Help:Portal/Bobs and Templates

This wiki page aims to teach how to use Templates, Navigation Boxes (NavBoxes) and Break-Out-Boxes (Bobs)

Template:Delete
You can use this template as   directly, or by adding a reason such like so:   .

This tag is not designed for a personal seal of disapproval, and are only to be used for the following purposes:
 * Vandalism
 * Complete nonsense
 * Unused files

In short, if there is not reason to keep a page, use this. Otherwise, it'll be kept... so it really works more as a 'Look here!' template.

Template:ReplaceFile
Some file sucks bad? Use this, like so:. To show off the template without categorizing the file it's in, use

Template:Start
Not to be confused with, this one is specifically for articles that are missing critical bits of Wiki goodness like categorization and organization. If the article has those but is short on actual content, use instead.

Template:Stub
FEED STUBS SO THAT THEY MAY GROW

Most of the time, you will use directly. To add more info as to what exactly needs to be expanded, use. To just show example usage, you should use so the page you're showing example usage on doesn't get categorized itself.

Navigation Boxes (Navboxes)
To use any navbox, do  , such as   .

Creating Navboxes
To create a navbox, start by Creating an Article as normal, but prefix the name with Template:, and suffix it with _navbox, then follow one of the examples below:

Template:SubPage
While not quite a navigation box, this template is used to make subpages. If you want to point out that this is a subpage of another one, just use. If you want to link to a subpage, use it like this:

Only the subpage name is mandatory.


 * Name is the name of the subpage.
 * Text is a small description of its contents. Usually has a humorous sentence.
 * Image is a related picture, sometimes one of the most interesting items on that subpage.
 * Width is the image's width. Default is 50px.
 * Align is the image's align. Default is center.
 * Min-width is the image's minimum width. Default is 50px.
 * tr is the translated title, and is to be only used in translations of pages. Using it outside of these will break it brilliantly.

Template:CityBob
The CityBob template is for use on city pages, and thus has options appropiate for cities.

 


 * image - Filename for image file to be used alongside the flag.
 * caption - Caption for image
 * abbr - The City Abbreviation
 * founded - When was the city founded or when did it open?
 * founder - Who are the founders/original creators of the city?
 * owner - Who currently owns the city?
 * mayor - Who currently runs the city?
 * tier - What tier number is it?
 * value - How much is it worth?
 * x - What is the X coordinate for the city? Only include the number, since this is used to generate a link.
 * z - What is the Z coordinate for the city? Only include the number, since this is used to generate a link.
 * demonym - What are the citizens called?

Template:CompanyBob
The CompanyBob template is designed specifically for usage on company pages.

 


 * founded - When was the company founded or when did it open?
 * founder - Who are the founders/original creators of the company?
 * leaders - Who currently owns the company?
 * sector - How does it carry out it's primary business?
 * hq - Link the city page for your company's headquarters here.

Template:PlayerBob
The PlayerBob template is designed specifically for usage on player pages.

 


 * joined - When did they first join HelloMiners?
 * ign - What is the in-game-name for this player?
 * bday - When is thier birthday?
 * age - How old are they?
 * place - Where are they from?
 * realname - What is thier realname?

Template:ServerMap
The ServerMap template generates a server map link for the wiki.

 


 * x - What is the X coordinate for the city? Only include the number, since this is used to generate a link.
 * z - What is the Z coordinate for the city? Only include the number, since this is used to generate a link.
 * zoom - Zoom Integer. 1,2,4 & 8 are acceptable values.