User:Gnu32/Templates

''Templates in this page are substituted for performance. For the raw unsubsituted draft of this page, see http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=uj5tFxDr''

Structure

 *   - Skeleton HTML for message boxes
 *   - CSS styles for message boxes

Formatting
ok, so dbiebe may have just sold me on buying a print how much does getting it shipped cost? and then the framing?

Tables & Structure
{{User:Gnu32/t/ttable| {{User:Gnu32/t/trow| {{-|left OR right}} |CSS "clear"'s on both sides of the page. Useful on pages which have so many images on the side and text flowing around them. Use this to interrupt the text until there are no more "floating" boxes like images. "left" or "right" is an optional parameter to just clear the left or right, respectively.}} {{User:Gnu32/t/trow| {{{Table Choice|KEYWORD|label}} OR {{tc|KEYWORD|label}} |Insert this into a table cell to make it a KEYWORD cell for comparison/feature grids. See the {{tl|Table Choice}} template for keyword choices and colors. Use "label" parameter for custom label.| {{tc|Yes}} }} {{User:Gnu32/t/trow| {{outdent}} |Very useful in talk pages where a conversation thread has grown to the extent it's so far indented. This graphically guides the reader's flow back to the left to restart indentation.|{{outdent}} }} {{User:Gnu32/t/trow| {{v|VERSION}} |Insert this into a table cell, automatically coloring it green or red if the specified VERSION is latest or outdated, respectively.|{{v|1.2_01}} }} {{User:Gnu32/t/trow| {{infobox common|rows = ROWS|imagearea = |title =}} {{infobox row|label = LABEL|field = FIELD}} |These skeleton templates are used for creating infoboxes. They can either be used on an article or in an infobox template so that the whole wiki can maintain a consistent infobox style. are used to make rows that go in the ROWS parameter of  whilst images and other pre-data elements go in the "imagearea" parameter. A custom title can be used instead of the page title using the "title" attribute.}} {{User:Gnu32/t/trow| {{msgbox|type = normal OR mini|title = |text = |discuss = |width = |bgcol = |linecol = |customcss = }} |Skeleton template for creating message boxes. They can either be used on an article or in a message box template so that the whole wiki can maintain a consistent box style. See  for parameter information |  {{#if: This is a normal message box | This is a normal message box }}{{#if: | {{sup|Discuss}} }} {{#if: | {{CommentSprite| {{{icon}}} }}  }}{{#if: With helpful and descriptive subtext | {{#if: This is a normal message box | }} With helpful and descriptive subtext }} }} {{User:Gnu32/t/trow| {{hardware entry}} AND {{hardware header}} |These table templates are specific to Hardware performance. See page for example and usage.}} }}

Infoboxes
These are the boxes that usually go on the right of articles for specific items like an actual item or a type of block. These boxes make it easier to add quick metadata to those articles so data can be found on them without having to scour the article.

Structure

 *   - Skeleton HTML for infoboxes.
 *   - Skeleton HTML for infobox rows.

Types

 *   - Infobox for block pages.
 *   - Infobox for item pages.
 *   - Infobox for mob pages.
 *   - Infobox for food pages.
 *   - Infobox for real-life people articles.
 *   - Infobox for third party tool pages.
 *   - Infobox for game mode pages.

MediaWiki
MediaWiki comes with a lot of "magic words" that provide variables like  to print out the site's name. To see what's available, go here.

Useless
These are templates that exist but serve no useful purpose, listed here if anyone can figure them out. Unused templates may be put here as well.
 * None to list