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[edit] What are userboxes

Userboxes are predefined wiki-snippets saved as templates. They are meant to standardize user infos and in some case categorize them.

Originally developed for Wikimedia Commons, exported to Babel, userboxes evolved fast into one of the most beloved wiki tools for the simplicity of their use and are employed by many wikies under countless variations.

A userbox is divided into two parts:

This userbox can be customized resulting in almost anything you want, consider the examples below, they are all done through the generic Userbox template:

w:) This user likes wiki markup.	VS -> This user is long-term beginner in VectorScript.	— This user has NO personality.
w:( This user hates wiki markup.	AS @#! This user loves AND hates AppleScript.	This user prefers a Mac.

On vcor we have the following types of userbox:

Generic Userbox

the container for any userbox. You can use it to make anything you want. The examples above are all made through the generic userbox.

Categorizing Userboxes

these userboxes categorize users according to the declared preferences or skills.

VectorWorks Userbox

declare the VectorWorks or Minicad version with which you started. Or register as developer. Or as someone who contributed in developing the VectorWorks core engine. It will also be used for some statistic.

Language Userbox

declare your language skills. One day this will help us building up the interlanguage facilities on vcor.

[edit] Usage

• Go to your main Userpage. You always find a link to your user page under your user name, up right in the browser window.
• Click edit
• Choose a type of userbox: generic, VectorWorks or language.
• Place a template call to the chosen userbox type anywhere in your user page:

{{Userbox | id =Hi!}}

{{Userbox VectorWorks| 1}} (wow!)

{{Userbox Language| dk }}

Please use Userboxes only in user pages.

[edit] Generic Userbox

This template is taken from Wikipedia Userbox. It is a very refined template and we found it wise to keep it as main container for other vcor userboxes. You can customize it setting one or more of its Parameters:

{{Userbox
  |id       = id text or image. If the image is larger than 45x45px the userbox will expand.
  |id-c     = id background color
  |id-fc    = id font color
  |id-s     = id text size
  |id-p     = id cell padding space
  |id-lh    = id line height 
  |id-op    = id other parameter (CSS)
  |info     = info text
  |info-c   = info background color
  |info-fc  = info font color
  |info-s   = info text size
  |info-p   = info padding (distance between cell contents & cell border)
  |info-lh  = info line height (or distance in between text lines)
  |info-op  = info other (CSS) parameter(s)
  |border-c = box color
  |border-s = border width in pixels
}}

{{Userbox}}

{{Userbox
  |id=foo
  |id-s=20
  |id-c=#ffffee
  |info=''foo bar''
  |info-c=#ffeeff
  |info-s=12
  |border-c=#aaffaa
  |border-s=2
}}

{{Userbox
  |id=foo logo
  |id-c=#ffffee
  |info=''We are trying to see 
default distance in between text 
lines, and, see the distance in 
between cell content and its border 
and also see total height.''
  |info-c=#ffeeff
  |border-c=#aaffaa
  |border-s=2
}} 

 {{Userbox
  |id=foo logo
  |id-s=14
  |id-c=#ffffee
  |id-lh=1.1em
  |info=''We have specified values 
to lessen the distance in between 
text lines & padding space in between 
cell content and its border.''
  |info-c=#ffeeff
  |info-s=8
  |info-p=1pt
  |info-lh=1.05em
  |border-c=#aaffaa
  |border-s=1
}} 

 {{Userbox
  |id=foo logo
  |id-s=14
  |id-c=#ffe
  |id-lh=1.1em
  |info=foo bar
  |info-c=#fef
  |info-s=14
  |info-op=font-family:'Courier New';
  |border-c=#afa
  |border-s=2
}} 

[edit] VectorWorks Userbox

Place a VectorWorks Userbox in your user page for declaring when you started with VW. The VectorWorks Userbox accepts only one parameter which must be a number from 1 to 12. For example:

{{Userbox VectorWorks| 1}}

{{Userbox VectorWorks| 9}}

{{Userbox VectorWorks| -1}}

{{Userbox VectorWorks| 0}}

[edit] Language Userbox

These are special userboxes which are meant to help categorizing users according to their language skills. The Language Userbox accepts only one parameter with a language code. Below the languages and relative codes we are starting with. Please request a user language if you are missing your own.

Paste the line below at the beginning of your user page for declaring your language skills. For example:

{{Userbox Language| de}}

{{Userbox Language| es}}

[edit] See also

In order to avoid exponential growing of templates, we developed on vcor a compacter Userbox system. The uncontrolled growth of user defined boxes saved as templates is an issue that is proving problematic on larger wikies. In the links below you'll find many external pages with informations of userbox usage, you'll also be tempted to store as template on vcor some of the userboxes that you'll find there, but *please* use only the predefined userboxes listed above changing the settings according to your needs. Do not store extra templates for the userboxes.

• Userboxes on Wikipedia Infos about userboxes and their usage.
• Userboxes on Babel mainly Language userboxes.
• Wikipedia UBX More usage examples.
• Icons on Commons for usage with userboxes or starting your own. Please check very well the eventual copyright of the images. Only images under free licence can be used.