What do you mean by: "look funny"?
B.
Regarding the syntax - yes. See:
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_uE8evH57eDQK0JSrG6rvkGkfrJZqj5Wc7fTJJb1Bjpj4wmewQci7
>>>>>> YCd
>>>>>> 1N
>>>>>> KA96HQW4lxrwdhB448XwhnKyDwXBxqLtN_cXLEELvjQEYClEWtMcG7NWw&hus
>>>>>> r=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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