Forum:Infobox not working as hoped

Not sure if this is how I'm supposed to get help on this topic, but here goes anyway.

I want to use an infobox to display information on characters, similarly to this example. I've tried using the default template, but it won't do the bits like 'Biological Information', 'Physical Information', etc. I also tried copying from the Susan Bones page and editing it to show the required information, but that didn't seem to work either.

How would I go about getting the infobox to work?

ACH Vicky 11:29, May 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Moved to the forums for you as this is the right place to put it in. Can you give us a link to your template as this might help. ☆ The  Solar  Dragon  ( Talk ) ☆ 12:09, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * The wiki is a WIP, but here you go. Clicky. ACH Vicky 13:56, May 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * There is a basic Character infobox on the templates.wikia here > General Character infobox that you could customise. Alternatively copy the one from the harry potter wiki into a completely new template page (to keep it separate from the existing infobox template that has a different structure) with a simpler title.


 * The bit you added to the existing infobox documentation page is only the part of a template, that bit passes the data to the actual template called "Character Infobox" that does not actually exist on your wiki yet. The actual template takes the data from the various |parameter= items and displays them if they exist or if not puts up some default text or blanks the line. The parameters in the template have the form - see Help:Creating templates for more information. Some infoboxes also use/need code adding to the mediawiki.common.css file, this differs from wiki to wiki & 'styles' the boxy defining the 'classes' used in the infobox code. Other additional templates may be needed, if you use one from another wiki. If when preiewing you seen red  links listed at the bottom of the page additional templates are being requested and these ned adding as well from the source wiki (they should also have n associated /doc page of usage notes just like the basic Infobox template you have already). - BulldozerD11 00:50, May 17, 2010 (UTC)