Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Infobox - Placing

How to place an infobox

 * Since they are a template, they are placed like templates, that is, with double opening and closing curly brackets like so:


 * The big difference is that you now have to add the coding for the parameters when you embed the infobox template like so:
 * NOTICE each parameter is now substituted with a
 * | parameter=

Here is the final product:
 * It is after the = sign that you add your information. Here is an example for a fictitious organization:
 * NOTICE that the name of the organization is centered as well as the image. We built these attributes in the infobox when we created it.  It is also floated to the right side as well.

Edit an infobox
When you need to edit the infobox, you just edit the page where the inbox is embedded as normal and the infobox coding will show up in the rest of the coding. Then you make whatever changes you want. This ability to make changes or put on other pages with different information, makes infoboxes a very useful tool.

Customize infoboxes

 * Be creative when creating these infoboxes. Try different background colors, different kinds of borders, etc.

Existing infoboxes

 * There are hundreds of infoboxes already created. Please check to see if there is one that might apply to your needs.
 * Be careful with these existing infoboxes. Some of them have some built in features not covered in this chapter.
 * Some only require the image name without the brackets or the word "File" to place the image like so: Missouri.png not [[File:Missouri.png]]
 * If you see the brackets in the infobox then you will know you can leave them out.

Try these out
 Exercises Here is an existing infobox. Copy and paste this coding in your sandbox and fill out the information for the county you were born in: Check your answers >
 * This an existing infobox for US Counties. You will not need the brackets of word File to place the required images.

 Quick Quiz
 * Once the information after the equal signs is entered and saved, there is no changing the parameters.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * Infoboxes can only be used on county pages.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * Infoboxes are limited just to genealogical organizations.
 * A. True
 * B. False

Check your answers >