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===Step One - Create the table===
===Step One - Create the table===
*We are going to assume you know a little Wikitext and HTML in this tutorial.  We will begin by creating a simple table.  The coding will be displayed in both Wikitext and HTML side by side so can see the difference.   
*We are going to assume you know a little Wikitext and HTML in this tutorial.  We will begin by creating a simple table.  The coding will be displayed in both Wikitext and HTML side by side so can see the difference.   
*Since navboxes usually extend from one side to the other, we have set the width for our navbox to 100%. 
*It is recommended that you create infobox tables in HTML as there fewer problems as you will see.
*It is recommended that you create infobox tables in HTML as there fewer problems as you will see.
*We will be creating a navbox as shown below.  
*We will be creating a navbox as shown below. {{User:Ccsmith/sandbox/navbox}}
{{User:ccsmith/sandbox/navbox1
<table style="width:100%; border:1px solid blue; background-color:{{{navbox background color}}}; border-collaspe:separate; border-spacing:5px; ">
|name=
<tr>
<!----select colors for background of box, title, right and left columns------------>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:{{{title background color}}}; ">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles
|navbox background color=#ffffff
</td>
|title background color=#fcca2a
</tr>
|left column background color=#fff75e
<tr>
|right column background color=#fffba4
{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|
 
<td style="text-align:right; width:15%; background-color:{{{left column background color}}}; ">'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}
<!----Group titles can be Topics, Counties, Migration Routes, anything that is a list of items to be posted in the navbox---------------------->
</td>
<!----if you need more items in a group, copy and paste a line and then put the correct sequential number after the word "item" for additional items added---->
{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|
<!----in addition you need to add more items you need to the navbox template to add more lines.  go to User:Ccsmith/sandbox/navbox1 for instructions---->
<td style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}}; ">
 
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} {{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} {{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}{{·}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} {{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} {{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}}|}}</td>
|group title1=
</tr>
|group title1-item1=
</table>
|group title1-item2=
*It does not look like much because you still have fill it in with the links or other information that you may want to display for your readers.
|group title1-item3=
====Here is the coding in HTML and Wikitext for the above Navbox:====
|group title1-item5=
|group title1-item6=
|group title1-item7=
|group title1-item8=
|group title1-item9=
|group title1-item10=
|group title1-item11=
|group title1-item12=
|group title1-item13=
|group title1-item14=
|group title1-item15=
|group title1-item16=
|group title1-item17=
|group title1-item18=
|group title1-item19=
|group title1-item20=
<!----to add more title-items copy and past one of the group title-item lines and add the correct numbers---->
 
<!----second row with subject of line and links for the subject---------------------->
|group title2=
|group title2-item1=
|group title2-item2=
|group title2-item3=
|group title2-item4=
|group title2-item5=
|group title2-item6=
|group title2-item7=
|group title2-item8=
|group title2-item9=
|group title2-item10=
|group title2-item11=
|group title2-item12=
|group title2-item13=
|group title2-item14=
|group title2-item15=
|group title2-item16=
|group title2-item17=
|group title2-item18=
|group title2-item19=
|group title2-item20=
<!----to add more title-items copy and past one of the group title-item lines and add the correct numbers---->
<!----thrid row with subject of line and links for the subject---------------------->
|group title3=
|group title3-item1=
|group title3-item2=
|group title3-item3=
|group title3-item4=
|group title3-item5=
|group title3-item6=
|group title3-item7=
|group title3-item8=
|group title3-item9=
|group title3-item10=
|group title3-item11=
|group title3-item12=
|group title3-item13=
|group title3-item14=
|group title3-item15=
|group title3-item16=
|group title3-item17=
|group title3-item18=
|group title3-item19=
|group title3-item20=
<!----to add more title-items copy and past one of the group title-item lines and add the correct numbers---->
<!----fourth row with subject of line and links for the subject---------------------->
|group title4=
|group title4-item1=
|group title4-item2=
|group title4-item3=
|group title4-item4=
|group title4-item5=
|group title4-item6=
|group title4-item7=
|group title4-item8=
|group title4-item9=
|group title4-item10=
|group title4-item11=
|group title4-item12=
|group title4-item13=
|group title4-item14=
|group title4-item15=
|group title4-item16=
|group title4-item17=
|group title4-item18=
|group title4-item19=
|group title4-item20=
<!----to add more title-items copy and past one of the group title-item lines and add the correct numbers---->
<!----fifth row with subject of line and links for the subject---------------------->
|group title5=
|group title5-item1=
|group title5-item2=
|group title5-item3=
|group title5-item4=
|group title5-item5=
|group title5-item6=
|group title5-item7=
|group title5-item8=
|group title5-item9=
|group title5-item10=
|group title5-item11=
|group title5-item12=
|group title5-item13=
|group title5-item14=
|group title5-item15=
|group title5-item16=
|group title5-item17=
|group title5-item18=
|group title5-item19=
|group title5-item20=
<!----to add more title-items copy and past one of the group title-item lines and add the correct numbers---->
 
