Template:Ambox/doc

Description and usage
This template is used to create article management templates. Note: This templates requires sitewide CSS!

Use  on a template page, filling in the various options. The created template is then used at the top of various wiki pages to notify the user of issues.

Article management boxes should be used sparingly, as it can get in the way of content.

Named parameters

 * |image=: image for use on the left, defaults to Image:Wiki.png. Takes full image code, e.g. . The image box area has a limit of 60px width.
 * |type=: top line text
 * |info=: list of extra info
 * |border=: border colour (defaults to green)
 * red     : ambox-red (serious issue)
 * orange  : ambox-orange (important issue)
 * yellow  : ambox-yellow (mild issue)
 * green   : ambox-green (something good)
 * purple  : ambox-purple
 * blue    : ambox-blue
 * gray    : ambox-gray


 * |style=: extra style parameters (unlikely to be used)

CSS required
This template uses the following CSS in MediaWiki:Common.css:

/* === Template:Ambox designs === */ /* Ambox design */ .ambox { font-size: 95%; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px #AAA solid; border-left: 10px solid #228b22; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #EEE; } /* Ambox colours */ .ambox-blue { border-left: 10px solid #1e90ff;      /* Blue (notice) */ } .ambox-red { border-left: 10px solid #b22222;      /* Red (delete/serious) */ } .ambox-orange { border-left: 10px solid #f28500;      /* Orange (content) */ } .ambox-yellow { border-left: 10px solid #f4c430;      /* Yellow (style) */ } .ambox-purple { border-left: 10px solid #9932cc;      /* Purple (merge) */ } .ambox-gray { border-left: 10px solid #bba;         /* Gray (protection) */ } .ambox-green { border-left: 10px solid #228b22;      /* Green */ } /* Ambox small text */ .ambox-smalltext { font-size: smaller; margin-top:0.5em; margin-left:0.8em; } /* Ambox image */ .ambox-image {                         /* The left image cell */ width: 60px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 0.5em;           /* 0.5em left, 0px right */ text-align: center; } @media print { .ambox { display: none; } } /* no ambox when printing */