RationalWiki talk:Userboxes

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Say, how do you make a UBX that allows you to customize on a user-by-user basis, like the old political compass one that was on CP? I want to make a Myers-Brigg one. --Kels 15:26, 26 May 2007 (CDT)

You can set them with parameters. Look at template:user block for one. The way you code it is {{{1}}} and {{{2}}} for the parameters you want to change, and then make the user box by coding it like {{templatename|parameter1|parameter2}}.-AmesG 15:29, 26 May 2007 (CDT)

How do we create new userboxes for personal use? 00:54, 19 July 2007 (CDT) ^{— Unsigned, by: SirChuckB / talk / contribs}

Well, there are a couple of ways they are coded (2 different styles), that you can become familiar with by looking at the examples. In our uxb lists, the name of each one links to it. If you then click on "edit", you'll see the gibberish that created that box. The simplest way to make one is to find one you pretty much like the look of, and copy its content (during the "edit" phase), then retype the url in your browser, changing the name of the uxb. When you hit "return", you'll be editing a new file - your first userbox. Paste in the content you copied, and alter it as much as you want, ie, change the image, change the text, alter colors if you can figure them out, etc. Preview will work on them like any file, of course.

When you like it, save it and add it to one (or more) of our userbox categories (so others might find and use it) and proudly add it to your personal display of quirks, kinks, and conundrums. On your page, the easiest way to show them is in the automatically generated column on the right, which uses the userboxtop and userboxbottom templates, which I think are explained on this page's content. I would also suggest browsing the web, especially other wikis (like WP), for tutorials. Heck, if you find a great one, make sure it's GFDL and copy it over here. I hope this helps a bit... human^{be in} 01:11, 19 July 2007 (CDT)

It does, thanks a lot SirChuckB 01:13, 19 July 2007 (CDT)