Template:Infobox Wikipedia user script/sandbox

sandbox

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Usage

This infobox is intended to be used on user script description/documentation pages.

{{{name}}}

[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logosize}}}|alt={{{logoalt}}}]]
[[File:{{{screenshot}}}|{{{screenshotsize}}}|alt={{{screenshotalt}}}]] {{{screenshot-caption}}}
Description	{{{desc}}}
Author(s)	{{{author}}}
Maintainer(s)	{{{maintainer}}}
Status	{{{status}}}
First released	{{{released}}}
Version	{{{version}}}
Updated	{{{updated}}}
Browser support	{{{browsers}}}
Skin support	{{{skins}}}
Source	{{{source}}}
GitHub repository	{{{github}}} on GitHub

Full syntax

{{infobox Wikipedia user script
|styled             = 
|bodystyle          = 
|install-target     = 
|name               = 
|logo               = 
|logosize           = 
|logoupright        = 
|logoalt            = 
|logo-caption       = 
|screenshot         = 
|screenshotsize     = 
|screenshotupright  = 
|screenshotalt      = 
|screenshot-caption = 
|desc               = 
|author             = 
|maintainer         = 
|status             = 
|released           = 
|version            = 
|updated            = 
|browsers           = 
|skins              = 
|source             = <!-- or " |mainsource = " or " |beta = " -->
|github             = 
|categorize         = <!-- or " |cat = " -->
}}

Example

MyScript

MyScript in action
Description	Does something useful
Author(s)	Username
Status	Stable
First released	July 7, 2008 (2008-07-07)
Version	2.1.0
Updated	March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03)
Browsers	Firefox, Chrome
Skins	Vector
Source	User:Username/Example.js

{{infobox user script
 | name = MyScript
 | desc = Does something useful
 | author = [[User:Username|Username]]
 | updated = {{start date and age|2013|03|03}}
 | status = Stable
 | released = {{start date and age|2008|07|07}}
 | version = 2.1.0
 | source = [[User:Username/Example.js]]
 | skins = Vector
 | browsers = [[Firefox]], [[Google Chrome|Chrome]]
 | logo = [[File:Wikimedia-logo.svg|50px]]
 | screenshot = [[File:Floater script screenshot.png|300px]]
 | screenshot-caption = MyScript in action
}}

• Add |styled = yes for an alternate colored version (see second example):

User script

MyScript
Description	Does something useful
Author(s)	Username
Status	Stable
First released	July 7, 2008 (2008-07-07)
Version	2.1.0
Updated	March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03)
Browsers	Firefox, Chrome
Skins	Vector
Source	User:Username/Example.js

{{infobox user script
 | name = MyScript
 | desc = Does something useful
 | author = [[User:Username|Username]]
 | updated = {{start date and age|2013|03|03}}
 | released = {{start date and age|2008|07|07}}
 | status = Stable
 | version = 2.1.0
 | source = [[User:Username/Example.js]]
 | skins = Vector
 | browsers = [[Firefox]], [[Google Chrome|Chrome]]
 | styled = yes
}}

Parameters

• name: The name of the script. Defaults to page name.
• desc: A short description of what the script does.
• author: The script author's user name.
• released: When the script was first released.
• updated: The date of last update. Use {{start date and age}} to automatically display time since the last update.
• status: Script's development status. You may describe this any way you like, such as alpha/beta/release, or stable/experimental/inactive.
• source: The source code page.
• skins: Supported skins.
• browsers: Supported web browser(s).
• github: The script's repository on GitHub, as input to the {{github}} template.
• logo: Image file address for logo
• logoupright: See Module:InfoboxImage: upright=yes displays image at 75% of default size, upright=value with values under 1 scaling the image down (0.9 = 90%) and values greater than 1 scaling the image up (1.15 = 115%).
• logosize: Logo size in pixels. Use of logoupright is recommended as pixels can vary in size depending on display used.
• screenshot: Image file address for screenshot
• screenshotupright: See logoupright.
• screenshotsize: See logosize.
• screenshot-caption: Text caption for screenshot
• styled: Set to yes for an alternate colored version (see example above)
• categorize: Set to no to prevent categorizing the page into Category:Wikipedia scripts

The following parameters can aid in automatic installation:

• mainsource: The main source file, which is to be loaded from the user's custom script.
• install-target: The preferred page on which the script should be included. The default is common.js.

Templatedata

This infobox is intended to be used on user script description/documentation pages.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	The name of the script. Defaults to page name.	String	optional
Logo	logo	Image file address for logo	File	optional
Logo Upright	logoupright	See Module:InfoboxImage: upright=yes displays image at 75% of default size, upright=value with values under 1 scaling the image down (0.9 = 90%) and values greater than 1 scaling the image up (1.15 = 115%).	Number	optional
Logo Size	logosize	Logo size in pixels. Use of logoupright is recommended as pixels can vary in size depending on display used.	String	optional
logoalt	logoalt	no description	String	optional
logo-caption	logo-caption	no description	Unknown	optional
Screenshot	screenshot	Image file address for screenshot	File	optional
screenshotsize	screenshotsize	no description	String	optional
screenshotalt	screenshotalt	no description	String	optional
Screenshot Caption	screenshot-caption	Text caption for screenshot	String	optional
screenshotupright	screenshotupright	no description	Number	optional
Description	desc	A short description of what the script does.	String	optional
Author	author	The script author's user name.	User	optional
Maintainer(s)	maintainer	no description	String	optional
Status	status	Script's development status. You may describe this any way you like, such as alpha/beta/release, or stable/experimental/inactive.	String	optional
Released	released	When the script was first released.	Date	optional
Version	version	The version of the script.	String	optional
Updated	updated	The date of last update. Use {{start date and age}} to automatically display time since the last update.	String	optional
Browsers	browsers	Supported web browser(s).	Unknown	optional
Skins	skins	Supported skins.	String	optional
Beta?	beta	Marks the source as being in beta. Set to any value to enable. Auto value yes	String	optional
Source	source	The source code page.	Page name	optional
bodystyle	bodystyle	no description	Unknown	optional
GitHub repository	github	The script's repository on GitHub, as input to the {{github}} template.	String	optional
Styled?	styled	Set to yes for an alternate colored version (see example on template page) Auto value yes	String	optional
Categorize?	categorize cat	Set to no to prevent categorizing the page into Category:Wikipedia scripts Auto value no	String	optional
Main Source	mainsource	The main source file, which is to be loaded from the user's custom script.	Page name	optional
Install Target	install-target	The preferred page on which the script should be included. The default is common.js.	String	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Infobox Wikipedia user script/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
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