Template talk:Generic Infobox

The Generic Infobox is a useful tool for organizing information about an article in a vertical format on the right side of the screen.

Color set
The box has defineable colors for the info box border color, title background, and section backgrounds, but please don't change them so we can have a consistent look and feel.

Info box title
The title which will be at the top of the info box.


 * infotitle=

Related news
A list of links to related articles on Wikinews, in the format:


 * related news= * Article title


 * * Article title

-this would be a good place to use a DPL Dan100 (Talk) 08:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Background
A list of links to background information or sources, such as:


 * background= *

* [http://url link text]

* Wikipedia background link

The Extra Block
The extra block might be anything, a graphic or additional sources, extra text, whatever works. The title and the content are both variables.


 * extra block name=
 * extra block=

Example
The following is a filled info box which carries a lot of data, first the source to build it and then the actual example (separated by a break to avoid over lapping long lines):