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Description
This template is used to easily produce message boxes to be used in articles.
Syntax
Default: {{ambox|<heading>|<text>}}
Parameters
Many are not required for the box to display properly, unless otherwise noted.
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| type | The general box adopted. The default box will display with the default variables unless notice or section are entered. The parameters differ slightly between which is used.
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| Types and their parameters | ||||||
| Default | notice | section | ||||
| heading | Insert desired text to be placed on top, customizable. Default: centered and boldfaced. | image Required |
Insert image name without [[File:. Default: 40 pixels, left position.
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image Required |
Insert image name without [[File:. Default: 20 pixels, left position.
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| text | Enter desired text, customizable. Default: centered. | heading | Add desired text. Modify with heading-style variable. Default: left-aligned, boldfaced, 90% font-sized. | text | Enter desired text, customizable. Default: left-aligned, 88% font-sized. | |
| text | Enter desired text, customizable. Default: left-aligned, 85% font-sized; 0.2em top margin. | |||||
| normaltext | Enter desired text, displays normally and is customizable. Default: left-aligned. | |||||
| style | To add additional customization. Be sure to divide each value with a ; colon.
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| cat | Category name to be inserted inside <includeonly>[[Category: ]]</includeonly>.
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Usage
- IMPORTANT NOTE !
- Choose an image < 128 × 128 pixels if it is intended to be inserted at the very top of an article. A larger size would cause the image displayed in the template to be mistakenly chosen to represent the article across the wiki.
To use the default message box, type:
{{Ambox
|heading = Heading here
|text = ''Place'' text '''here'''
|style =
|cat =
}}
The result...
Heading here Place text here
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To use the notice message box, type:
{{Ambox
|type = notice
|image = Black warning.png
|heading = Heading here
|heading-style =
|normaltext =
|text = ''Place'' text '''here'''
|style =
|cat =
}}
The result...
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Heading here Place text here |
To use the section message box, type:
{{Ambox
|type = section
|image = Black warning.png
|text = ''Place'' text '''here'''
|style =
|cat =
}}
The result...
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Place text here |