Template:Helpbox/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Helpbox.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Helpbox.

This template uses TemplateStyles:

Template:Helpbox/styles.css

This template allows a help-related navigation template to be set up relatively quickly by supplying it with one or more lists of links.

Usual syntax

{{Helpbox
| name    =  <!-- or: | templatename = -->
| class   = plainlist
| title   =  <!-- or, if templatename used: | name = -->

| group1  = 
| list1   = 

| group2  = 
| list2   = 

<!-- etc, to: -->

| group20 = 
| list20  = 
}}

Parameters

Required

title (or, if templatename used (see below), name): The template's title, centered at the top of the template.
list_n: (i.e. list1, list2, etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within <div>...</div>. At least one list parameter is required. Each list_n may be preceded by a corresponding group_n parameter, if provided (see below). There is a limit of 20 lists/groups in a template.

Optional

group_n: (i.e. group1, group2, etc.) If specified, text appears in a header displayed above list_n.
first unnamed parameter: Inline CSS for the template.
name (or, if name used as above, templatename): The template's pagename, activating the inclusion of the V•T•E links in its bottom righthand corner. Template:Helpbox's pagename, for example, is "Helpbox".

Example

{{Helpbox
| name   = Beginner's Guide
| class  = plainlist
| title  = [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Overview|Beginner's Guide]]

| group1 = Basic mechanics of a wiki
| list1  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:How pages work|How pages work]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Userspace|Your userspace]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Talk pages|How talk pages work]]
* [[Help:HowTo|How to edit pages]]
* [[Help:Searching|How to search the wiki]]
</div>

| group2 = Good writing
| list2  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid|How to be funny]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid THE IMAGE VERSION|(Funny images)]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Choice of Words|(Funny choice of words)]]
</div>

| group3 = Style
| list3  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:Style Guide|Style Guide]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Writing lists|Writing Lists]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Templates/In-universe/Quotes|Quotations]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Grammar and spelling|Grammar and spelling]]
</div>

| group4 = Good behavior
| list4  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:Behavior|Be civil]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Cyberbullying|Don't do cyberbullying]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Acceptable admins|Coexist with the Admins]]
</div>

| group5 = See also...
| list5  = <div>
* [[Help:Contents|Help Contents]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:What Uncyclopedia is not|What Uncyclopedia is not]]
</div>
}}

History

This template was originally sporked from wikipedia:Template:Helpbox.

Template:Helpbox and its documentation were sporked from Wikipedia.

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