Forum:Basic Infobox Help

Hello, I'm working on a new wiki, and I'm kind of confused about making infoboxes. This is what I have at Template:Infobox Vehicle:

http://mobsters.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Infobox_Vehicle

On the page that I use this template on, I have the following code:

http://mobsters.wikia.com/index.php?title=Bentley_GTC&action=edit

But all that shows up is my picture. No title, or anything else. Is there something I'm just missing here? Thanks in advance, --Cook Me Plox 15:31, April 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * There's no reason to use pastie when you can just link to the template and the page. I see no reason this wouldn't work, as long as you have Template:Infobox already. 18:29, April 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I do have Template:Infobox, but it's still not working, Cook Me Plox 18:53, April 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Cook Me Plox looks like your Wiki has the starter version (simple version) of template:Infobox which uses


 * Row 1 title =
 * Row 1 info =


 * Rather than the std Wikipedia format of;


 * header1 =
 * label1 =
 * data1 =
 * Format for entries - look at the examples on the doc page for template infobox for the data format. You can either update your vehicle template to use the Infobox as is, or change the infobox to use shorter labels i.e data1 etc or swap for a more complex version of Infobox that will probably need other items adding and changes to some CSS code. My complex version is Here which is wikipedia compatible.


 * If you are only going to us simple info boxes Use option 1 - update your infobox vehicle to use the 'Row 1 title =' & 'Row 1 info =' format. - BulldozerD11 21:51, April 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * PS I've updated it to option 1 and it works now - BulldozerD11 21:57, April 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you very, very much! I just have one more question, how do I make it so it doesn't say "No Title" at the top?  (aka give it a title) :D  Cook Me Plox 00:28, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

I've fixed this for you - turns out the parameter needed from the base infobox template for your other infobox was "Box title" rather than "title". Just using the parameters you've put in the article should be fine. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  01:14, April 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * - The 888th Avatar - Wondered why i got an edit clash when trying to fix it - after i'd added title parameter & was checking if it had worked on other page. (great idea of wikia to create non std infobox template)


 * - Cook Me Plox - It should default to the PAGENAME and if the page its used in needs a different title then add "| title= new title" to that pages infobox code. - BulldozerD11 01:26, April 7, 2010 (UTC)