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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.

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Box of News

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.
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