I'd like to know how to add information on the featured article section the main home page of a wikia. I can't find a template for this in source mode.
I'd like to know how to add information on the featured article section the main home page of a wikia. I can't find a template for this in source mode.
Yes, the way the Segment Displays Wiki does it, you can change the background color by changing the background color of the table that contains the images. I believe that also answers your last question regarding how to put them together in a template.
I don't think this will work well in infoboxes because tables and images arranged in this manner generally don't display well on mobile. However, if you insist on having this aesthetic, I suppose this is the best option we have at our disposal.
Actually, I'm getting it to work now thanks!
One question, when you're creating templates, how to you create image placeholders? They will go on the empty slots to place the images.
[[File:Placeholder]]
Keep in mind though that this only works when the file link is placed directly on the page. Attempting to use it with templates, infoboxes, galleries, etc. won't work.
I know about this. I finally figured out how to do this! Now I can create displays, Thanks!
I was wondering, can you change tabber box sizes?
Allow me to briefly doff my hat at Andrewds' diligence; your patience and continued assistance in this thread (over 300+ messages and counting)haven't gone unnoticed. Well done.
Mountain, I do suggest perusing the many Help pages available when you have the time; they do cover quite a bit of ground. It sounds like Help:Tabber could be of use to you. If by "chang[ing] tabber box sizes" you mean you'd like to change the width of the box 'below' the tabs--
(and I suspect you do, now that I see the tabber on the Dearborn Dash article is extending 'behind' the infobox)
--then yes, you can change the default dimensions of boxes and make many other customization to tabs besides via CSS. The styling 'code' provided on Help:Tabber includes the basic tabber elements you can copy to your in-use CSS page and customize to your liking. For instance, if you wanted to make the width of all tabber boxes a firm 500px, you could try replacing "/* tabber wrapper style */" with "width: 500px;" in that stylesheet.
If you wanted to adjust the width of just one tabber on a particular page, e.g. Dearborn Dash, you could try experimenting with sandwiching the tabber code between
<div style="width:value%"></div>
, i.e. adjusting the percentage value to your liking. However, you'll have to accordingly adjust the widths you're using for the table; using Dearborn Dash again as an example, I'm referring to the two usages of:
style="width:300px;"
If you do want to give indiviudal styling via div style a try, here's some values you can try using as a test run:
<div style="width:60%;">
...followed by replacing both 300px usages with 200px. Again, these values aren't necessarily formal suggestions, just values to toy around with after testing them. Don't forget to close the div tag after you've closed the tabber tab; if you'd rather customize tabber unformly, then definitely do so via CSS.
Hello, the reason why I consult this tread is because the help pages don't alwasys give me the information that I'm looking for. Thank you. I'll try this out.
Are you suggesting posting questions in a new thread?
Yes. Unfortunately, the help pages don't always give enough information. Not to mention some of them are out-of-date.
Posting new questions in a new thread may make them easier to find at a later date, but it isn't a requirement. In general, the only time you "must" create a new thread is if you are not the original poster and your question is significantly unrelated.
Well, Revriley's post answered a few of my questions and their solution is definitely one way to go. If this is something you need to do on just a few pages, I think that solution is the best. Although, some of the tabs' contents will also need to be adjusted.
If this is something you need on most pages, we could change the width via CSS. However, this would impact all tabbers even if it isn't needed. So CSS isn't really a good option here.
The last option I would suggested is forcing the tabbers to start below the infobox. This means there may be some blank space on the page but you won't have to resize the tabs' contents and you will be able to do it for all tabbers via CSS. The CSS for this would be:
.tabber { clear: both; }
Actually, I think it looks fine. Thanks anyway.