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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Is there a way to download all the templates?
>>>
>>> Fred Bauder wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>>>
Andreou.org - [Mediawiki-l] Template Infobox<?
>>>>> auth=DQAAAHgAAAATuAaDC7AeBi--aLlLNXXg6ompTpPw2GubpJW-QgkWOPPkcj-
>>>>> SD9Kp07o_uE8evH57eDQK0JSrG6rvkGkfrJZqj5Wc7fTJJb1Bjpj4wmewQci7YCd
>>>>> 1N
>>>>> KA96HQW4lxrwdhB448XwhnKyDwXBxqLtN_cXLEELvjQEYClEWtMcG7NWw&husr=k
>>>>> 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(a)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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