MediaWiki/Editing/Advanced

Some advanced features are supported on this wiki.

Creating Infoboxes

Infoboxes on the Bibliotheca Anonoma Wiki are created using Capiunto, a Lua module is relatively easier to install and create infoboxes with than the opaque and puzzling template language. It will take a bit of reading to understand how to make one, but it's worth it.

Basic Usage Guide for Capiunto

Here's an example infobox:

Module:Infobox_Test

local p = {}
 
function p.default(frame)
	local capiunto = require 'capiunto'
	return capiunto.create( {
		top = tostring(mw.title.getCurrentTitle()),
		topStyle = 'background:#cfc;',
		bottom = frame.args["description"]; -- description
	} )
	:addImage(
		string.format('[[File:%s|200px]]', frame.args["img_url"]), -- featured image
		frame.args["caption"] -- caption
	)
	:addRow('URL', frame.args["url"])
	:addRow('Project Status', frame.args["project_status"])
	:addRow('Archiving Status', frame.args["archiving_status"])
	:addRow('Project Source', frame.args["project_source"])
end

return p

Note: As you see from the infobox call below, it calls the "default" function. You can also have other functions in one module, perhaps for using a smaller infobox (e.g. with no image) when the situation calls for it.

MediaWiki/Editing/Advanced
File:Test.png This image is a test image that is found on Wikimedia Commons.
URL	url
Project Status	project status
Archiving Status	archiving status
Project Source	project source
This is a test of the Infobox system. The description would go here: though maybe it should go on the page instead and only semantic data here.

You can then use this infobox with the following method call, and the example appears on the right:

{{#invoke: Infobox_Test | default 
| description      = This is a test of the Infobox system. The description would go here: though maybe it should go on the page instead and only semantic data here.
| img_url          = test.png
| caption          = This '''image''' is a test image that is found on Wikimedia Commons. 
| url              = url
| project_status   = project status
| archiving_status = archiving status
| project_source   = project source
}}