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This is the {{tl|ombox}} or '''other pages message box''' meta-template.
It is used to build message box templates for pages of the types: User, {{SITENAME}}, MediaWiki, Template, Help, and any new future namespaces. That is, page types not covered by {{tl|ambox}}, {{tl|tmbox}}, {{tl|imbox}} or {{tl|cmbox}}. Thus it should ''not'' be used for boxes for articles, talk pages, image pages or category pages.
This template works almost exactly like {{tl|ambox}} and uses the same parameters.
=== Usage ===
Simple usage example:
<pre>
{{ombox | text = Some text.}}
</pre>
{{ombox | text = Some text.}}
Complex example:
<pre>
{{ombox
| type = style
| image = [[Image:Emblem-question-yellow.svg|40px]]
| style = width: 400px;
| textstyle = color: red; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;
| text = The message body text.
}}
</pre>
{{ombox
| type = style
| image = [[Image:Emblem-question-yellow.svg|40px]]
| style = width: 400px;
| textstyle = color: red; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;
| text = The message body text.
}}
=== Other pages message box types ===
The following examples use different '''type''' parameters but use no image parameters thus they use the default images for each type.
{{ombox
| type = speedy
| text = type=<u>speedy</u> – Speedy deletion templates.
}}
{{ombox
| type = delete
| text = type=<u>delete</u> – Deletion templates.
}}
{{ombox
| type = content
| text = type=<u>content</u> – Major warnings and problems.
}}
{{ombox
| type = style
| text = type=<u>style</u> – Minor warnings and problems.
}}
{{ombox
| type = notice
| text = type=<u>notice</u> – Notices and messages of any kind, both permanent and temporary.
}}
{{ombox
| type = move
| text = type=<u>move</u> – Merge, split, and rename messages and proposals.
}}
{{ombox
| type = protection
| text = type=<u>protection</u> – Protection templates.
}}
=== Examples ===
Some examples using the "notice" style:
{{ombox
| text = No type and no image given ('''default''')
}}
{{ombox
| image = none
| text = No type and '''image=none''' – No image is used and the '''text''' uses the whole message box area.
}}
{{ombox
| image = [[Image:Gnome globe current event.svg|42px]]
| imageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.svg|40px]]
| text = image = <nowiki>[[Image:Gnome globe current event.svg|42px]]</nowiki> <br> imageright = <nowiki>[[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.svg|40px]]</nowiki>
}}
=== Parameters ===
List of all parameters:
<pre>
{{ombox
| type = speedy / delete / content / style / notice / move / protection
| image = none / [[Image:Some image.svg|40px]]
| imageright = [[Image:Some image.svg|40px]]
| style = CSS values
| textstyle = CSS values
| text = The message body text.
| small = {{{small|}}} / yes
| smallimage = none / [[Image:Some image.svg|30px]]
| smallimageright = none / [[Image:Some image.svg|30px]]
| smalltext = A shorter message body text.
}}
</pre>
'''type'''
:If no '''type''' parameter is given the template defaults to type '''notice'''. That means it gets a gray border.
'''image'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''image''' parameter is given the template uses a default image. Which default image it uses depends on the '''type''' parameter.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 40px - 50px width are usually about right depending on the image height to width ratio. (But the message box can handle images of any size.) For example:
::<code><nowiki>image = [[Image:Crystal package settings.png|40px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''none''' = Means that no image is used.
'''imageright'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''imageright''' parameter is given then no image is shown on the right side.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 40px - 50px width are usually about right depending on the image height to width ratio. (But the message box can handle images of any size.) For example:
::<code><nowiki>imageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|40px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''Anything''' = Any other object that you want to show on the right side.
'''style'''
:Optional CSS values used by the entire message box table. Without quotation marks <code>" "</code> but with the ending semicolons <code>;</code>. For example:
::<code>style = margin-bottom: 0.5em;</code>
'''textstyle'''
:Optional CSS values used by the text cell. For example:
::<code>textstyle = text-align: center;</code>
'''text'''
:The message body text.
