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

Usage[edit source]

Please use the following list, deleting unnecessary fields The parameters are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.

{{Infobox Societies
|name=
|native_name=
|name_color=
|back_color=
|image=
|image_size=
|border_color=
|label_color=
|value_color=
|motto=
|established=
|address=
|telephone=
|fax=
|email=
|website=
|facebook=
|twitter=
|meeting_address=
|meeting_day=
|meeting_time=
|building_address=
|building_hours=
|president=
|vice_president=
|natpresident=
|members=
|membership_cost=
|employees=
|volunteers=
|affiliations=
|free_label=
|free=
|logo=
|logo_size=
|footnotes=
|last_updated=
}}

Parameters[edit source]

The parameters below are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.

Name[edit source]

These parameters specify the name of the society and how it is displayed in the infobox title

name: the name of the society in English
native_name: the name of the society if different from the English
name_color: (optional) the color of the title text (default black)
back_color: (optional) the background color of the title text (default none). Use #e8f2Ff to use the same color as the rest of the infobox.

Image[edit source]

An image representing the society, a logo can be displayed near the top of the infobox, immediately below the title. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.

image: (optional) Society image/logo (name of image only)
image_size: (optional) Allows changing image size from 100px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
border_color: (optional) the color of the border around the image box

Infobox colors[edit source]

The data in most of the infobox is displayed in pairs, a label and a value. If the user would like to change these from the default black this can be achieved by using these parameters.

label_color: (optional) the color of the labels that run down the left side of the infobox (default black)
value_color: (optional) the color of the values that run down the right side of the infobox (default black)

Society motto[edit source]

motto: (optional) the society's motto

Date Established[edit source]

List the date the society was established.

established: Mandatory parameter. This can be just the year or a precise date.

Contact details[edit source]

address: (optional) the society's address
telephone: (optional) the society's telephone number
fax: (optional) the society's fax number
email: (optional) the society's email address (template automatically generates a mailto: link)
website: (optional) url for website, (template automatically generates external link)
facebook: (optional) url for the society's Facebook page (template automatically generates external link)
twitter: (optional) the twitter username ie for @FamilySearch enter FamilySearch not @FamilySearch (template automatically generates external link)

Meeting details[edit source]

meeting_address: (optional) the address where the society hold it's meetings
meeting_day: (optional) the day when the society hold it's meetings
meeting_time: (optional) the time when the society hold it's meetings

Building details[edit source]

building_address: (optional) the address of the society's building
building_hours: (optional) the hours the society's building is open

Organization[edit source]

president: (optional) the name of the president
vice_president: (optional) the name of the vice-president
(if more than one seperate each name with <br>, for example type John Smith<br>Jane Brown)
natpresident: (optional) the name of the national president
members: (optional) the number of members
membership_cost: (optional) the cost of membership
employees: (optional) the number of employees
volunteers: (optional) the number of volunteers

Affiliations[edit source]

If the society is a member of an association then it can be shown in the infobox

affiliations: (optional) the name of an affliated organisation.
Use square brackets for example [[Affiliated body]] to create a wiki link and separate multiple entries using <br> between each.

Other information[edit source]

One free text entry has been provide for.

free_label: (optional) a user defined label
free: (optional) the value to display after the user defined label

Society Logo[edit source]

If not used as the main image a logo can be displayed near the bottom of the infobox. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.

logo: (optional) Logo image (name only)
logo_size: (optional) Allows changing logo size from 100px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Footnotes[edit source]

footnotes: (optional) text to display next at bottom of infobox (no heading)

Last Updated[edit source]

last_updated: (optional) text to display right at the at bottom of the infobox; labelled Last udpated:

