Forum:Making templates

I'm an admin on the Vampire Academy Wiki, and I want to make an admin template that I can put on my userpage, but I have no idea how to create templates.  Love and Lust  17:02, June 17, 2012 (UTC) random as of 06/17/2012!!! 19:11, June 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * Templates are coded in exactly the same way as normal pages, except you put Template: on the front of their name.
 * When you add a template to an article, you can add arguments to it, a template in a page may look like this - the text after the | symbol are "arguments" to the template. The first argument replaces the text  every time it occurs in the template, the second argument replaces the text , etc. --  Random  Time  17:09, June 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * If you still need help with templates, this page I found might be able to help you[[file:RainbowYoshi.gif|10px]] Random yoshi 777 RainbowYoshi.gif


 * Templates are pieces of text to be reused multiple times. If you want a template for just one page, you might as well put this code right into that page.--PedroM 20:50, June 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll take a look at Random yoshi's link and take it from there.  Love and Lust  01:48, June 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * The easiest way to learn in my opinion how to create templates is by experimenting with them. Click the Random Wiki button at the bottom a few times and find an interesting wiki, search for an infobox and try to modify it (in your own sandbox, of course).
 * You'll eventually start to understand how variables work that way. Making tables is different, I suggest you to read on tables here. After you understand a bit of both, try to combine them. Make a table with variables.
 * That's how I learned it, and still learning more advanced stuff. -- Zikkun (talk)  02:06, June 18, 2012 (UTC)

Infobox Template
When I try to use the infoboxes like this one, I dont get that grey colouring. Can someone tell me how to get that? — ¤ U LTIMATE S UPREME ¤ (T@lk) 03:50, June 19, 2012 (UTC)