==== The small parameters ====
{{ombox
| small = yes
| text = small = yes
}}
{{ombox
| type = style
| small = yes
| text = type = style <br> small = yes
}}
'''small'''
:'''yes''' = Makes it a smaller right floating message box. This also makes the default images smaller. Note that any data fed to the '''smallimage''', '''smallimageright''' and '''smalltext''' parameters is only used if "small=yes". To make it so your template also understands the small parameter you can use this code:
::<code><nowiki>small = {{{small|}}}</nowiki></code>
{{ombox
| small = yes
| image = [[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|50px]]
| smallimage = [[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|32px]]
| text =
small = yes <br> image = <nowiki>[[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|50px]]</nowiki> <br> smallimage = <nowiki>[[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|32px]]</nowiki>
}}
'''smallimage'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''smallimage''' parameter is given then this template falls back to use the '''image''' parameter. If the '''image''' parameter also is empty then a small default image is used.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 30px width is usually about right. For example:
::<code><nowiki>smallimage = [[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|30px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''none''' = Means that no image is used. This overrides any image fed to '''image''', when "small=yes".
{{ombox
| small = yes
| imageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|50px]]
| smallimageright = none
| text =
small = yes <br> imageright = <nowiki>[[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|50px]]</nowiki> <br> smallimageright = none
}}
'''smallimageright'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''smallimageright''' parameter is given then this template falls back to use the '''imageright''' parameter. If the '''imageright''' parameter also is empty then no image is shown on the right side.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 30px width is usually about right. For example:
::<code><nowiki>smallimageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|30px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''Anything''' = Any other object that you want to show on the right side.
:'''none''' = Means that no right side image is used. This overrides any image fed to '''imageright''', when "small=yes".
'''smalltext'''
:A shorter version of the message body text. If no '''smalltext''' parameter is given then this template falls back to use the '''text''' parameter.
=== Technical details ===
If you need to use special characters in the text parameter then you need to escape them like this:
<pre>
{{ombox
| text = <div>
Equal sign = and a start and end brace { } work fine as they are.
But here is a pipe {{!}} and two end braces <nowiki>}}</nowiki>.
And now a pipe and end braces <nowiki>|}}</nowiki>.
</div>
}}
</pre>
{{ombox
| text = <div>
Equal sign = and a start and end brace { } work fine as they are.
But here is a pipe {{!}} and two end braces <nowiki>}}</nowiki>.
And now a pipe and end braces <nowiki>|}}</nowiki>.
</div>
}}
This template uses the ombox CSS classes in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] for most of its looks, thus it is fully skinnable.
This template calls {{tl|ombox/core}} which holds most of the code for {{tl|ombox}}, while {{tl|ombox}} itself does parameter preprocessing.
Internally this meta-template uses HTML markup instead of wiki markup for the table code. That is the usual way we make meta-templates since wiki markup has several drawbacks. For instance it makes it harder to use [[m:Help:ParserFunctions|parser functions]] and special characters in parameters.
The default images for this meta-template are in png format instead of svg format. The main reason is that some older web browsers have trouble with the transparent background that MediaWiki renders for svg images. The png images here have hand optimized transparent background colour so they look good in all browsers. Note that svg icons only look somewhat bad in the old browsers, thus such hand optimization is only worth the trouble for very widely used icons.
For more technical details see the [[Template talk:Ombox|talk page]]. Since this template works almost exactly like {{tl|ambox}}, {{tl|tmbox}}, {{tl|imbox}} and {{tl|cmbox}} their talk pages and related pages might also contain more details.
=== See also ===
There are several meta-templates in the mbox family:
* {{tl|ambox}} – For article message boxes.
* {{tl|tmbox}} – For talk page message boxes.
* {{tl|imbox}} – For image page message boxes.
* {{tl|cmbox}} – For category message boxes.
* {{tl|ombox}} – For other pages message boxes.
* {{tl|mbox}} – Has namespace detection, for message boxes that are used on several types of pages and thus need to change style depending on what page they are used on.
Closely related meta-templates:
* {{tl|fmbox}} – For header and footer message boxes.
* {{tl|dmbox}} – For disambiguation and set index message boxes.
<includeonly>
<!-- CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS HERE, THANKS -->
[[Category:{{SITENAME}} metatemplates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
</includeonly>
<!-- PLEASE ADD CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE -->
{{mbox templates}}
This is the {{tl|ombox}} or '''other pages message box''' meta-template.
