Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Navboxes





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What is a navbox

 * They are very much like sidebars, only they are usually spread across the bottom of the page. Here is an example from the Adair County, Missouri Genealogy page.

Typical navbox

 * First section - items you might find in a sidebar.
 * Second section - internal links to pages for other counties in the state.
 * Third section - internal links to pages of extinct county pages.
 * Fourth section - internal links to pages outlining what is available in the major repositories in the state.
 * Fifth section - internal links to pages discussing migration routes going through the state.

How to create a navbox

 * The navbox above is a table.
 * First row is the title of the navbox. It is centered and spans the two columns that follow.
 * First column is the title of the items in the adjacent cells.
 * Second column is the links or whatever material is to be displayed.
 * There are background colors in the cells.

Let's make one like the one above but use less material:

Here is the coding:  All this wikitext and inline styling should be familiar to you except for some new templates we have introduced

Saving the navbox
To save the navbox template, use the word "navbox" somewhere in the title like so: template:County navbox

CAUTION: When doing your navbox exercise, be sure to adhere to the restrictions for saving a template when saving your work. See sample below and refer to Ch 18-Templates. Template:User:your username/sandbox/County navbox

Placing the navbox
 
 * It is placed or embedded just like any other template.
 * If there are any parameters, they need to be included in the coding for the template; in this case, for the parameter State.
 * The normal placement coding for a saved navbox template is:
 * NOTE: When doing your navbox exercise, place the navbox template into your sandbox with the following code:

Try these out


 Exercises Check your answers
 * Create a navbox using the above format.
 * For topics use the first 5 topics from the Germany_Genealogy page.
 * For Counties use the first 5 counties from the State in which you were born. Example  Clark County, Nevada navbox at the bottom of the page.
 * Change the parameter to country.

 Quick Quiz
 * Navboxes may include items that could be in a sidebar.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * Navboxes are usually placed at the top of the page.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * Navboxes are limited to less than 200 pixels in width.
 * A. True
 * B. False

Check your answers

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