RationalWiki:Userboxes
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Userboxes are mostly used to annoy visitors and attract like-minded friends. (Oh, and to a lesser extent to allow others to know a little about the user).
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[edit] Adding userboxes
Contributors are encouraged to add user boxes not already listed to the lists given below. If a new grouping is warranted, users are encouraged to create the new grouping, and link to it from this page.
[edit] Putting them on your page
[edit] Column
example by 1337 noobster
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To make a column of them on the right side (the simplest thing to do), just include this on your user page:
{{userboxtop|Your Pithy Comment}}
{{User foobox}}
{{User barbox}}
{{User foo bar}}
{{userboxbottom}}
Where "foobox", "barbox" and "foo bar" are userbox names.
If you want to to use many boxes, and have sections on you user page, this format will eventually run up against a MediaWiki bug that totally screws up the "edit section" linkybuttons. But, it works great if your user page is fairly simple and you don't have 8,000 userboxen.
If you are an uber 1337 hackzor or scriptkiddie, or just a userbox fiend, you might want to use the next section's advice, which makes it easier for other editors to ignore your egomania by cramming it into a little box.
[edit] Scrollable box
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Some of us find that our proud collection of boxen mucks up our page. To stuff them all into a nice scrollable box, do this:
{{userboxboxtop|Your Pithy Comment|Border color}}
{{User foobox}}
{{User barbox}}
{{User foo bar}}
{{userboxboxbottom}}
You can go one god further by putting all your boxes in a subpage, like "user:name/userboxes", and transcluding it between the top and bottom templates:
{{userboxboxtop|Your Pithy Comment|Border color}}
{{User:name/userboxes}}
{{userboxboxbottom}}
Nifty, eh?
[edit] Userboxes
The following are lists of userboxes flexibly grouped by topic. Some userboxes may appear in more than one grouping.
[edit] Making your own, and saving them
The easiest way to make your own userboxes is to copy one you like (colors, style, etc.) and change the image and text. The lists above link to the individual userbox files, and there you can get the gibberish that defines them. Likewise, sometimes another user will have a box they made saved on their page, that is still in "raw" form. All that code can just be used on your user page, and will work just fine.
However, if you want to make your new contribution easily available to other users (and who doesn't?), what you will want to do is save it with a brilliant, memorable name. Here be how you do that.
Userboxes are saved under names that follow this format: Template:User_userboxname. If you are copying one, all you need to do is edit your browser's location box to a new name at the end (like this: http: //www.rationalwiki.com/wiki/Template:User_Your title here), and you will have the opportunity to edit and save the new, non-existent file. Paste your brilliance in the edit box, and preview it until it's perfect.
Having done this, you now only need the short version to use it on your page (i.e., {{User loser}}). The last step, to promote your baby for as long as this wiki lasts, is to add it to one (or more, as appropriate) of the lists above. They are pretty easy to edit - when you are doing so, you will see more wiki-gibberish that creates the tables. Just copy what another userbox is set up as, paste it in as its own (2) lines, and edit the name to the name of your fabulous creation.
If you need further assistance in making your box pretty, or readable, etc., just ask any of our "Go-to folks", or me and they or I will be glad to help you. I loves me some userbox layout helpering!
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