<!----If you need more group titles and items, just copy and paste another set of group title and group title-items----->
 
}}
*Here is the coding in HTML and Wikitext for the above Navbox:
 
<table style="border:1px solid black; width:100%; ">
<table style="border:1px solid black; width:100%; ">
<tr>
<tr>
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<tr>
<tr>
<td style="border:1px solid black; ">
<td style="border:1px solid black; ">
<nowiki>{| style="width:100%; border:1px solid blue; background-color:{{{navbox background color}}}; border-collaspe:separate; border-spacing:5px; "></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{| style="width:100%; border:1px solid blue; border-collaspe:separate; border-spacing:5px; "</nowiki><br><br>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:{{{title background color}}}; ">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br><br><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:{{{title background color}}};{{!}} "Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br><br><br>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:right; width:15%; background-color:{{{left column background color}}}; ">'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki><br><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:right; width:15%; background-color:{{{left column background color}}};{{!}} "'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki><br><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}}; ">
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}}; ">
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</td>
</td>
<td style="border:1px solid black; ">
<td style="border:1px solid black; ">
<nowiki><table style="width:100%; border:1px solid blue; background-color:{{{navbox background color}}}; border-collaspe:separate; border-spacing:5px; "></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><table style="width:100%; border:1px solid blue; border-collaspe:separate; border-spacing:5px; "></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:{{{title background color}}}; ">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:{{{title background color}}}; ">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br>
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<nowiki></table></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></table></nowiki><br>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
====Create the table====
<p>
*The coding is scrunched up so let us spread it out a bit and break down the table coding. 
*First step is to create the table that will become part of the template: </p>
<!----first table illustrating creating table------------------------------>
<table style="border:1px solid black; width:100%; ">
<tr>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">Wikitext</td>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">HTML</td>
</tr>
<!----1st row------------------------------------------------------>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="red"><nowiki>{| style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "</nowiki></font color>
</td>
<td>
<font color="red"><nowiki><table style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "></nowiki></font color>
</td></tr>
<!----2nd row-------------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki>
</td>
<td><nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}}; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki>
</td></tr>
<!----3rd row-------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}}; "></nowiki><br><nowiki>
'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki>
</td>
</tr>
<!----4th row---------------------------------------------------->
<tr>
<td><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki>
</td>
</tr>
<!----5th row------------------------------------------------------>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="red"><nowiki>|}</nowiki></font color="red">
</td>
<td>
<font color="red"><nowiki></table></nowiki></font color>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
*Notice the table width is set at 100%.
*Second, the code for the border.  You can make anything you want.
*Third, the "[[HTML_and_Wikitext_-_Lesson_Three#Cell_separation|border-collaspe]]" coding is for creating a 5 pixel space between the cells of the table.  Notice the two lines of code for this attribute.</p>
====Coding for title====
<!----second table illustrating title creation---------------------------->
<table style="border:1px solid black; width:100%; ">
<tr>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">Wikitext</td>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">HTML</td>
</tr>
<!----1st row------------------------------------------------------>
<tr>
<td>
<nowiki>{| style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><table style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "></nowiki>
</td></tr>
<!----2nd row-------------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<font color="red"><nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki></font color>
</td>
<td><font color="red"><nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}}; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki></font color="red">
</td></tr>
<!----3rd row-------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}}; "></nowiki><br><nowiki>
'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki>
</td>
</tr>
<!----4th row---------------------------------------------------->
<tr>
<td><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki>
</td>
</tr>
<!----5th row------------------------------------------------------>
<tr>
<td>
<nowiki>|}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki></table></nowiki>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
*This navbox has two columns.  The first is for the group name such as Topic, Counties, Repositories, etc.
*The second column is for the items under the group title.
*Therefore the title has to span the two columns, hence the "colspan="2". 
*In addition, the title is centered and given a background color.
*Here is something new that you might not be familiar with: <nowiki>{{{title background color}}}</nowiki>.  This is a parameter within the three sets of {{{}}}.
*Within the set of curly brackets {{{}}} will appear the words that you will type in the navbox template that match the text within the {{{}}}.


