Template:Infobox U.S. Town/doc

Infobox U.S. Town is the standard infobox used for all town articles in the United States.

Usage
This blank template includes some optional parameters that must be omitted if not used (will not work properly if left blank), plus some older parameters that still work but have been replaced by newer parameter names. See the parameter documentation below for more details.

The parameters are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.

Parameters
The parameters below are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.

Name
These parameters specify the name of the town and state and are displayed in the infobox title as "Town, State" (IMPORTANT: do not WikiLink these with  because they are used for other purposes in the template code).
 * town             : the town name
 * state            : the state name, i.e. Maryland

Town seal
An image of the town seal can be displayed near the top of the infobox, immediately below the title. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.
 * seal             : (optional) Town seal image (name only)
 * seal size        : (optional) Allows changing image size from 75px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Location maps
These parameters are used to specify the image file to be displayed.
 * town_map          : the image name (name only), i.e. Town.png
 * town_map_desc     : text that describes the town map
 * county_map        : the image name (name only), i.e. Or-baker.png
 * state_map         : the image name (name only), i.e. Oregon.png

Date founded
The old way of specifying this was via the founded parameter. Although that still works, the new method is via the following parameters. The year and date use the AutoLink template to automatically generate a WikiLink if an article with a matching name exists.
 * founded year     : if you include a reference, the auto-wikilink won't work, so add   around the year
 * founded date     : (optional) syntax is: February 1
 * founded title    : (optional) text to replace the default heading "Founded"  (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause a blank box to left of year)

Town motto

 * motto            : (optional) the town motto

Town seat
The old way of specifying this was via the seat parameter. Although that still works, a new method that automatically generates the WikiLink is shown below.
 * seat wl          : name of town seat; the wikilink is created for you: "City" results in " City "

Town building
An image and address of the courthouse or city hall can be displayed. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.
 * building image         : (optional) building image (name only)
 * building image size    : (optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
 * building address        : (optional) displayed in text below the building image, use   to separate different lines (not dependant on image being shown

Official town web site

 * web              : (optional) url for website, without "http://" and brackets, i.e. www.LaPorte.org (template automatically generates external link)

Source of town name

 * named for        : (optional) text describing meaning of town's name
 * named for image  : (optional) the named for image (name only)
 * named for size   : (optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Town flag
An image of the town flag can be displayed near the bottom of the infobox. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.
 * flag             : (optional) town flag image (name only)
 * flag size        : (optional) allows changing image size from 100px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Town logo
An image of the town logo can be displayed near the bottom of the infobox. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.
 * logo             : (optional) town logo image (name only)
 * logo size        : (optional) allows changing image size from 100px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Extra image
An additional image can be displayed near the bottom of the infobox. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.
 * ex image         : (optional) extra image (name only)
 * ex image size    : (optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
 * ex image cap     : (optional) a caption displayed in small text below the extra image