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WikiBoxes Extension
This extension provides easy-to-use tags for creating infoboxes and navboxes.
Infobox
Infoboxes display summary information in a box on the right side of an article.
Basic Usage
<infobox title="Person Name" image="File:Photo.jpg" color="#336699"> |Born = January 1, 1990 |Occupation = Engineer |Nationality = American </infobox>
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| title | Box title (displayed at top) | (required) |
| image | Image file (e.g., File:Example.jpg) | none |
| imagesize | Size of image | 250px |
| caption | Caption below image | none |
| color | Header background color | #b8860b (gold) |
| above | Subtitle below title | none |
| below | Footer text | none |
Section Headers
Use == Header == inside the infobox to create section headers:
<infobox title="Company"> |Founded = 2020 |CEO = John Smith == Financial == |Revenue = $1M |Employees = 50 </infobox>
Navboxes display navigation links at the bottom of articles.
Basic Usage
<navbox title="Related Articles" color="#ccf"> |group1 = People |list1 = [[John Smith]] · [[Jane Doe]] · [[Bob Wilson]] |group2 = Places |list2 = [[New York]] · [[Los Angeles]] · [[Chicago]] </navbox>
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| title | Box title | Navigation |
| color | Header/group background color | #ccf |
| textcolor | Text color for headers | #000 |
| state | "expanded" or "collapsed" | expanded |
| above | Text above the lists | none |
| below | Text below the lists | none |
Tips
- Use
·(middle dot) or•(bullet) to separate links in lists - Number your groups and lists: group1/list1, group2/list2, etc.
- Lists without a matching group will span full width
Examples
Person Infobox
| John Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1985 |
| Birthplace | New York, USA |
| Occupation | Software Engineer |
| Known for | Open source projects |
| Programming Languages | |
|---|---|
| Web | · · |
| Systems | · · |
| Scripting | · · |