Thread:Vandraedha/@comment-5084918-20130317043022/@comment-3474542-20130317191523

We use a meta-template for our infoboxes. We've also got some custom CSS to make things look pretty.

We style the most of the infobox with CSS. You can search our MediaWiki:Common.css for the terms "Infobox template style" to see what it is currently. The page Common.css is locked so that only admins or higher may edit it. You would need to be an admin to edit it, or ask an admin to edit it for you, on your wiki.

For the template itself, we usually have two templates. We have one template (Infobox) that tells the page what the outline (header, labels, captions, etc) of every infobox should look like, and then we have another template (Consumable) that tells the page what the contents of the infobox should be.

Basically, we have one template (template:infobox) that says: This is what color the background is, this is what color the text is, this is where the image goes, this is where the header goes, etc.

Then, the other template (template:consumable) says: This is what they header says, this is what the image is, this is what the data is, etc.

Wikia has covered some of the basics of infoboxes and CSS in their webinar series. They will be covering more CSS in their next webinar this Friday, March 22nd, 2013. You can view upcoming and past webinars by going to the page Help:Webinars on any Wikia wiki.