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Module:Random slideshow (sandbox)

This template transcludes images from specified pages, and creates a slideshow gallery with a randomised order – i.e. it changes when the page is purged. It is intended for use in portals and does not show anything in article space.

Usage

Note: Though there is no fixed limit to the number of pages that can be specified, or images per page, be aware that technical limitations may be encountered for very large numbers of pages or images.

Specify pages displaying images:

((Transclude files as random slideshow
| First page
| second page
| third page
))

If images should only be retrieved from a certain section of each page:

((Transclude files as random slideshow
| First page  | section1= section name
| second page | section2= section name
| third page  | section3= section name
))

To also include some specific files:

((Transclude files as random slideshow
| File:SpecificFileOne.jpg | caption1= Caption for first file
| File:SpecificFileTwo.png | caption2= Caption for second file | credit2= Credits for second file (optional)
| First page
| Second page
| Third page
))

Alternate syntax for specific files' captions and credits:

((Transclude files as random slideshow
| File:SpecificFileOne.jpg ## Caption for first file
| File:SpecificFileTwo.png ## Caption for second file ## Credits for second file (optional)
| First page
| Second page
| Third page
))

Parameters

|1=, |2=, |3=, ... (or equivalent positional parameters): Full page name – including namespace – of the page containing images, or of a specific image.
|section1=, |section2=, |section3=, ...: Limit to files in these section of the corresponding page. Optional.
|caption1=, |caption2=, |caption3=, ...: Caption for the corresponding file (or omit these parameters and use the alternate syntax shown above)
|credit1=, |credit2=, |credit3=, ...: Optional: Credits for the file (or omit these parameters and use the alternate syntax shown above)
|width=: Maximum width for all images; default is 100% (intended for use inside portal components); Can be specified as a % (e.g. 75%), or in ems (e.g. 30em), or in px (e.g. 200px); If a unit is not specified, px is assumed (i.e. 350 is equivalent to 350px)

Display in the mobile view

On mobile devices, a standard gallery is displayed instead of the slideshow, and only the first four images (after randomisation) are visible.

Examples

((Box-header|title=Selected pictures))
((Transclude files as random slideshow
| Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/1
| Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2
| Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/3
))
((Box-footer))

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Selected pictures

Image 1 Cats in Mumbai (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 2Example 4 (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/1)
Image 3Example 3 (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/1)
Image 4 Tired cat (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 5 Cat on snow (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 6 Cat playing with a lizard (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 7 Cat lying on rice straw (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)

((Box-header|title=Selected pictures))
((Transclude files as random slideshow
| Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2 |section1=Mice
))
((Box-footer))

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Selected pictures

Image 1 Two mice (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 2 Brown mouse (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 3 Mice with food (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 4 A mouse in the hand is worth two in the bush (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 5 Mouse on a wheel (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)

((Box-header|title=Selected pictures))
((Transclude files as random slideshow
| Australia
))
((Box-footer))

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Selected pictures

Image 1Landing of James Cook at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770 to claim Australia's east coast for Great Britain (from Australia)
Image 2Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with American President Joe Biden in Kantei, Tokyo, 2022 (from Australia)
Image 3The Big Picture, a painting by Tom Roberts, depicts the opening of the first Australian Parliament in 1901. (from Australia)
Image 4Australia hosts a diversity of religions. St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, Australia's largest religious denomination. (from Australia)
Image 5Fitzroy Island, one of the 600 islands within the main archipelago of the Great Barrier Reef (from Australia)
Image 6Held at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania, Sidney Nolan's Snake mural (1970) is inspired by the Aboriginal creation myth of the Rainbow Serpent, as well as desert flowers in bloom after a drought. (from Australia)
Image 7Postwar migrants from Europe arriving in Australia in 1954 (from Australia)
Image 8Actor playing the bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly in The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), the world's first feature-length narrative film (from Australia)
Image 9The Sydney Opera House was completed in 1973 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, making it the youngest building to have received the designation. (from Australia)
Image 10Tasmania's Port Arthur penal settlement is one of eleven UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian Convict Sites. (from Australia)
Image 11Uluru in the semi-arid region of Central Australia (from Australia)
Image 12The koala and the eucalyptus form an iconic Australian pair. (from Australia)
Image 13Australian residents by country of birth, 2021 census (from Australia)
Image 14A map of Australia's states and territories (from Australia)
Image 15Basic geological regions of Australia, by age (from Australia)
Image 16Arising from the Australian pub rock scene, AC/DC ranks among the world's best-selling music acts. (from Australia)
Image 17Diplomatic missions of Australia (from Australia)
Image 18HMAS Canberra, a Canberra class landing helicopter dock, and HMAS Arunta, an Anzac-class frigate, sailing in formation (from Australia)
Image 19The Melbourne Cricket Ground is strongly associated with the history and development of cricket and Australian rules football, Australia's two most popular spectator sports. (from Australia)
Image 20Topographic map of Australia. Dark green represents the lowest elevation and dark brown the highest. (from Australia)
Image 21South Australian wines (from Australia)
Image 22The central business district of Sydney is the financial centre of Australia. (from Australia)
Image 23Köppen climate types of Australia (from Australia)
Image 24Parliament House, Canberra (from Australia)
Image 25The 1942 Bombing of Darwin, the first of over 100 Japanese air raids on Australia during World War II (from Australia)
Image 26Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (from Australia)
Image 27Australia has the highest ratio of international students per capita in the world, with Melbourne ranking fifth among the 2023 QS Best Student Cities (University of Melbourne pictured). (from Australia)

