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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. |
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| == Add the userbox == | | == Add the userbox == |
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| 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|}}}]]}}: |
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| 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.
| | :#[[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]]. |
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| 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. |
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| 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]] |
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| [[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]] | |