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[chrisco97]

Can someone please explain to me infoboxes? I have spent forever trying to figure out how to use them. I read about Wikipedia's script, however I do not understand how to make one suitable for my wiki. Any help is appreciated on this subject!

[samuelmichaels]

Can someone please explain to me infoboxes? I have spent forever trying to figure out how to use them. I read about Wikipedia's script, however I do not understand how to make one suitable for my wiki. Any help is appreciated on this subject!

Basically an infobox is a template that draws a table, usually on the right side of the page.  If you have a large number of similar pages (ships, characters, cities, racing cars) you use a template to give uniformity to your pages.

Wikipedia often uses quite complex infobox templates, because they keep them very generic.  You can certainly start with a much simpler one.

[chrisco97]

I know what they do, I am just unsure on how to make one. I am lost on the whole subject.

[samuelmichaels]

I know what they do, I am just unsure on how to make one. I am lost on the whole subject.

Have you written a template?  If not, you may want to review http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates.

If you have some idea, but would like a sample simpler than most in wikipedia, you can look at one I made here: http://aspartanswar.wikinet.org/wiki/Template:Characters

[Sasha Ehrenstein]

I have an infobox here that I'm working on.

http://en.sturmkrieg.com/Sandbox
http://en.sturmkrieg.com/Template:Characterinfo

If you could join and help out, that would be great.

It seems that {{!}} is just a pipe character.  Do I need to use it instead of |?  For some reason, the infobox isn't working.

[chrisco97]

Thanks for the responses! I am sure this will help me in the process of getting infoboxes up and running. I will let you know how it goes.

[Sasha Ehrenstein]

Alright, thanks for linking your infobox.  I'm currently working on the one that I linked above; you can see a preview of it in the sandbox, which I have also linked.

Is there a way that I can put the general statistic in a column on one side, and the user input characteristic on the other?

[samuelmichaels]

Alright, thanks for linking your infobox.  I'm currently working on the one that I linked above; you can see a preview of it in the sandbox, which I have also linked.

Is there a way that I can put the general statistic in a column on one side, and the user input characteristic on the other?

Sure, just use the tables, like I did in my templates.  You can use either the mediawiki table syntax, or HTML-style table syntax.

[Sasha Ehrenstein]

Thanks.

Is there a way that I can center the character name and image within the infobox?

[Sasha Ehrenstein]

I seem to have just got it.

[chrisco97]

I created a page (Template: Character Infobox) and placed this in it:

Code:

| above =
| image =
| born =
| died =
| birthplace =
| role =
| best_known_as =
| occupation =
| gender =

And placed this in my page:

Code:

{{Character Infobox
 | above = Sherlock Holmes
 | image = Sherlock Holmes.jpeg
 | born = January 6th, 1854
 | died = Unknown
 | birthplace = Unknown
 | role = Main Character
 | best_known_as = The greatest detective of all time
 | occupation = Consulting Detective
 | gender = Male
}}

And I get this on my page:

| above = | image = | born = | died = | birthplace = | role = | best_known_as = | occupation = | gender =

[samuelmichaels]

I created a page (Template: Character Infobox) and placed this in it:

Code:

| above =
| image =
| born =
| died =
| birthplace =
| role =
| best_known_as =
| occupation =
| gender =

And placed this in my page:

Code:

{{Character Infobox
 | above = Sherlock Holmes
 | image = Sherlock Holmes.jpeg
 | born = January 6th, 1854
 | died = Unknown
 | birthplace = Unknown
 | role = Main Character
 | best_known_as = The greatest detective of all time
 | occupation = Consulting Detective
 | gender = Male
}}

But nothing happened. :|

You need to add the actual table-drawing code in your Template page.

Something like

Code:

{| class="infobox"
 |-
 ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
 |-
etc. etc.
 |}

[chrisco97]

How would I add this to my template? Sorry if I seem stupid, I have little to no experience with MediaWiki.

[samuelmichaels]

How would I add this to my template? Sorry if I seem stupid, I have little to no experience with MediaWiki.

Have you looked at the code for http://aspartanswar.wikinet.org/wiki/Template:Characters?

[chrisco97]

Yeah, but I do not see the table-drawing code...

[samuelmichaels]

Yeah, but I do not see the table-drawing code...

The snippet I posted comes from there.  It starts with "{| class=..."

[samuelmichaels]

The snippet I posted comes from there.  It starts with "{| class=..."

You did look at "View Source" or "Edit", right?

[chrisco97]

I see it now...how would I add this to my infobox?

[samuelmichaels]

I see it now...how would I add this to my infobox?

Um, edit, and start typing?

[chrisco97]

Yeah, I know...but I do not how to properly add this so it supports my template.