Help:Sidebar

What is a sidebar
Sidebar is a term that refers to various forms of information that is displayed in a box, with or without borders, to the side of an article. You can display text, images, widgets, etc. in them.

What is the purpose of sidebars?
The purpose of the sidebars is to isolate the material in it from any changes in the main article that might affect the location or arrangement of the material in the sidebar.

What are the advantages of sidebars
It has the advantage of being updatable without having to go each of the articles where the sidebar may appear. This very important if you have a particular sidebar on many pages. You simply go to the sidebar article and made whatever changes you want. Then, when someone goes to any of the pages where the sidebar appears, they will see the updated material. Again, this material will appear on all the articles where the sidebar is imbedded.

How to create a sidebar
Probably the easiest way is to create them between “div” tags, for example: text. But to control the width and the location of the sidebar you must include the width and its desired location on the page. This is an example for setting the width and location of the sidebar: text. In this example, the width is set to 25% and the sidebar is to float on the left side of the article. Pay close attention to the width of your sidebar. If it is too wide you might find some of the material in the imbedded article pushed down the page. If this happens check for the width of the material in the main article and either change its width or the width on the sidebar. Click here to see the article for the Template:Example-sidebar on this page

How to embed a sidebar
Type the following: where you want the sidebar to appear. It can be placed anywhere on the page. It will begin where you place it. So, if you put it at the top, it will appear at the top. If you place it half way down the page, it appear somewhere in the middle of the article.

How to edit a sidebar
To edit a sidebar, you treat it just like a regular article. Click on the "Edit This Page" button on the sideba page and make whatever changes you want just as you do on any article in the Wiki.