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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Helpbox.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Helpbox.

This template allows a help-related navigation template to be set up relatively quickly by supplying it with one or more lists of links.

Usual syntax

{{Helpbox
| name    =  <!-- or: | templatename = -->
| class   = plainlist
| title   =  <!-- or, if templatename used: | name = -->

| group1  = 
| list1   = 

| group2  = 
| list2   = 

<!-- etc, to: -->

| group20 = 
| list20  = 
}}

Parameters

Required

title  (or, if templatename used (see below), name)
The template's title, centered at the top of the template.
listn
(i.e. list1, list2, etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within <div>...</div>. At least one list parameter is required. Each listn may be preceded by a corresponding groupn parameter, if provided (see below). There is a limit of 20 lists/groups in a template.

Optional

groupn
(i.e. group1, group2, etc.) If specified, text appears in a header displayed above listn.
first unnamed parameter
Inline CSS for the template.
name  (or, if name used as above, templatename)
The template's pagename, activating the inclusion of the V•T•E links in its bottom righthand corner. Template:Helpbox's pagename, for example, is "Helpbox".

Example

{{Helpbox
| name   = Beginner's Guide
| class  = plainlist
| title  = [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Overview|Beginner's Guide]]

| group1 = Basic mechanics of a wiki
| list1  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:How pages work|How pages work]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Userspace|Your userspace]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Talk pages|How talk pages work]]
* [[Help:HowTo|How to edit pages]]
* [[Help:Searching|How to search the wiki]]
</div>

| group2 = Good writing
| list2  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid|How to be funny]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid THE IMAGE VERSION|(Funny images)]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Choice of Words|(Funny choice of words)]]
</div>

| group3 = Style
| list3  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:Style Guide|Style Guide]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Writing lists|Writing Lists]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Templates/In-universe/Quotes|Quotations]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Grammar and spelling|Grammar and spelling]]
</div>

| group4 = Good behavior
| list4  = <div>
* [[Uncyclopedia:Behavior|Be civil]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Cyberbullying|Don't do cyberbullying]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:Beginner's Guide/Acceptable admins|Coexist with the Admins]]
</div>

| group5 = See also...
| list5  = <div>
* [[Help:Contents|Help Contents]]
* [[Uncyclopedia:What Uncyclopedia is not|What Uncyclopedia is not]]
</div>
}}

History

Spork.jpg This template was originally sporked from wikipedia:Template:Helpbox.



Template:Helpbox and its documentation were sporked from Wikipedia.