Forum:Changing the look of the infobox

How can I change the look of the infobox? As of current I use the standard layout with a big blue title-bar. I want the titlebar to be smaller and to have a different colour and I wanna add headers to the infobox. How can I do those things? -- Zantam03 08:07, February 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to the infobox. An infobox template is one that is to the right of articles and sums up basic info about the article's subject, but that doesn't seem to make sense when you say you want headers and to change the "titlebar". Could you clarify? Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 09:52, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, English is not my main language, but I'll try to clarify.

Yes, I'm talking about the template Infobox, the thing on the right. I'll use this article as an example. As you see, the title 'Zhang Jiao' is in a blue title bar, I wanna change the colour and size of the bar.

With headers I mean what you see on this pages' infobox. It has the headers 'Emperor and founder' and 'names', how can implement something like that in my infobox? -- Zantam03 10:00, February 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Edit this template. You can change the size of the title bar by reducing the padding. At the moment it says "1em", which of course is pretty big. Change it to something smaller, something like "5px". The colour of the the title bar says "#3366CC", which is blue. Take a look at Help:Color and pick a colour to replace that.
 * The final query you have regarding the headers involves making new rows on the template. That simply involves making a new row on the template, bolding the text and making it a different colour. Do you know much about wiki syntax? If not, I can make these changes for you. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 10:20, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, yes I think it would be best if you'd do that for me :P I'm a bit of a Wiki-rookie as you may have noticed. I changed the colour and size of the titlebar, can you then please add in the headers? Two headers should suffice.

I wonder, if you add in the headers and save the changes, will this automatically override all other infoboxes that are currently in use? If yes, then perhaps it would be best to save it under a new name; Infobox-new. -- Zantam03 11:07, February 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * The change will update anything using that template. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 14:43, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, how exactly did you change the size and color? I can't seem to find a way to adjust the codes.. Help me, I'm a noob! :(


 * It seems that the size and colour have been correctly changed. Yes, if you add headers inside the infobox, the change will apply to all uses of the template. The best way to add the headers depends on where the infobox is currently used. Is it only used on characters etc. or is it used in a lot of places, for example articles on events or places? Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 02:41, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

Yes it's being used on all kinds of subjects; characters, events, media, etc. But it's possible to have different kinds of infoboxes right? -- Zantam03 13:55, February 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * People use infoboxes for all sorts of things, but if you want each to have its own individual look, you will have to create a few templates (i.e. Event-Infobox, Media-Infobox). --DaNASCAT 16:43, February 21, 2010 (UTC)