Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions

This page gives instructions for the creation of new portals using the box portal layout.

[edit] Steps

To create a new portal on the topic "Topic" using the {{box portal skeleton}} template follow these steps:

{{subst:box portal skeleton}}

{{Portal:Box-header | title={{{1}}} 
|editpage={{{2}}} 
|border=#555555           <!-- This is the color of the borders around Box Sections -->
|titleforeground=#000000    <!-- This is the color of the Box Section Title Bar text -->
|titlebackground=#553300  <!-- This is the color of the Box Section Title Bar -->
|background=#060600       <!-- This is the color of the Box Section background -->
|foreground=#FFFFFF}}       <!-- This is the color of the Box Section text -->

{{Portal:box-footer | {{{1}}} }}

[edit] Customisation and editing

The box portal allows you to edit the portal without editing the main portal page. Simply follow the red links to the sub pages and enter the information there. These sub-pages will be displayed on the main page.

[edit] Adding a section (box)

If you wish to add a section (box) using the regular codes, go to your portal page (e.g., [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Portal:Computer and video games|action=edit}}]) and simply type in:

 {{/box-header| 1 | 2 }}
 {{   3   }}
 {{/box-footer| 4 }}

where

• "1" is the box title
• "2" is the article to be linked to.This will appear right under the title bar. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
  • {{/box-header | Selected article | Portal:Computer and video games/Selected}}
  • {{/box-header | Selected article | }} (no edit link param, note pipe still in place)
• "3" is again the article to be linked to (this will appear as a red link until first edited), for example:
  • {{/Featured}}
• "4" is a link that you'd like to display at the bottom-right corner of the box. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
  • {{/box-footer | [[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
  • {{/box-footer | }} (no bottom-right param, note pipe still in place)

[edit] Other methods of adding a section

Other methods of adding a section are adding Template:Random portal component or Template:Random portal component with nominate. see their documentation .

[edit] Example 1

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|Portal:Test/Selected article}}
{{/Selected article}}
{{/box-footer|[[Lorem ipsum|More about Lorem ipsum...]]}}
</div>

results in:

[edit] Example 2

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|}}
   The following text will appear in the [[box]]. This text can be placed on 
    the [[Wikipedia:Portal|portals]] main page and edited there.Or, 
    alternatly placed on a sub-page of the portal, which is explained below.
{{/box-footer|[[Lorem ipsum|More about Lorem ipsum...]]}}
</div>

...will result in what is displayed to the immediate right. →

The exact same code, used at other portals, will create a box with the exact same content, but the colors may be completely different. This is because each portal has templates at:

1. "Portal:insertname/box-header" (e.g. [1])
2. "Portal:insertname/box-footer" (e.g. [2])

that add color information, and the pass all the work along to the Portal:box-header and Portal:box-footer templates, which compose everything into a standards-compliant and cross-browser box.