[Mediawiki-l] Template Infobox

[Boris Steipe]

What do you mean by: "look funny"?

B.

Regarding the syntax - yes. See:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:!


On 6-Dec-07, at 9:54 PM, Josh Joy wrote:

> That could be it then...
>
> 2 questions
> 1) Is there a place to get the same CSS wikipedia uses for infobox
> 2) Where can I get the proper template syntax for page Template:!.  
> Is it
> really just "|" ?
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
> Boris Steipe wrote:
>> Are you even sure the problem is with the templates?
>> Maybe its a problem with your stylesheet(s).
>>
>>
>> B.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6-Dec-07, at 9:34 PM, Josh Joy wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Currently I'm facing some difficulties copy some of the templates I
>>> like
>>> from Wikipedia...the two issues are
>>>
>>> 1) Some of the template pages are "protected", meaning I cant even
>>> view
>>> the source, for example http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>>> title=Template:!
>>> 2) Most of the templates have dependencies on other templates,  
>>> I'm not
>>> sure if I'm doing something wrong or not, though even though I go  
>>> thru
>>> the dependency list one by one and copy them to my installation, the
>>> pages still look funny...
>>>
>>> Is there a nice writeup somewhere I can read to help me properly
>>> install
>>> templates on my installation?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> Kimon Andreou wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you mean the templates on the English Wikipedia?
>>>> You can get a list from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
>>>> Special:Allpages
>>>> and then export them via Special:Export
>>>>
>>>> But, why would you want to do that?
>>>>
>>>> On 12/6/07, Josh Joy <joshjdevl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to download all the templates?
>>>>>
>>>>> Fred Bauder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Thomas,
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>>>>>>> im
>>>>>>> on%40andreou.org>
>>>>>>> I copied various templates such as Template:Infobox from
>>>>>>> wikipedia,
>>>>>>> though my page still looks funny...
>>>>>>> Is there anything else i need to install? I saw while googling
>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>> people mentioned needed to install ParserFunctions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Josh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 06/12/2007, Josh Joy <joshjdevl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How do I install and use infobox on my installation of
>>>>>>>>> mediaiwiki?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Josh
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think there's anything to install, it's just template.
>>>>>>>> Just
>>>>>>>> copy the code from a site you like the look of.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, getting all the templates that are used on Wikipedia
>>>>>> is quite
>>>>>> difficult. I have failed so far, but have figured out that you
>>>>>> need at
>>>>>> least some parser function extensions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Look at Special:Version on Wikipedia and you can see what they  
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> installed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is more information at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ 
>>>>>> Extension:Parser_function_extensions
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should probably start with the instructions at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions#Installation
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Someone who really knows should weigh in here. I have never been
>>>>>> able to
>>>>>> get a "Navbox" to work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fred
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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