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|title-font-size=100% <!-- This is the font size of the Title Bar title --> | |title-font-size=100% <!-- This is the font size of the Title Bar title --> | ||
|titleforeground=white <!-- This is the color of the Title Bar text--> | |titleforeground=white <!-- This is the color of the Title Bar text--> | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 2 May 2008
This template generates a box for a portal home page. There are two types of boxes by default, 'title' and 'normal', which can be configured and used to give produce a unique look. Using these templates make editing a portal page easy!
Example
Here's an example of the output generated by this template.
The latest news related to this portal:
- WikiPathways is now hosting Portals.
- Our portal has 12 new pathways!
- Join us in our next community curation effort.
Prerequisites
- Create a subpage first. If your portal is Portal:Test, then a subpage could be Portal:Test/News.
Parameters
Using this template for your portal page is easy! Just include these parameters
- title: The title text of the box. This is normally passed in as the first variable {{{1}}} when this template is used.
- editpage: (optional) The subpage that should be edited to change the contents of the box, e.g., Portal:Test/News. This is normally passed in as the second variable {{{2}}} when this template is used. If left blank, no edit link is generated, effectively protecting the contents from user edits.
- contents: The subpage that contains the contents of the box, e.g., Portal:Test/News. This is normally passed in as the third variable {{{3}}} when this template is used.
- footer: (optional) A link to any wiki or website page. This is normally passed in as the fourth variable {{{4}}} when this template is used. If left blank, no footer link is generated.
- title-font-size: The size of title text font.
- titleforeground: The color of the title text.
- titlebackground: The color of the background title bar.
- foreground: The color of the box area text.
- background: The color of the background box area.
- border: The color of the border around the box.
