Board Thread:Support Requests - Designing Your Wikia/@comment-2240397-20160211204935/@comment-3474542-20160217144247

Hollowness wrote: FishTank wrote: Hollowness wrote:

Videos {{#if:{{{videos|}}}| has an identical effect, and is sure to work. That, and Portable Infobox XML syntax does not take kindly to having ParserFunctions encasing the XML tags; the tag is a set of programming instructions, and it's not processed like normal wikitext.

But we're digressing again from the topic. :-) Please describe what do you consider a good looking infobox. What are the typical visual adjustments you make and how do you like your infoboxes styled? No (not identical), cause I want the #if phaser function in that case (it was just a cut and paste from an actual infobox field were I use it), besides it was just a quick example. I didn't want to be rude and not answer someone asking me something, especially it is in conjunction with my request to improve infoboxes.

I still want stacked and non stack option in the same infobox without having to use horizontal groups as a band-aid, and that would make infoboxes better IMO. 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.

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