[Mediawiki-l] Newbie Question: Infoboxes

Fri Dec 2 23:28:09 UTC 2005

Hi there wikipeople! Thanks for your help on the installation issues I
was having earlier.

I'm up and running at http://www.singletrackwiki.com however, I'm now
having difficulty finding an article that explains in plain english,
without much mumbo-jumbo, how to create a template for an infobox.

I've looked through http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infobox and also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Infobox_templates and also
found http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template

The problem however, is, as you may know, I am not a programmer and
have little experience with code other than HTML and CSS... can anyone
explain, or point me to an example that explains more simply how to
create a template for an infobox like the one attached? My brain shut
off when I read "...can be inserted into another page via a process
called transclusion. It is comparable to a subroutine." This is
supposed to be helpful?!? :)

Anyway, thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer. I
appreciate it greatly.

Attached is what I want to create.

--Billy