Forum:How to make a Navbox?

I guess I know how to make it, but once I place the code, etc. it only shows a dead link the navbox name? What am I supposed to be there to make the navbox's working? --Light Daxter 23:26, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Which wiki? Can you provide a link? You're not providing enough information. Did you create a template for the navbox? --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 00:20, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hehe, sorry.. The wikia is here. I figured a navbox was just like a table, which I could copy as well. Than I just was confused how the navbox/template wouldn't work.... --Light Daxter 06:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * People are lazy and some create templates that what they do is call another template, this as i see its one of this cases the template Navbox that you copy calls another template named NavigationBox thats the one you have to copy thought you may find that template there are more template calls it would be more easy also if you had include where is located the template you are trying to copy --
 * That didn't make much sense... Anyway, personally I really like the navboxes from Fallout. Thing is, I tried copying any navbox/template code, but it only shows the damn link. Nor are any of the guides any help -_- --217.117.225.17 09:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you just tell us where you copied the template from? And trust me, guides aren't going to teach you how to made templates; you can only learn about them by making and editing them, and it's going to be harder to learn if you take the easy route by copying and pasting them without trying to understand them. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 13:00, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This is the basic idea, just with different content. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Megaton

Create the following templates for your wiki by copying and pasting: --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 14:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * w:c:fallout:Template:Navbar
 * w:c:fallout:Template:Navbox group
 * w:c:fallout:Template:Nb group
 * w:c:fallout:Template:Nb main
 * You also have to copy the following onto your wiki's MediaWiki:Common.css:

 /* **************************************************************** */ /* CSS for navboxes. */ /* Used in Template:Navbox, for example. */ /* **************************************************************** */

table.fallout_navbox_box { padding: 0px; border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: center; border-collapse: separate; font-size: 100%; }

table.nb_bottom + table.nb_bottom { border-top-style: none; border-top-style: hidden; }

th.fallout_navbox_innertable_title, th.fallout_navbox_box_title { padding: 2px; font-weight: normal; color:white; font-size: 80%; }

th.fallout_navbox_box_title { background: url(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images//d/d1/WidgetBackground.jpg?1); background-color: #0D592F; border: 3px solid white; }

th.fallout_navbox_innertable_title { background: url(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images//d/d3/ConcreteBackground.jpg?1); background-color: #565B45; border-top: 0; border-bottom: 2px solid white; border-left: 3px solid white; border-right: 3px solid white; }

th.fallout_navbox_box_title span.fallout_navbox_maintitle { font-weight: bold; font-size: 115%; }

th.fallout_navbox_innertable_title span.fallout_navbox_maintitle { font-weight: bold; font-size: 125%; }

td.fallout_navbox_cont { padding: 0px; border: 0px; }

table.fallout_navbox_innertable, table.fallout_navbox { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-collapse:separate; empty-cells:show; }

table.fallout_navbox { font-size: 85%; border-bottom: 1px solid white; }

table.fallout_navbox_innertable { font-size: 100%; }

td.fallout_navbox_header, td.fallout_navbox_footer, td.fallout_navbox_cell, td.fallout_navbox_groupcell, td.fallout_navbox_group, td.fallout_navbox_subgroup { border-top: 0; border-bottom: 2px solid white; border-left: 3px solid white; }

td.fallout_navbox_header, td.fallout_navbox_footer, td.fallout_navbox_cell, td.fallout_navbox_groupcell { border-right: 3px solid white; }

td.fallout_navbox_header, td.fallout_navbox_footer { padding: 2px; background: url(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images//d/d3/ConcreteBackground.jpg?1); background-color: #565B45; color:white; text-align: center; }

td.fallout_navbox_header { font-weight: bold; }

td.fallout_navbox_footer { font-size: 90%; }

td.fallout_navbox_subgroup, td.fallout_navbox_group { padding: 2px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0; font-weight: bold; }

td.fallout_navbox_group { background: url(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/9/95/ConcreteBackgroundLight.jpg?1); background-color: #BAC29B; }

td.fallout_navbox_subgroup { background-color: #DDDDDD; }

td.fallout_navbox_groupcell, td.fallout_navbox_cell { padding: 2px; background-color: #DDDDDD; }

td.fallout_navbox_groupcell { text-align: left; }

td.fallout_navbox_cell { text-align: center; }

/* do not wrap links in content fields if nowraplinks is set */ table.fallout_navbox_nowraplinks td.fallout_navbox_cell a, table.fallout_navbox_nowraplinks td.fallout_navbox_groupcell a { white-space:nowrap; }

/* header bar needs brighter links */ table.fallout_navbox_box th a:link { color: #AFA000; } table.fallout_navbox_box th a:active { color: #fff; } table.fallout_navbox_box th a:visited { color: #B6A700; } table.fallout_navbox_box th a:hover { color: #fff; } table.fallout_navbox_box th a.new { color: #f11 !important; }

/* headers and footer need brighter links */ td.fallout_navbox_header a:link, td.fallout_navbox_footer a:link { color: #cfc000; } td.fallout_navbox_header a:active , td.fallout_navbox_footer a:active { color: #fff; } td.fallout_navbox_header a:visited , td.fallout_navbox_footer a:visited { color: #B6A700; } td.fallout_navbox_header a:hover , td.fallout_navbox_footer a:hover { color: #fff; }

@media print { table.fallout_navbox_box { display: none; } }

/* end Navboxes */
 * --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:03, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Templates such as w:c:jakanddaxter:Template:Navbox now work. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Your wiki's Mediawiki:common.css
How do you see and edit "your wiki's mediawiki:common.css page"? Elwynd 20:27, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


 * c:jakanddaxter:MediaWiki:Common.css. 21:28, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah, so I was looking at the right thing... do you need special rights to modify it? I can only view source...Elwynd 21:35, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


 * You need sysop privilegies to edit it. Ask an admin (or a wikia staff/helper) to add it for you. 21:46, 22 March 2009 (UTC)