[Mediawiki-l] Infobox Song template - how do I implement on my wiki?

Jim Lynch lakelandjim at gmail.com
Mon May 18 08:43:54 UTC 2009


On 5/17/09, Tim Ware <tim at hyperarts.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to use the Template: Infobox Song, as is used in Wikipedia
> here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_day_in_the_life
>
> but I just can't seem to figure it out.  The template begins with:
>
> <includeonly>{| class="infobox" style="width: 20em;"
> |-
> ! colspan="3" scope="col" style="background: {{Infobox Song/color}};"
> | "{{{Name}}}"
> |-
> | colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | {{#if: {{{Cover|}}}
> | [[Image:{{{Cover}}}|{{min|220|{{{Cover size|}}}}}px|{{#ifeq:
> {{{Border|}}}|yes|border{{!}}}}{{#if: {{{Caption|}}} | {{{Caption}}} |
> "{{{Name}}}" cover}}]]}}
> {{#if:{{{Caption|}}} | <div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height:
> 1.4em;">{{{Caption}}}</div>
> }}
>
> and those "!" have some meaning which I can't figure out. But the
> table that is supposed to be written isn't written correctly, with
> those "colspan="3" scope="col" etc. remaining outside the <th>.
>
> Can anybody help me here? Thanks!
>
>
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Templates can, and often do, include other templates. Infoboxes seem to be
some of the most complex templates. Some can include many other templates,
which can include other templates. Look down at the bottom of the template
you are copying and you should see a list of other templates that your
template will be calling. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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