Template:Ambox   

This is the {{ambox}} or article message box meta-template.

It is used to build article message box templates such as wikipedia:Template:wikify. It offers several different colours, uses default images if no image parameter is given and it has some other features.

This meta-template uses the ambox CSS classes in MediaWiki:Common.css. The classes can also be used directly in a wikitable if special functionality is needed. See the how-to guide for that.

[edit] Usage

Simple usage example:

{{ambox | text = Some text.}}

Some text.

For more usage information and examples, see the template documentation on Wikipedia.

[edit] See also

There are several meta-templates in the mbox family:

• {{ambox}} – For article message boxes.
• {{tmbox}} – For talk page message boxes.
• {{imbox}} – For file (image) page message boxes.
• {{cmbox}} – For category message boxes.
• {{ombox}} – For other pages message boxes.
• {{mbox}} – Has namespace detection, for message boxes that are used on several types of pages and thus need to change style depending on what page they are used on.

Closely related meta-templates:

• wikipedia:Template:fmbox – For header and footer message boxes.
• wikipedia:Template:dmbox – For disambiguation and set index message boxes.
• wikipedia:Template:asbox – For article stub message boxes.

Other pages:

• wikipedia:Wikipedia:Ambox CSS classes – Describes how to use the ambox CSS classes directly in wikitables and HTML tables.
• wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article message boxes – The style guideline for creating article message boxes.
• wikipedia:Wikipedia talk:Article message boxes – For discussion about these matters.

[edit] External links

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