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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Shared templates and Lua modules can affect many articles. TemplateSandbox lets you preview a real article with proposed code before changing the live shared component. Existing edit and page-creation permissions still apply; a preview does not publish or grant approval.<br />
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== Preview an unsaved template edit ==<br />
# Open the shared template in the source editor and change its code.<br />
# Find “Preview page with this template” below the editor and enter an article that uses it.<br />
# Use that preview button and check the article’s output, including default/missing parameters, categories and mobile layout.<br />
# Save the shared template only when the preview is satisfactory.<br />
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The preview field is enabled on Template and Module pages. For Lua, test through a page that invokes the module. [[Special:WhatLinksHere|Check existing usage]] before changing a shared component. Individual and cascading page protection still apply.<br />
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== Preview sandbox copies together ==<br />
Use [[Special:TemplateSandbox]] when testing several templates or modules together. For a prefix <code>User:Example/sandbox</code>, copies retain their original namespace inside the prefix:<br />
* <code>Template:Character Panel</code> → <code>User:Example/sandbox/Template:Character Panel</code><br />
* <code>Module:Document status</code> → <code>User:Example/sandbox/Module:Document status</code><br />
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Enter the article to preview and that prefix on the special page. Only copies actually present under the prefix override live components. Ordinary <code>Template:Name/sandbox</code> pages can also be used through prefix-page redirects as described in the upstream documentation. Creating or saving a sandbox copy is a normal edit and requires the appropriate permissions; the special-page preview does not save the target article.<br />
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TemplateStyles code is separate from template/Lua previewing. Preview changed styles and verify them on desktop/mobile before publishing; do not assume a template preview replaces that check.<br />
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See [[Echoes of the Flesh:Templates]], [[Echoes of the Flesh:Access levels]] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:TemplateSandbox MediaWiki’s TemplateSandbox guide].<br />
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