Template:PatchNav

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Previous
{{#if:|[[Update:|]]
{{#if:{{#show:Update:|?Publish date}}|{{#show:Update:|?Publish date}}|Release date: Unknown}}|No Previous Updates}}

PatchNav
{{#if:|{{#set: Publish date={{#time:Y-m-d|}} }}{{#if:|{{#set: Patch blurb= }}|}}|Release date: Unknown}}

Next
{{#if:|[[Update:|]]
{{#if:{{#show:Update:|?Publish date}}|{{#show:Update:|?Publish date}}|Release date: Unknown}}|No Further Updates}}

This template renders a simple Previous / Current / Next navigator for patch notes and stores Semantic MediaWiki properties on the current page.

Usage

{{PatchNav|Prev=SpiritVale Playtest 0.3.4|publishdate=2026-02-24|blurb=Short summary of the patch|Next=SpiritVale Playtest 0.4.0}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Prev	Previous patch title (page title without namespace). Alias: PrevTitle.
publishdate	Date string displayed in the center; also stored as Semantic property Publish date as Y-m-d.
blurb	Optional short summary; stored as Semantic property Patch blurb (not displayed yet).
Next	Next patch title (page title without namespace). Alias: NextTitle.

Semantic MediaWiki behavior

• The center column (Template:PatchNav/Current) stores:
  • Publish date (normalized to Y-m-d via #time)
  • Patch blurb (if provided)
• The left/right columns (Template:PatchNav/Prev / Template:PatchNav/Next) read the target page’s Publish date using #show.
• Prev/Next links assume the target pages live in the Update: namespace (for example Update:SpiritVale Playtest 0.3.4).

Styling

PatchNav uses the sitewide SV primitives from Common.css:

• sv-card for the container

A helper class (sv-pnav__grid) is included so Mobile.css can later stack the three columns if desired.

TemplateData

<templatedata> {

 "description": "Simple prev/current/next navigator. Accepts publishdate/blurb; publishdate is displayed and stored as SMW Publish date; blurb is stored for later use.",
 "params": {
   "Prev": { "type": "string", "aliases": ["PrevTitle"] },
   "publishdate": { "type": "string" },
   "blurb": { "type": "string" },
   "Next": { "type": "string", "aliases": ["NextTitle"] }
 },
 "paramOrder": ["Prev", "publishdate", "blurb", "Next"]

} </templatedata>

Internal templates (reference only)

These subtemplates are used internally by PatchNav; their TemplateData was moved here for reference.

{"PatchNav/Current":{"description":"Center column: stores Publish date (Y-m-d) and Patch blurb on the current page; displays the provided date string.","params":{"publishdate":{"type":"string"},"blurb":{"type":"string"}}}}

{"PatchNav/Next":{"description":"Next column. Assumes target is in the Update: namespace.","params":{"page":{"type":"string","description":"Page title without namespace (e.g., SpiritVale Playtest 0.4.0)"}}}}

{"PatchNav/Prev":{"description":"Prev column. Assumes target is in the Update: namespace.","params":{"page":{"type":"string","description":"Page title without namespace (e.g., SpiritVale Playtest 0.3.4)"}}}}