*Now pay close attention to the table tags. 
</p>
*Since the name of the organization and the image will extend over the two columns which contain the information about the organization we will install <font color="red">colspan="2"</font color> in the organization and image coding.
*When you save your navbox be sure include the word "navbox" in the title so people will know what kind of template it is for example: <font color="red"><nowiki>{{template:infobox sample}}</nowiki></font color>.
----


===Step Two - Create the template===
====Coding for group names====
[[User:Ccsmith/sandbox/navbox|User:Ccsmith/sandbox/navbox]]
<table style="border:1px solid black; width:100%; ">
<table style="border:1px solid blue; width:100%">
<tr>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">Wikitext</td>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">HTML</td>
</tr>
<!----1st row------------------------------------------------------>
<tr>
<td>
<nowiki>{| style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><table style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "></nowiki>
</td></tr>
<!----2nd row-------------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki>
</td>
<td><nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}}; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki>
</td></tr>
<!----3rd row-------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<font color="red"><nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki></font color="red">
</td>
<td>
<font color="red"><nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}}; "></nowiki><br><nowiki>
'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki></font color="red">
</td>
</tr>
<!----4th row---------------------------------------------------->
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="border:1px solid blue; text-align:center; font-size:16pt; ">Wikitext</td>
<td><br>
<td style="border:1px solid blue; text-align:center; font-size:16pt; ">HTML</td>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};  
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki>
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<!----5th row------------------------------------------------------>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="border:1px solid blue; ">
<td>
<nowiki>{{Navbox name</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|}</nowiki>
<nowiki>|group title</nowiki><br>
</td>
<nowiki>|item1</nowiki><br>
<td>
<nowiki>|item2</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></table></nowiki>
<nowiki>|item3</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|item4</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|item5</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
</td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<td style="border:1px solid blue; ">
====Coding for items====
<nowiki>{{Navbox name</nowiki><br>
<table style="border:1px solid black; width:100%; ">
<nowiki>|group title</nowiki><br>
<tr>
<nowiki>|item1</nowiki><br>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">Wikitext</td>
<nowiki>|item2</nowiki><br>
<td style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; color:blue; width:50%; ">HTML</td>
<nowiki>|item3</nowiki><br>
</tr>
<nowiki>|item4</nowiki><br>
<!----1st row------------------------------------------------------>
<nowiki>|item5</nowiki><br>
<tr>
<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
<td>
<nowiki>{| style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><table style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:100%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border:1px solid blue; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-collaspe:separate; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
border-spacing:5px; "></nowiki>
</td></tr>
<!----2nd row-------------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki>
</td>
<td><nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td colspan="2" </nowiki><br><nowiki>
style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:center; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{title background color}}}; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
">Links to {{{name}}} - related articles</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki>
</td></tr>
<!----3rd row-------------------------------------------------->
<tr><td>
<nowiki>{{!}}-</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}};</nowiki><br><nowiki>
{{!}} "'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki><tr></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="</nowiki><br><nowiki>
text-align:right; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
width:15%; </nowiki><br><nowiki>
background-color:{{{left column background color}}}; "></nowiki><br><nowiki>
'''{{{group title1}}}'''|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki>
</td>
</tr>
<!----4th row---------------------------------------------------->
<tr>
<td><br>
<font color="red"><nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{!}} style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki></font color="red">
</td>
<td>
<font color="red"><nowiki><td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki>{{#if:{{Ifempty|{{{group title1-item1|}}}}}|</nowiki><br>
<nowiki><td style="text-align:left; background-color:{{{right column background color}}};
"></nowiki><nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item1|}}}|{{{group title1-item1}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item2|}}}|{{{group title1-item2}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item3|}}}|{{{group title1-item3}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item4|}}}|{{{group title1-item4}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
{{#if:{{{group title1-item5|}}}|{{{group title1-item5}}}{{·}}|}} </nowiki><br>
<nowiki>
|}}</nowiki><br>
<nowiki></td></nowiki><br>
<nowiki></tr></nowiki></font color="red">
</td>
</tr>
<!----5th row------------------------------------------------------>
<tr>
<td>
<nowiki>|}</nowiki>
</td>
<td>
<nowiki></table></nowiki>
</td>
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
</table>
</table>


====Meaning of each line of the code====
*Since navboxes usually extend from one side to the other, we have set the width for our navbox to 100%. 
*We have installed a 1 pixel solid blue line around our navbox.
*"border-collaspe:separate; border-spacing:5px means we are placing a 5 pixel space between the boxes in the template.  See [[HTML_and_Wikitext_-_Lesson_Three#Cell_separation|Cell Separation]] for more details.
*The title of the navbox has to extend both columns of the navbox so that is coded with the colspan="2" code.
*When you save your navbox be sure include the word "navbox" in the title so people will know what kind of template it is for example: <font color="red"><nowiki>{{template:infobox sample}}</nowiki></font color>.
----


===Step Two - Create the template===
*Since there is only one way to create a template in the Wiki, we will only show the Wikitext coding:
[[User:Ccsmith/sandbox/navbox|User:Ccsmith/sandbox/navbox]]
<table style="border:1px solid black; width:100%">
<tr>
<td>
<nowiki>{{Navbox name</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|title background color=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|left column background color=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|right column background color=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|name=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|group title=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|item1=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|item2=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|item3=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|item4=</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>|item5=</nowiki>
<nowiki>}}</nowiki></td></tr></table>
====Example of an existing Navbox====


  {{Missouri|Missouri}}
  {{Missouri|Missouri}}
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