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 The parameters below are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.
-=== Name  ===
+=== Name ===
 These parameters specify the name of the society and how it is displayed in the infobox title
+; name              : the name of the society in English
-;name &nbsp;
+; native_name    : the name of the society if different from the English
-:Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society (SCIGS)
+; name_color     : (optional) the color of the title text (default black)
-;native_name &nbsp;
+; back_color      : (optional) the background color of the title text (default none). Use ''#e8f2Ff'' to use the same color as the rest of the infobox.
-:the name of the society if different from the English
-;name_color &nbsp;
-:(optional) the color of the title text (default black)
-;back_color &nbsp;
-:(optional) the background color of the title text (default none). Use ''#e8f2Ff'' to use the same color as the rest of the infobox.
 === Image ===
@@ Line 77: / Line 71: @@
 ; motto             : (optional) the society's motto
-=== Date Established  ===
+=== Date Established ===
+List the date the society was established.
-List the date the society was established.
+; established     : Mandatory parameter. This can be just the year or a precise date.
-;established &nbsp;
+=== Contact details ===
-:1973
+; address         : (optional) the society's address
+; telephone      : (optional) the society's telephone number
+; fax                : (optional) the society's fax number
+; email             : (optional) the society's email address (template automatically generates a ''mailto:'' link)
+; website          : (optional) url for website, (template automatically generates external link)
+; facebook        : (optional) url for the society's Facebook page (template automatically generates external link)
+; twitter            : (optional) the twitter username ie for @FamilySearch enter {{xt|FamilySearch}} not {{!xt|@FamilySearch}} (template automatically generates external link)
-=== Contact details  ===
+=== Meeting details ===
+; meeting_address : (optional) the address where the society hold it's meetings
-;address &nbsp;
+; meeting_day       : (optional) the day when the society hold it's meetings
-:SCIGS<br>PO Box 3132<br>Davenport, IA 52808-3132<br>
+; meeting_time      : (optional) the time when the society hold it's meetings
-;telephone &nbsp;
-:(optional) the society's telephone number
-;fax &nbsp;
-:(optional) the society's fax number
-;email &nbsp;
-:scigscorsec@yahoo.com
-;website &nbsp;
-:(optional) url for website, (template automatically generates external link)
-;facebook &nbsp;
-:(optional) url for the society's Facebook page (template automatically generates external link)
-;twitter &nbsp;
-:(optional) the twitter username ie for @FamilySearch enter {{xt|FamilySearch}} not {{!xt|@FamilySearch}} (template automatically generates external link)
-=== Meeting details  ===
-;meeting_address&nbsp;
-:Davenport Public Library, Richardson-Sloan Special Collections Room<br>712 W 2nd St <br>Davenport, IA 52802
-;meeting_day &nbsp;
-:1st Monday of each month with the following EXCEPTIONS: September - if the 1st Monday follows the Labor Day holiday. There no meetings in January or July.
-;meeting_time &nbsp;
-:7:00 pm
 === Building details ===
@@ Line 114: / Line 93: @@
 ; building_hours     : (optional) the hours the society's building is open
-=== Organization  ===
+=== Organization ===
+; president        : (optional) the name of the president
-;president &nbsp;
+; vice_president : (optional) the name of the vice-president<br>(if more than one seperate each name with <nowiki><br></nowiki>, for example type ''<nowiki>John Smith<br>Jane Brown</nowiki>'')
-:Donna McNamara
+; natpresident   : (optional) the name of the national president
-;vice_president&nbsp;
+; members       : (optional) the number of members
-:Pat Border<br>(if more than one seperate each name with <nowiki><br></nowiki>, for example type ''<nowiki>John Smith<br>Jane Brown</nowiki>'')
+; membership_cost       : (optional) the cost of membership
-;natpresident &nbsp;
+; employees     : (optional) the number of employees
-:(optional) the name of the national president
+; volunteers      : (optional) the number of volunteers
-;members &nbsp;
-:(optional) the number of members
-;membership_cost &nbsp;
-:$12.00 per year
-;employees &nbsp;
-:(optional) the number of employees
-;volunteers &nbsp;
-:(optional) the number of volunteers
 === Affiliations ===

**{{{name}}}**
Established	{{{established}}}