Image 1 Brown mouse (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 2 Two mice (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 3 Mouse on a wheel (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 4 Mice with food (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)
Image 5 A mouse in the hand is worth two in the bush (from Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2)

((Sidebar
| pretitle = Embedded in sidebar, scaled to 1.35 upright
| pretitlestyle = font-weight:bold;
| width =
| style = border:1px solid #c8ccd1;
| content1style = margin:-5px -5px -2.2em -5px; display: inline-block;
| content1 = ((Transclude files as random slideshow
| Template:Transclude files as random slideshow/testcases/2 |section1=Mice
))
| content2style = height:0px; margin:0 -0.4em; padding:0; display:inline-block; visibility:hidden; 
| content2 = [[File:Cat playing with a lizard.jpg|frameless|border|upright=1.35]]
))

v t e Portal templates
Visual overview of template usage
Layout and formatting	((Box portal skeleton)) ((Box-header)) color palettes plain round square watch ((Box-header colour))¹ ((Box-footer)) ((Flex columns)) ((Plain navboxes))
Content transclusion	((Transclude lead excerpt))² ((Transclude linked excerpt))² ((Transclude list item excerpt))² ((Transclude random excerpt))² ((Transclude selected excerpt))² ((Excerpt)) ((Transclude DYK))⁹ ((Transclude selected current events))³ ((Transclude selected recent additions))⁴
Content slideshows	((Random slideshow))⁵ ((Transclude files as random slideshow))⁵ ((Transclude excerpts as random slideshow))⁶ ((Transclude linked excerpts as random slideshow))⁶ ((Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow))⁶
Content randomisation	((Random portal component))⁷ ((Random quotation)) ((Random subpage))
General	((Portals)) ((Portals browsebar)) ((Portal description)) ((Portal information sidebar)) ((Portal navbar no header2)) ((Purge link portals)) ((Wikimedia for portals))
Linking templates	((Portal))¹¹ ((Portal bar))¹² ((Portal-inline))¹³ ((Pbox)) ((Related portals2))
Talk pages / Maintenance	((Portal talk)) ((Portal maintenance status))⁸ ((Portal suggestions)) ((Portal toolbox)) ((WikiProject Portals))⁸
Images	((Portal dynamic image)) ((Portal image banner))¹⁰ ((Portal pictures))¹⁴ ((Portal POTD))
Modules	¹ Module:Box-header ² Module:Excerpt/portals ³ Module:Selected current events ⁴ Module:Selected recent additions ⁵ Module:Random slideshow ⁶ Module:Excerpt slideshow ⁷ Module:Random portal component ⁸ Module:Portal maintenance status ⁹ Module:Transclude DYK ¹⁰ Module:Portal image banner ¹¹ Module:Portal ¹² Module:Portal bar ¹³ Module:Portal-inline ¹⁴ Module:Portal pictures
Usage	Wikipedia:Portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals
For more information, see: Category:Template-Class Portal pages and Category:Wikipedia Portal templates

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Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page 1	`1`	First page to use as a source of files/images	Page name	required
Page 2	`2`	Second page to use a source of files/images. (Add more pages using parameters "3", "4", "5", etc)	Page name	optional
Section of page 1	`section1`	Limit files to this section of page 1	String	optional
Section of page 2	`section2`	Limit files to this section of page 2	String	optional
Width	`width`	Maximum width for all images. Specify as a %, or in em, or in px Default 100%	String	optional

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Usage

Parameters

Display in the mobile view

Examples

Selected pictures

Selected pictures

Selected pictures

See also