Board Thread:Support Requests - Designing Your Wikia/@comment-2240397-20160211204935/@comment-1807002-20160218055023

Vandraedha wrote:

Not trying to stray from the topic, but... I'm curious, What styling effect did you think those if statements give to your infobox? Are you trying to accomplish something that isn't obvious by using those if statements? Because looking at it, it's just redundant code. You would need to either use defaults or show="incomplete" for blank data fields to be shown (blank parameters are hidden by default). Whether a specific group (or the entire infobox) is stacked or horizontal is controlled by the infobox and group options, not that if statement. For help with the regular coding, see Help:Infoboxes, Portability Wiki, or ask for help at Board:Support Requests - Getting Technical.

If it really is styling that you're trying to implement, please explain it so that we can understand what you are trying to accomplish. Maybe a screenshot, or small graphic would help.

Edit: grammar Because I usually use them like this (with meta templates that transclude infoboxes) which in that case requires #if or else it will force the images even with an empty field and out of habit and/or if I want to utilize the if functions in the field eventually, so I have been using it that way.

Also does not work it stays non-stacked infobox (only does the stacked effect) which is why I used horizontal group without label and use the header as label. And never did I say the #if statement was the deciding factor, I clearly said I used to achieve it and NOT the #if statement (it just happened to be a direct cut past field I used as an example).

I mean no offense but I just transferred to the New Infobox several months ago and just starting to get use to CSS (and mostly self tough), can you really be so judgmental when I do things differently though it still works the same way? Don't get me wrong I have gotten some great help from people on Infoboxes and CSS on these forums, but even with volunteer help, some of you guys make us feel like we are wrong or dumb (two examples in this thread (FishTank for telling me off about my coding and me derailing by derailing even more and you to continue it implying how inexperienced I am, and for me to go get help), and if you were truly just trying to help I think offering it (maybe on my wall) instead of showing me up as wrong would have been nicer).

If anyone else wants to derail this thread just to shame me, please don't, I have unfollowed it because I feel obviously unwelcome to voice my opinion here (since staff Fishtank reply and yours), as an unconventional code/CSS Wikia User. Plus I do not want to contribute to the derailing anymore.

Despite me doing it wrong, I have been able to accomplish Infoboxes how I want, thank you very much. If there was true sincerity to help you could have it in a less demeaning way. Maybe it is exactly why Wikia is trying to make it easier for people.

Besides that, the 2 examples I gave in this thread in which I think would make Infoboxes better: Thread:990109 would be great, thank you Wikia, and thank you for your consideration.