Forum:How do you make infoboxes?

http://scrimmpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Phantasm

Could someone please fix this one, and then tell me what I'm doing wrong? Cheers. Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 01:06, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * You need to create the infobox. See Help:Infobox.  Manyman  (Talk)  07:54, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I've already looked at that, it doesn't tell me anything different to what I've already done. I have created the infobox, but it's not showing up. This is why I need someone to just have a quick look and do it for me, 'cos last time it took two days for me to figure out how to do the simplest thing. If someone could just do it for me, then I could look at what they did, then I'll know how to do it. It'll take five seconds, I'm sure. Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 11:39, July 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * No, you haven't created it. You have just put the unmade template on the page. You need to make an infobox under the name Template:Infobox film. Once again, see Help:Infobox. ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  11:54, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * w:c:shrek:Template:Infobox character. Have a look at the code; the bits with the  in it is the import bit.  Manyman  (Talk)  12:03, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't say (((foo))) anywhere. I don't know why this has to be so difficult, it's very off-putting. Responses to my original request only please, from now on.Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 13:23, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * "Foo" is a 'placeholder'. I thought as much as I'd seen it a bit recently, but have only just myself confirmed it. See this wikipedia entry on foo: TellyFan 13:38, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't worry too much about that wikipedia entry though - it might confuse you further. But if you don't understand the placholder concept, ther is a link to that there. Basically, you substitute your own word where 'foo' is currently.TellyFan 13:41, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Note also that Manyman used and not (((foo))). To see these curly brackets in action on the link he provided, make sure you click on edit this page (a direct link to which is here TellyFan 13:48, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, Manyman (I'm sure you're still reading this!), I don't know where you got the UNK template from, but I now have it too. So thanks for the link :) TellyFan 13:51, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Scrimm, please give a link to the infobox template that isn't working. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:04 AM PST 11 Jul 2010
 * Telly, I got it from here. Az is too smart for her own good .  Manyman  (Talk)  21:32, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

http://scrimmpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Phantasm Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 21:35, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * w:c:scrimmpedia:Phantasm refers to a template w:c:scrimmpedia:Template:Infobox film that does not exist. You can't fox what doesn't exist. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:02 PM PST 11 Jul 2010
 * Apparently, you deleted the page. Try undeleting it, then maybe someone will know how to fix it. Perhaps you should have asked for help before deleting?TellyFan 08:55, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Manyman, thanks, though it was more a rhetorical question than anything else! I particularly liked it because of the way it added the pages to a new category! Clever stuff!TellyFan 08:55, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * "Perhaps you should have asked for help before deleting?"
 * Well, perhaps I did (see above). Did the thought that I might not have the slightest idea what I'm doing never enter your head? I think this forum should be renamed the "patronise the newbie" forum. "Wow, this guy really doesn't know what he's doing, let's wind him up! Ha! I know, let's link him to the help section!" "No, wait, I've got a better one! Let's link him to it twice!" "Ha! That's a good one." If it was any help to me, I wouldn't have needed to ask, would I. All the page that I deleted was was me aimlessly writing "foo", based on the somewhat cryptic clues I've been given, and then deleting it. I didn't delete anything else, look, it's still there.
 * http://scrimmpedia.wikia.com/index.php?title=Phantasm&action=edit
 * I don't know what you guys are talking about. Foo? Fox? Unc? I don't know what any of it means, and the annoying thing is you know I don't know what any of it means. Forget it, I'll figure it out myself. Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 10:28, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Decided to make if for you. Left you a message about the colours. Look at the code when editing. It may look complicated at first but believe me, it isn't that complicated once you are used to it. ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  11:24, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's a lot better now. Yeah, I want to look at the code, but how do you edit the infobox? Where exactly do you have to click to bring up the screen which let's you edit an infobox? Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 12:11, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Here. I also left you a message on your talk page there asking about what colours you want it in. ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  12:18, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, cool. So that's where I go to edit the infobox itself? How do I edit the info that I put in it? By the way, I don't know what colour yet 'cos I need to change the main colours first, so yellow will be alright for now. Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 12:30, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just use the template you did at first, i.e.:
 * Thank you, that's a lot better now. Yeah, I want to look at the code, but how do you edit the infobox? Where exactly do you have to click to bring up the screen which let's you edit an infobox? Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 12:11, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Here. I also left you a message on your talk page there asking about what colours you want it in. ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  12:18, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, cool. So that's where I go to edit the infobox itself? How do I edit the info that I put in it? By the way, I don't know what colour yet 'cos I need to change the main colours first, so yellow will be alright for now. Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 12:30, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just use the template you did at first, i.e.:

☆ The   Solar   Dragon  12:50, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

Now hang on with your raised eyebrow there (lol)! According to your deletion log: 00:40, July 11, 2010 Scrimm's raised eyebrow (Talk | contribs) deleted "Template:Infobox film". I got this direct from the template before it was recreated, and it is still recorded under recent changes. Your first post here was 01:06, July 11. Unless I'm completely missing something, you deleted the template 26 minutes before posting your first message asking for help, hence my post this morning.

"Did the thought that I might not have the slightest idea what I'm doing never enter your head?" Clearly - hence us trying to help. I'm a newbie too, by the way. I've been an occasional editor at one wiki for some while now, but not created templates or anything like that. I can't speak for the other contributors, obviously, but I'd be genuinely suprised if any of them thought 'great, let's wind him up'. Perhaps people shouldn't assume everyone knows what foo is, but hey, I learnt something, and I tried to help you understand the concept, too.

I also clearly told you that the template code is on the edit page. I'd overlooked this myself not long earlier, and had set up my own template help topic, which is why I came in here to help. The fact you asked SolarDragon "Where exactly do you have to click to bring up the screen which let's you edit an infobox?" suggests you didn't even read what I wrote properly. I even provided the link!

Anyway, you have your template now so it all worked out OK in the end. TellyFan 13:20, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, actually, I think I've got it now. Sorry about the attitude, but this is really frustrating. I was more annoyed with myself than you guys, I know your just trying to help. Scrimm&#39;s raised eyebrow 15:20, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * w:c:scrimmpedia:Template:Infobox film looks like a good straightforward infobox. Unfortunately, the Starter Wikia uses a an infobox which is overly complicated. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 6:57 PM PST 12 Jul 2010