Star Wars Fanon:