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 ===What are Infoboxes===
-Infoboxes are nothing more than a table saved as a template.  However there is one minor difference: the table has a classification in its title, like so:
+Infoboxes are nothing more than a table saved as a template.  However there is one minor difference: the table has a classification in its title, like so in Wikitext:
-::<nowiki>{| class=infobox .............. |}</nowiki>
+::<nowiki>{| class=infobox .............. |}</nowiki> or in HTML
+::<nowiki><table class=infobox>.........</table></nowiki>
+This "class=infobox" tells the table to behave like an infobox instead of a regular table and places itself on the right side of the page with a certain width, etc.
+So let us create a infobox for an organization.  We will do it both in Wikitext and HTML.