It is used to build message box templates for pages of the types: User, {{SITENAME}}, MediaWiki, Template, Help, and any new future namespaces. That is, page types not covered by {{tl|ambox}}, {{tl|tmbox}}, {{tl|imbox}} or {{tl|cmbox}}. Thus it should ''not'' be used for boxes for articles, talk pages, image pages or category pages.
This template works almost exactly like {{tl|ambox}} and uses the same parameters.
=== Usage ===
Simple usage example:
<pre>
{{ombox | text = Some text.}}
</pre>
{{ombox | text = Some text.}}
Complex example:
<pre>
{{ombox
| type = style
| image = [[Image:Emblem-question-yellow.svg|40px]]
| style = width: 400px;
| textstyle = color: red; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;
| text = The message body text.
}}
</pre>
{{ombox
| type = style
| image = [[Image:Emblem-question-yellow.svg|40px]]
| style = width: 400px;
| textstyle = color: red; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;
| text = The message body text.
}}
=== Other pages message box types ===
The following examples use different '''type''' parameters but use no image parameters thus they use the default images for each type.
{{ombox
| type = speedy
| text = type=<u>speedy</u> – Speedy deletion templates.
}}
{{ombox
| type = delete
| text = type=<u>delete</u> – Deletion templates.
}}
{{ombox
| type = content
| text = type=<u>content</u> – Major warnings and problems.
}}
{{ombox
| type = style
| text = type=<u>style</u> – Minor warnings and problems.
}}
{{ombox
| type = notice
| text = type=<u>notice</u> – Notices and messages of any kind, both permanent and temporary.
}}
{{ombox
| type = move
| text = type=<u>move</u> – Merge, split, and rename messages and proposals.
}}
{{ombox
| type = protection
| text = type=<u>protection</u> – Protection templates.
}}
=== Examples ===
Some examples using the "notice" style:
{{ombox
| text = No type and no image given ('''default''')
}}
{{ombox
| image = none
| text = No type and '''image=none''' – No image is used and the '''text''' uses the whole message box area.
}}
{{ombox
| image = [[Image:Gnome globe current event.svg|42px]]
| imageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.svg|40px]]
| text = image = <nowiki>[[Image:Gnome globe current event.svg|42px]]</nowiki> <br> imageright = <nowiki>[[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.svg|40px]]</nowiki>
}}
=== Parameters ===
List of all parameters:
<pre>
{{ombox
| type = speedy / delete / content / style / notice / move / protection
| image = none / [[Image:Some image.svg|40px]]
| imageright = [[Image:Some image.svg|40px]]
| style = CSS values
| textstyle = CSS values
| text = The message body text.
| small = {{{small|}}} / yes
| smallimage = none / [[Image:Some image.svg|30px]]
| smallimageright = none / [[Image:Some image.svg|30px]]
| smalltext = A shorter message body text.
}}
</pre>
'''type'''
:If no '''type''' parameter is given the template defaults to type '''notice'''. That means it gets a gray border.
'''image'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''image''' parameter is given the template uses a default image. Which default image it uses depends on the '''type''' parameter.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 40px - 50px width are usually about right depending on the image height to width ratio. (But the message box can handle images of any size.) For example:
::<code><nowiki>image = [[Image:Crystal package settings.png|40px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''none''' = Means that no image is used.
'''imageright'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''imageright''' parameter is given then no image is shown on the right side.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 40px - 50px width are usually about right depending on the image height to width ratio. (But the message box can handle images of any size.) For example:
::<code><nowiki>imageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|40px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''Anything''' = Any other object that you want to show on the right side.
'''style'''
:Optional CSS values used by the entire message box table. Without quotation marks <code>" "</code> but with the ending semicolons <code>;</code>. For example:
::<code>style = margin-bottom: 0.5em;</code>
'''textstyle'''
:Optional CSS values used by the text cell. For example:
::<code>textstyle = text-align: center;</code>
'''text'''
:The message body text.
