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How to make a userbox
edit | This Koala loves the Wiki. :) |
Template:Userbox is the primary source for learning how to make a standard userbox. Generally you pick some colors, like one of the many appearing on the Web colors page. You pick an image, like perhaps a koala and you pick some text, like "This Koala loves the Wiki!" Then you put them together. You want to pick a sort of landscape portrait, wider than it is tall. Then, follow the directions on the Userbox Template page. id is the little box part, info is the rest of the userbox. The above userbox was created with: {{Userbox|border-c=yellow|border-s=2|id=[[Image:Cutest Koala.jpg|x40px]]|info=This Koala loves the Wiki. <big><big><big><big>:)</big></big></big></big>|float=right}} I made the border "yellow", although I could have specified that in hexadecimal or an RGB value or whatever. I made the border 2 pixels wide. I linked the image and said that the image should be shrunk down so that its height was 40 pixels (userboxes should generally be no more than 45 pixels high). I told it what text I wanted to use (and that I wanted the :) at the end to be a few times bigger than the other text). I had the whole box float right. As long as each parameter is named, template parameters can be passed in any order you want, as long as each parameter is named. I repeated myself there because that's important -- each parameter has to be named to send it in any order. You can generally include as much whitespace (blank spaces between words) as you want in a template. Whitespace around a template parameter is saved, but in HTML bunches of whitespace are shrunk down to a single space, so that generally doesn't make a difference. Banaticus (talk) 08:59, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
- You should let me know on my talk page if you want any more help -- it looks like your article is doing fine in the forex article and I haven't seen any more questions about userboxes, so let me know if there's anything else. I'll crosspost this on both of our talk pages. Banaticus (talk) 07:40, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Each Wikipedia page needs to be its own full page, or capable of expanding into its own page. If something is a subsection or subpage, then it would probably be better to include it on the main article page, foreign exchange markets in this case. Everything on Wikipedia generally should be (needs to be) backup up by some reference. I liked how you were listing more refernces, you know, things aren't true because we Wikipedia editors say they are, they're true because some other nonpartial good secondary source out there said that it's true, then we reference where that happened. Just saying (on the chart) "from Bloomberg" is a reference that could possibly use more help. Let me know and I'll take a look at it when you have it back up there -- it might take a few days, but that's ok, it'll get done. ;)
hi buddy.. that is why it is in foreign exchange markets now... i wanted to put the reference of the chart.. from my site thegeekknows and data from bloomberg
however another helper advised against it as he said 1) it will make pple suspicious of my intention of linking to my site, 2) the pic is from wikicommons .. no need to ref...
he said i should ref from the chart page instead.. which i did... your advice buddy? you are my wiki mentor! heehee but i wished you were around often though :P KoalaLovesWiki (talk) 09:13, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
- He's probably right. :) Where's the page now? Banaticus (talk) 23:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
- it is in point 8 of the main forex exchange article... u think its ok? KoalaLovesWiki (talk) 03:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
- Great, it's looking good there -- I look forward to seeing the next wiki article from you. :) Banaticus (talk) 17:07, 2 March 2010 (UTC)