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This template creates a page banner that you can include on portal pages, for example. You can see an example here in the Helpdesk on the topic pages, e.g, quality assurance.

Importing the template[edit | edit source]

The import file is included in the archive file HW-banner.zip. Unpack the zip file first.

On the page Special:Import follow these steps:

Finding the page Spezial:Import via search
Finding the page Spezial:Import via search
  1. Select file and choose HW-banner.xml.
  2. Enter an Interwiki prefix. Since this field is required, simply add hw (for hallowelt).
  3. Keep the selection Import to default locations.
  4. Click Upload file...
Import settings
Import settings
The form-based template is now available in your wiki.

Important! The input fields for the template parameters are usually not automatically available after importing the template to your wiki . You have to open the imported template file and make an edit (e.g., add a space and then save the page) to activate the template data functionality. The input fields should now be displayed correctly when you use the template on a page.


Making a "null"-edit to activate TemplateData
Making a "null"-edit to activate TemplateData

Pages included in the import[edit | edit source]

The xml import creates the following files in your wiki:

  • Template:Banner
  • Template:Banner/styles.css

Creating a banner[edit | edit source]

  1. From the Visual Editor Insert > Template menu, add the template "Banner".
    Inserting the template through VisualEditor
    Inserting the template through VisualEditor
  2. Click on the inserted template to view the available parameters for formatting the look of the banner.
Available banner settings

Important! The settings only take effect after you save the page if you have just inserted the banner template on your page.


All settings for the banner are optional. This means that a box can be generated without image, heading, or text.

Example settings[edit | edit source]

Banner settings
Banner settings
Element Value Description
1 Banner image QM:Flower_white.jpg Image name (with namespace prefix, if it exists, but without the File: prefix). The banner image is optional.
Image width 200 Number. The width will automatically be used as pixel-value. Default value: 200
Image alignment left, right Shows the imag to the left or right. Default value: left.
2 Heading Meine Überschrift Heading text
Heading size 1.6em Size can also be entered as 16px or any other css size value. Default value: 1.6em.
Heading color #444444 Color as hex value.
3 Text Das ist der Inhalt. Text of the box.
Text size 1.2em see Heading size
Text color #444444 see Heading color
4 Content padding 20px Distance of the title/text area to the box and the image. Default value:10px.
5 Padding of the container box 10px Padding of the box itself. Default value: 0.
6 Background color #efefef Color as hex value . Default value #efefef (a light grey)


<div class="downloadarea">
        
        
        <span class="getButton">[[Media:HW-banner.zip|Download]]</span>
        
        
        
        [[File:template-download-Banner.png|450x450px|alt=banner variations]]
        
        
        </div>This template creates a page banner that you can include on portal pages, for example. You can see an example here in the Helpdesk on the topic pages, e.g, [[quality assurance]].
        
        ==Importing the template==
        
        The import file is included in the archive file ''HW-banner.zip''. Unpack the zip file first.
        
        
        
        On the page ''Special:Import'' follow these steps:
        
        [[File:Template Banner step1.png|none|thumb|alt=Finding the page Spezial:Import via search|Finding the page Spezial:Import via search]]
        
        
        
        #'''Select file''' and choose ''HW-banner.xml''.<br />
        
        #'''Enter''' an Interwiki prefix. Since this field is required, simply add ''hw'' (for hallowelt).
        
        #'''Keep''' the selection ''Import to default locations''.
        
        #'''Click'''  ''Upload file...''
        
