Help:Userboxes

Userboxes are a series of boxes on a user's page that describe that user. Userboxes are made beforehand as templates, which can then be used in any user's list of userboxes.

Showing Userboxes
To show a list of userboxes on your own page, you need three elements - the top of the table, the userboxes themselves and the bottom of the table. These elements MUST be on separate lines.

starts off the table, and you can change the title by adding a vertical line, eg. This could be a link, such as

For the actual userboxes, simply include the template link to them, eg or. Remember that Capital letters matter (except at the very beginning).

To end the table, simply add on a new line.

The userboxes on the right are as follows:


 * See Category:Userboxes for a full list of available userboxes.

Creating Userboxes
There are two methods to creating userboxes. You can either make a box yourself using a DIV and a TABLE, or you can use the pre-made userbox syntax. You should create your userbox at Template:Userbox:Name - this means your box can be included by a user simply using.

For both methods, do not forget to put your userbox in Category:Userboxes. Use the following code:

Userbox Syntax
For ease of use, userboxes are made using maker-templates that have a number of parameters. Once the maker-template is saved, it is automatically transformed to HTML.

For example: Produces:

External Link

 * Wikipedia Infobox Colors - An inactive page on Wikipedia that list all template/infobox/userbox colors.