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 ===Test Your Infobox===
 Make a new page, and name it infoboxtest and post the following code into it:
-<pre>{{Infobox
+<pre>
 </pre>
 ''Save this code and test on a regular page, there are many more options found here:''
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 *Mediawiki Template:Infobox - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox Template:Infobox Official]
 *Etcwiki Infobox Frontpage - [http://www.etcwiki.org/ Infobox Example]

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-{{Infobox
-|name         = Infobox Template
+'''THIS GUIDE IS TOTALLY NON FUNCTIONAL FOR NEW MEDIAWIKI VERSIONS! JUST DONT USE IT!'''
-|bodystyle    = float:right; valign:top;
-|title        = Installing Template:Infobox
+'''THIS GUIDE IS TOTALLY NON FUNCTIONAL FOR NEW MEDIAWIKI VERSIONS! JUST DONT USE IT!'''
-|titlestyle   =
-|image        = [[File:Installing-infobox-wiki-help.png]]
+This is a guide intended for the beginner user of Mediawiki to enable the use of templates on your site without having to 'transclude' it from wikipedia. This guide walks you through the installation of the Infobox template seen on many wikipedia pages, as well as the front page of Etcwiki. The links are to Wikipedia and ETCwiki for the source of the templates needed to be copied. The guide is meant to be simple (as simple as this can be), so keep it that way for user friendliness please.<br>
 Note: All of this tested on Mediawiki 1.14 at etcwiki.org

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[[Category:MediaWiki Simple Guides]]
{{Infobox
|name = Infobox Template
|bodystyle = float:right; valign:top;
|title = Installing Template:Infobox
|titlestyle =
|image = [[File:Installing-infobox-wiki-help.png]]
|imagestyle =
|caption = Infobox Template Install Guide
|captionstyle =
|headerstyle = background:#ccf;
|labelstyle = background:#ddf;
|datastyle = text-align:right;
|header1 = Template Install Info
|label1 =
|data1 =
|header2 =
|label2 = creator:
|data2 = etcwiki.org
|header3 =
|label3 = What is this?:
|data3 = infobox template installation guide
|header4 =
|label4 = How difficult is this?
|data4 = moderate
|label5 = How long does this take?
|data5 = 60-90 minutes
}}This is a guide intended for the beginner user of Mediawiki to enable the use of templates on your site without having to 'transclude' it from wikipedia. This guide walks you through the installation of the Infobox template seen on many wikipedia pages, as well as the front page of Etcwiki. The links are to Wikipedia and ETCwiki for the source of the templates needed to be copied. The guide is meant to be simple (as simple as this can be), so keep it that way for user friendliness please.<br>

Note: All of this tested on Mediawiki 1.14 at etcwiki.org

==Requirements==
===Parser Functions===

[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions Extension: Parser Functions download page]

[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions Extension: Parser Functions Help]

You must have this extension installed in order to use the templates in this guide. Get the SVN snapshot if possible. To install it, just uncompress and copy the files into your /extensions/ directory in your wiki, and edit Localsettings.php to include the following line:
<pre>require_once( "$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" );</pre>
''Make sure the location you are linking to actually has the file, properly named, or your site will not load''

===Common.css===

Mediawiki:Common.css - [http://www.etcwiki.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&action=edit view source]

You need to create a new page in your wiki with the code from Common.css in it (linked above). To make the new page, search for Mediawiki:Common.css then create the page, and paste the code from the link above into it.

This CSS code allows for proper formatting of Infobox borders, text, etc. Templates will function without this, it is mostly cosmetic changes, but etcwiki strongly recommends.
----
<br>
<br>

==Install Template:Infobox==

'''Creating Templates on your site'''
In order to install/add a Mediawiki template on your site, search for the template and create a new page from there. Search your wiki for:
<pre> Template:Infobox
or Template:Intricate template</pre>
When the search results show up, select 'create this page' option and enter the code/text for your template (found below in the view source links for each template).
''Most templates do NOT_use_under_scores''

===Infobox Required Templates===

Create a template page for EACH of the links below. The name of each template is on the left hand side, and the code for the template is linked to by the 'view source' link. Make sure you get all of the templates, or else Template:Infobox will not work. After you create a template, re-edit it and below the code, each of the required templates (dependencies) will be listed.

'''These are the first level of templates you need for Template:Infobox'''
* Template:! [http://www.etcwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:!&action=edit view source]
* Template:Clear [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Clear&action=edit view source]
* Template:Documentation [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Documentation&action=edit view source]
* Template:Documentation subpage [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Documentation_subpage&action=edit view source]
* Template:Documentation/docname [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Documentation/docname&action=edit view source]
* Template:Infobox [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Infobox&action=edit view source] (you may already have this)
* Template:Infobox/doc (edit)
* Template:Intricate template [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Intricate_template&action=edit view source] - Really Important*
* Template:Navbar [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Navbar&action=edit view source]
* Template:Nowrap [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Nowrap&action=edit view source]
* Template:Ombox [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Ombox&action=edit view source]
* Template:Ombox/core [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Ombox/core&action=edit view source]
* Template:Pp-meta [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Pp-meta&action=edit view source]
* Template:Pp-template [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Pp-template&action=edit view source]
* Template:Purge [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Purge&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tl [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tl&action=edit view source] (this is TL, I had trouble telling the L in lowercase)
* Template:Tnavbar [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tnavbar&action=edit view source]
* Template:Transclude [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Transclude&action=edit view source]

'''You will also need to copy these templates to make the ones above work'''
* Template:Infobox/row [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Infobox/row&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tiw [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tiw&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tlf [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tlf&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tls [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tls&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tlsp [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tlsp&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tlp [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tlp&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tn [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tn&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tlx [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tlx&action=edit view source]
* Template:Mbox Templates [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Mbox_templates view source]
* Template:Mbox templates/doc [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Mbox_templates/doc&action=edit view source]
* Template:Navbox [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Navbox&action=edit view source]
* Template:- [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:-&action=edit view source]
* Template:· [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:%C2%B7&action=edit view source]
* Template:Tnull [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Tnull&action=edit view source]
* Template:Shortcut [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Shortcut&action=edit view source]
* Template:High-risk [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:High-risk&action=edit view source]
* Template:Main [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Main&action=edit view source]
* Template:Namespace detect [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Namespace_detect&action=edit view source]
* Template:Clr [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Clr&action=edit view source]

'''Extra templates that may help if you have problems'''
* Template:Cleanup [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Cleanup&action=edit view source]
* Template:Ambox [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Ambox&action=edit view source]
* Template:Ambox/core [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Ambox/core&action=edit view source]

===Test Your Infobox===
Make a new page, and name it infoboxtest and post the following code into it:
<pre>{{Infobox
|title = ETCwiki.org Infobox
|image = [[Image:example.png|200px]]
|header1 = Main Heading
|header2 = First set of data
|label2 = Label
|data2 = Data
|header3 = Remove this line (optional)
|label3 = More Label
|data3 = More data
}}
</pre>
''Save this code and test on a regular page, there are many more options found here:''

==Extra help==
*[[Problems installing wiki templates]] - Common problems. Common solutions.

==External Resources==
*List of Mediawiki Namespace Templates - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Template_namespace_templates Mediawiki Namespace Templates]
*Mediawiki Template:Infobox - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox Template:Infobox Official]
*Etcwiki Infobox Frontpage - [http://www.etcwiki.org/ Infobox Example]

{{mwbox}}