        
        
        [[File:Template Banner step2.png|thumb|alt=Import settings|center|450x450px|Import settings<br />]]
        
        
        
        The form-based template is now available in your wiki.{{Box Note|boxtype=important|Note text=The input fields for the template parameters are usually not automatically available after importing the template to your wiki . You have to open the imported template file and make an edit (e.g., add a space and then save the page) to activate the template data functionality. The input fields should now be displayed correctly when you use the template on a page.}}<br />[[File:Template Banner step3.png|thumb|alt=Making a "null"-edit to activate TemplateData|center|450x450px|Making a "null"-edit to activate TemplateData]]
        
        
        
        ==Pages included in the import==
        
        The xml import creates the following files in your wiki:
        
        
        
        *Template:Banner
        
        *Template:Banner/styles.css
        
        
        
        ==Creating a banner==
        
        
        
        #From the Visual Editor ''Insert > Template'' menu, add the template "Banner". <br />[[File:Template Banner step4.png|thumb|link=https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/File:Template_Banner_step4.png|alt=Inserting the template through VisualEditor|center|519x519px|Inserting the template through VisualEditor]]
        
        #Click on the inserted template to view the available parameters for formatting the look of the banner.<br />
        
        
        
        [[File:Template Banner step5.png|thumb|center|450x450px|Available banner settings]]
        
        
        
        {{Box Note|boxtype=important|Note text=The settings only take effect after you save the page if you have just inserted the banner template on your page.}}
        
        
        
        
        
        All settings for the banner are optional. This means that a box can  be generated without image, heading, or text.
        
        
        
        ==Example settings==
        
        [[File:hw-banner-vorlage.png|alt=Banner settings|center|thumb|650x650px|Banner settings]]
        
        {| class="wikitable" style="width:950px;"
        
        |+ style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); text-align: left; font-weight: bold;" |
        
        ! style="background-color:rgb(234, 236, 240);text-align:center;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |
        
        ! style="background-color:rgb(234, 236, 240);text-align:center;width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Element
        
        ! style="background-color:rgb(234, 236, 240);text-align:center;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Value
        
        ! style="background-color:rgb(234, 236, 240);text-align:center;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Description
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | rowspan="3" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |1
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Banner image
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |QM:Flower_white.jpg
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Image name (with namespace prefix, if it exists, but without the  ''File:'' prefix). The banner  image is optional.
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Image width
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |200
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Number. The width will automatically be used as pixel-value. Default value: ''200''
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Image alignment
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |left, right
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Shows the imag to the left or right. Default value: ''left''.
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | rowspan="3" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |2
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Heading
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Meine Überschrift
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Heading text
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Heading size
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |1.6em
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Size can also be entered as 16px or any other css size value. Default value: ''1.6em''.
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Heading color
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |#444444
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Color as [https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp hex value].
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | rowspan="3" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |3
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Text
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Das ist der Inhalt.
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Text of the  box.
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Text size
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |1.2em
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |''see Heading size''
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Text color
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |#444444
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |''see Heading color''
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |4
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Content padding
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |20px
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Distance of the title/text area to the box and the image. Default value:''10px.''
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |5
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Padding of the container box
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |10px
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Padding of the box itself. Default value: ''0.''
        
        |- style="box-sizing: inherit;"
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |6
        
        | style="width:200px;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |Background color
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |#efefef
        
        | style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.2em 0.4em;border:1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);" |<span>Color as</span> [https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp hex value] <span>. Default value</span> ''#efefef'' (a light grey)
        
        |}
        
        
        <br />
        
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==Creating a banner==
 
==Creating a banner==
  
#From the Visual Editor ''Insert > Template'' menu, add the template "Banner".<br />[[File:Template Banner step4.png|thumb|link=https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/File:Template_Banner_step4.png|alt=Inserting the template through VisualEditor|center|519x519px|Inserting the template through VisualEditor]]
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#From the Visual Editor ''Insert > Template'' menu, add the template "Banner". <br />[[File:Template Banner step4.png|thumb|link=https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/File:Template_Banner_step4.png|alt=Inserting the template through VisualEditor|center|519x519px|Inserting the template through VisualEditor]]
 
#Click on the inserted template to view the available parameters for formatting the look of the banner.<br />
 
#Click on the inserted template to view the available parameters for formatting the look of the banner.<br />
  

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