Template:Userbox documentation: Difference between revisions

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This is a userbox, a small colored box you can add to your User page to share information about yourself, or help other users learn about you so you can collaborate.

Add the userbox[edit source]

To add this userbox to your user page :

Go to your user page.
Click to Edit This Page.
Place your cursor where you would like to see the userbox.
Click on the {T} icon in your toolbar (or the Wikitext button).
Enter {{Userbox documentation}}, click ok if needed, then save the page.

Additional userboxes can be found in the FamilySearch Wiki:Userboxes/Gallery.

If you have a number of userboxes, you can put {{userboxtop}} before and {{userboxbottom}} after the list to order them together on your user page.

For more information about userboxes, see Help:Userbox.

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-A '''userbox''' (commonly abbreviated as '''UBX''') is a small colored box designed to appear only on a contributor's [[User page]] to share information about a user, or help users collaborate more effectively.
+This is a '''userbox''', a small colored box you can add to your [[User page]] to share information about yourself, or help other users learn about you so you can collaborate.
 == Add the userbox  ==
-To add this userbox to your User page, enter <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>. Additional userboxes can be found in the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Userboxes/Gallery]].
+To add this [[userbox]] to your [[user page]] {{#if: {{{usercategory|}}}| and your username to [[:Category:{{{usercategory|}}}]]}}:
-If you have a number of userboxes, you can put&nbsp;{{tl|userboxtop}}&nbsp;before and&nbsp;{{tl|userboxbottom}}&nbsp;after the list to order them together on your user page.
+:#[[Special:MyPage|Go to your user page]].
+:#Click to '''Edit This Page'''.
+:#Place your cursor where you would like to see the userbox.
+:#Click on the '''{T}''' icon in your toolbar (or the Wikitext button).
+:#Enter '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''', click ok if needed, then save the page.
+{{{extra|}}}
+Additional userboxes can be found in the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Userboxes/Gallery]].
-The {{tlx|clear}} template can be placed after the plain userbox if text is added on a new line immediately after it.
+If you have a number of userboxes, you can put {{tl|userboxtop}} before and {{tl|userboxbottom}} after the list to order them together on your user page.
-You will generally not add a userbox to another's user page, except in the case of recognition userboxes.
+For more information about userboxes, see [[Help:Userbox|Help:Userbox]].<br>
+[[Category:User box templates]]
-== Creating a new userbox  ==
+<includeonly>[[Category:{{{cat|Userboxes}}}|{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|5}}]]<includeonly>
+<noinclude>[[Category:Template documentation]]</noinclude>
-The basic template used in creating new userboxes is {{tl|Userbox}}. Basic examples are included in the template documentation. Alternatively a request for a new userbox can be added to the [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Userboxes|FamilySearch Wiki:Userboxes talk page]].
+[[Category:User box templates]]
-[[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]