Board Thread:New Features/@comment-24739709-20150518230347/@comment-2240397-20150521110659

Thank you all for amazing feedback!

The main idea behind the new infoboxes is to create the set of building blocks that all of us can use to build the infoboxes we like. It's of course like with any other building blocks, you pick the order yourself. You can put the image-block on top, then the data-block with description under it, then title-block and then any other blocks you like and have available.

We know that right now the list of blocks is limited and they are not as easy to use as we would like them to be, that is why we need communities to work with us on making it better!

We want to make the proces of building infoboxes as simple as possibile. For example the new markup automatically hides empty values. No more     in your infobox markup. Unless you specify a default value the rows with no data will not be displayed. The same applies to sections. I know it's just a baby step but we believe that by tackling use case after use case we can create great and slimple tool for us all, howver we need you help and experteese to successed.

New infoboxes also intruduce the default theming using wikia's theme which hopefully will save work on new communities. We know it cannot compeete with customized styles, but it's just a default. CSS is still an option. Bonus is that the HTML markup is unified, so it will be easier to take the custom styles from other wikis you like and use then on yours.

DEmersonJMFM, GMRE: We understand the need for space, especially on the wikis that have a policy of putting images only on the right side of the page (it's easy to have infobox taller then the rest of the page). That is why tabular infobox is on our roadmap along with other infobox views that adress this issue. I hope you will like them. Stay tuned.

TableWiz, Dessamator, DEmersonJMFM: The new infoboxes do not require you to know LUA, however it's possible to invoke LUA modules within the new infoboxes.

TableWiz: Good questions. This feature is not connected with breakpoints and typography changes. It's in the beta phase, this means it's optional and for volunteers only. We want to test it, get the best out of it and make it useful for all of us. We offer help with migration and you can start using it on your wikia right away, but we are not enforcing anything.

Dessamator: Great initiative! I think we share the same goal: remove the curly brackets and simplify the markup. Let us know if we can help you somehow!