (talk) 21:55, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I've tried to re-position it, or put it at the end, and so on, but got mixed up, and so put it back roughly where it was before I tried to edit it.  DDStretch  (talk) 22:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flags

Several counties have their own flags and the option to include them on the template would be useful. Is it possible to add a field that will display the flag in a similar way to Template:Cornwall? Timrollpickering 16:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Settlements

Any objection to me changing "Cities and towns" to "Major settlements"? --Jza84 |  Talk  02:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I suggest this template list cities & towns separately instead of mixed in a single section. Why? Because of the way bold is used to highlight cities. First: this usage isn't explained. Second: it interferes with the way that the article name is automatically emboldened when the template is included in an article. (However a change like this will cause backward compatibility issues with all existing uses of this template.) For the same reason I'd like "List of civil parishes in {{{countyname}}}" not to be bold either. I'd also be happy to go along with Jza84's suggestion provided all cities are de-emphasised. --Dr Greg (talk) 17:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)