Hi everyone,
I have a general wiki question. I am trying to understand templates with parameters. I have a good grasp on basic templates but, was thinking of using something on my department's wiki at work.
The idea is to create an info box similar to what wikipedia uses (example page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damin - on the right hand side). This would set up a Quick Tips type thing:
{| class="infobox" style="border: 1px solid #aaa;border-left: 10px solid #bba;width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%; background:#fbfbfb"
|+ style="font-size: larger;" | '''Quick Tips'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="color:#ffffff;text-align:center;background:#1e90ff" | '''How To..'''
|-
! Step 1:
| Do this
|-
! Step 2:
| Do this
|-
! Step 3:
| Do this
|-
! Step 4:
| Do this
|-
! Step 5:
| Do this
|-
! Step 6:
| Do this
|-
! Step 7:
| Do this
|-
! Step 8:
| Do this
|-
| colspan="2" style="color:#ffffff;text-align:center;background:#1e90ff" | '''Notes'''
|-
! Note 1:
|-
| Blah blah
|-
! Note 2:
|-
| Blah blah
|-
|}
Obviously the amount of steps and notes and well as the content of both may change from page to page. What I want is to be able to set-up to be reused. You know the basic reason for a template
Now, I know that it can be done with parameters but, I have tried to read the help files on WikiMedia and seem to be missing something. I'm not sure how to set some thing like this up. Would any of you have the time to break it down for me?
This is not critical, just a nice to have (as well as an increase in my knowledge).
Thank you all in advance,
--Rad