Forum:Is there a way to add an iFrame to a userpage?

Hi, Tocinoman from the Fallout wiki here.

As the title states, I am having a bit of trouble understanding the way Wikia and iFrames interact. What do I need to do to add an iFrame to a userpage? I am quite clueless as Wikia isn't like building a website in the editing sense (i.e. you cannot simply add whatever code you wish into the editor and expect it to work). I've noticed that simple tags do not work. If someone could walk me through this process, I would much appreciate it. Thanks!  ~ Toci ~ Go ahead, make my day.  01:41, October 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * When editing wiki pages, the MediaWiki software only permits a subset of HTML. Iframe happens to be one of those tags that isn't permitted normally. However, if you use verbatim tags (see Help:Verbatim tags, you can actually inject whatever HTML you want into a wiki page to get around this limitation -- so in that sense, it can be just like building other websites. Here's the short version of the walkthrough you want:


 * 1) Put your iframe HTML code into a MediaWiki page on your wiki. Suppose for this example that the page is called MediaWiki:Tocinoman (you need to be an admin to edit MediaWiki pages).
 * 2) Place  on the page where you want to inject the iframe HTML. It's sorta like transcluding templates with
 * I've got it perfectly now. Thanks!  ~ Toci ~ Go ahead, make my day.  02:09, October 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * I've got it perfectly now. Thanks!  ~ Toci ~ Go ahead, make my day.  02:09, October 9, 2012 (UTC)