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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" tablewidth="200" align="right" width="100"
 
|-
 
!scope="col" bgcolor="blue" | <span style="color:white"> The Freitag Man </span>
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| [[File:Freitag_Man.jpg|200px|]]
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| The Freitag Man -
 
''The Freitag man is an example for this great infobox thingy''
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| Where am I from?
 
''Nobody knows!''
 
|}
 
  
Welcome to this guide on the Table Based Infobox!!
 
 
'''Note:'''The Example below is based on the infobox on your right.
 
 
= Code =
 
 
 
Let's start by looking at the Infobox code...
 
 
 
<nowiki>{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" tablewidth="200" align="right"
 
|-
 
!scope="col" bgcolor="blue" | <span style="color:white"> The Freitag Man </span>
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| [[File:Freitag_Man.jpg|200px|]]
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| The Freitag Man -
 
''The Freitag man is an example for this great infobox thingy''
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| Where am I from?
 
''Nobody knows!''
 
|}
 
</nowiki>
 
 
Now that looks complicated! Lets break it down a little...
 
 
==From [|border="1" to align="right"==
 
 
Also known as...
 
<nowiki>{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" tablewidth="200" align="right" width="100"</nowiki>
 
 
The information in the above code controls the overall layout of the table.
 
 
border="1" is the table border. So, if you change to "1" to "0", the border disappears.
 
 
cellspacing="0" & cellpadding="2" are things you don't really want to mess with, however if you know wikicode (or html) you can if you so desire!
 
 
tablewidth="200" is the max width of your infobox. This is to make sure that the infobox doesn't extend across the entire page. You can change this to a smaller number for a smaller width, and a bigger number for a bigger width. If you put an image into the infobox, however, it overrides this setting.
 
 
align="right" is where the infobox is on the page. Normally, it's best to put the infobox on the right, but it can be put on the left if you want.
 
 
==From <nowiki>|-
 
!scope="col" to </span></nowiki>==
 
 
Also known as
 
 
|-
 
<nowiki>!scope="col" bgcolor="blue" | <span style="color:white"> The Freitag Man </span></nowiki>
 
 
Again, this looks ''horrendously'' complicated but in reality it's fairly simple - it's the first section of the infobox!
 
 
When editing this infobox, don't touch anything that starts with !scope= (this is what holds the infobox together.)
 
 
bgcolor="blue" is the colour of the infobox part. You can add this code in other places (after !scope="row" and before the | after it) to change that part of the infobox. Obviously, "blue" is the colour that you want.
 
 
| is the divider between wikicode and text - again please don't touch!
 
 
<nowiki><span style="color:white></nowiki> sets the colour of the text right up until the </span> (in this case, after The Freitag Man). This can be set to any colour - again by changing the "white" bit.
 
 
The Freitag Man is the text. Edit this to whatever you like (teacher name, for example)
 
 
==The Rest of It==
 
If you look at the rest of the code, it is a repeat of itself. However, there are two crucial differences....
 
 
====Image====
 
This is the code for the section containing the image...
 
 
<nowiki>!scope="row"| [[File:Freitag_Man.jpg|200px|]]</nowiki>
 
 
As ever, don't touch the !scope bit.
 
 
Basically, the image works the same way as adding an image to a normal article. I'd keep the same size image (200px in this example) as the tablewidth earlier on.
 
 
====Text====
 
And so we're on to the two final sections...
 
 
<nowiki>
 
!scope="row"| The Freitag Man -
 
''The Freitag man is an example for this great infobox thingy''
 
 
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| Where am I from?
 
''Nobody knows!''
 
|}
 
</nowiki>
 
 
These basically just contain the text of your choice. Note the <nowiki>''</nowiki> that are on either side of "The Freitag Man..." - they make the text italic.
 
 
=Notes=
 
Please use the code [[Infobox|here]] to create your infobox - the stuff here has been placed with special <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> tags so that it doesn't apply the changes on this page.
 
 
To add more boxes, just copy the section...
 
 
<nowiki>
 
!scope="row"| The Freitag Man -
 
 
''The Freitag man is an example for this great infobox thingy''
 
 
|-
 
</nowiki>
 
 
below the final textbox bit, but ''before'' the <nowiki>|}</nowiki> at the end of the infobox.
 
 
Guide by [[User:1885|1885]] ([[Special:Contributions/1885|Contribs]]) 19:30, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 

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