Description and usage
This template is used to create article management templates. Note: This template requires sitewide CSS!
Use {{ambox |<...> }}
on a template page, filling in the various options. The created template is then used at the top of various wiki pages to notify the user of issues.
Article management boxes should be used sparingly, as it can get in the way of content.
Dependencies
CSS
This template needs the following:
CSS from Template:Ambox/code.css
/* === Template:Ambox designs === */
/* Ambox design */
.ambox {
font-size: 95%;
width: 80%;
padding: 25px;
margin: 0 auto;
border-left: 10px solid #1e90ff;
border-collapse: collapse;
background-color: rgba(248,248,253,0.5);
}
/* Ambox colours */
.ambox-blue {
border-left: 10px solid #1e90ff; /* Blue (notice) */
}
.ambox-red {
border-left: 10px solid #ff0000; /* Red (delete/serious) */
}
.ambox-orange {
border-left: 10px solid #f28500; /* Orange (content) */
}
.ambox-yellow {
border-left: 10px solid #f4c430; /* Yellow (style) */
}
.ambox-purple {
border-left: 10px solid #9932cc; /* Purple (merge) */
}
.ambox-gray {
border-left: 10px solid #4d4d4d; /* Gray (protection) */
}
.ambox-green {
border-left: 10px solid #228b22; /* Green */
}
.ambox-none {
border-left: 0;
}
/* Ambox small text */
.ambox-smalltext {
font-size: smaller;
margin-top:0.5em;
margin-left:0.8em;
}
/* Ambox image */
.ambox-image { /* The left image cell */
width: 60px;
padding: 2px 0px 2px 0.5em; /* 0.5em left, 0px right */
text-align: center;
}
@media print { .ambox { display: none; } } /* no ambox when printing */
Named parameters
|image=
image for use on the left, defaults to . Takes full image file name , e.g. ContentsLogo.png
.
|link=
the page that the image links to
|quote=
optional quote from NPCs.
|type=
top line text
|info=
list of extra info
|border=
border colour (defaults to blue)
red
ambox-red (serious issue)
orange
ambox-orange (important issue)
yellow
ambox-yellow (mild issue)
green
ambox-green (something good)
purple
ambox-purple
blue
ambox-blue
gray
ambox-gray
|style=
extra style parameters (unlikely to be used)
Examples
Default
{{ambox
| type = I am type
| info = I am info
}}
Red + image + quote
{{ambox
| image = Example.jpg
| link = image link (optional)
| quote = I am quote (optional)
| border = red
| type = I am type
| info =
* I am info
}}
Other colors
Yellow
Green
Purple
Blue
Orange
Gray
See also