==== The small parameters ====
{{ombox
| small = yes
| text = small = yes
}}
{{ombox
| type = style
| small = yes
| text = type = style <br> small = yes
}}
'''small'''
:'''yes''' = Makes it a smaller right floating message box. This also makes the default images smaller. Note that any data fed to the '''smallimage''', '''smallimageright''' and '''smalltext''' parameters is only used if "small=yes". To make it so your template also understands the small parameter you can use this code:
::<code><nowiki>small = {{{small|}}}</nowiki></code>
{{ombox
| small = yes
| image = [[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|50px]]
| smallimage = [[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|32px]]
| text =
small = yes <br> image = <nowiki>[[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|50px]]</nowiki> <br> smallimage = <nowiki>[[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|32px]]</nowiki>
}}
'''smallimage'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''smallimage''' parameter is given then this template falls back to use the '''image''' parameter. If the '''image''' parameter also is empty then a small default image is used.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 30px width is usually about right. For example:
::<code><nowiki>smallimage = [[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|30px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''none''' = Means that no image is used. This overrides any image fed to '''image''', when "small=yes".
{{ombox
| small = yes
| imageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|50px]]
| smallimageright = none
| text =
small = yes <br> imageright = <nowiki>[[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|50px]]</nowiki> <br> smallimageright = none
}}
'''smallimageright'''
:'''No parameter''' = If no '''smallimageright''' parameter is given then this template falls back to use the '''imageright''' parameter. If the '''imageright''' parameter also is empty then no image is shown on the right side.
:'''An image''' = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 30px width is usually about right. For example:
::<code><nowiki>smallimageright = [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|30px]]</nowiki></code>
:'''Anything''' = Any other object that you want to show on the right side.
:'''none''' = Means that no right side image is used. This overrides any image fed to '''imageright''', when "small=yes".
'''smalltext'''
:A shorter version of the message body text. If no '''smalltext''' parameter is given then this template falls back to use the '''text''' parameter.
=== Technical details ===
If you need to use special characters in the text parameter then you need to escape them like this:
<pre>
{{ombox
| text = <div>
Equal sign = and a start and end brace { } work fine as they are.
But here is a pipe {{!}} and two end braces <nowiki>}}</nowiki>.
And now a pipe and end braces <nowiki>|}}</nowiki>.
</div>
}}
</pre>
{{ombox
| text = <div>
Equal sign = and a start and end brace { } work fine as they are.
But here is a pipe {{!}} and two end braces <nowiki>}}</nowiki>.
And now a pipe and end braces <nowiki>|}}</nowiki>.
</div>
}}
This template uses the ombox CSS classes in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] for most of its looks, thus it is fully skinnable.
This template calls {{tl|ombox/core}} which holds most of the code for {{tl|ombox}}, while {{tl|ombox}} itself does parameter preprocessing.
Internally this meta-template uses HTML markup instead of wiki markup for the table code. That is the usual way we make meta-templates since wiki markup has several drawbacks. For instance it makes it harder to use [[m:Help:ParserFunctions|parser functions]] and special characters in parameters.
The default images for this meta-template are in png format instead of svg format. The main reason is that some older web browsers have trouble with the transparent background that MediaWiki renders for svg images. The png images here have hand optimized transparent background colour so they look good in all browsers. Note that svg icons only look somewhat bad in the old browsers, thus such hand optimization is only worth the trouble for very widely used icons.
For more technical details see the [[Template talk:Ombox|talk page]]. Since this template works almost exactly like {{tl|ambox}}, {{tl|tmbox}}, {{tl|imbox}} and {{tl|cmbox}} their talk pages and related pages might also contain more details.
=== See also ===
There are several meta-templates in the mbox family:
* {{tl|ambox}} – For article message boxes.
* {{tl|tmbox}} – For talk page message boxes.
* {{tl|imbox}} – For image page message boxes.
* {{tl|cmbox}} – For category message boxes.
* {{tl|ombox}} – For other pages message boxes.
* {{tl|mbox}} – Has namespace detection, for message boxes that are used on several types of pages and thus need to change style depending on what page they are used on.
Closely related meta-templates:
* {{tl|fmbox}} – For header and footer message boxes.
* {{tl|dmbox}} – For disambiguation and set index message boxes.
<includeonly>
<!-- CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS HERE, THANKS -->
[[Category:{{SITENAME}} metatemplates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
</includeonly>