Andreas Rindler wrote:
Is anyone aware of some simple instructions on how to
copy the templates and
what extensions or configuration are required?
If you search for "infobox" in the forums on
mwusers.com, you will find
lots of discussion on this topic. The key solution steps are:
1 - Install the ParserFunctions extension
2 - Enable Tidy
3 - Always do a "deep copy" of an Infobox (or any template for that matter.
4 - Ensure that you have copied the relevant CSS from Mediawiki:Common.css
Deep copy means you not only need the template itself but the templates
that it includes. This is a straightforward task - see
http://www.mwusers.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_do_I_copy_a_template_from_a…
Remember that Mediawiki:Common.css is a page, not a file - i.e.
http://example.com/wiki/Mediawiki:Common.css.
Mike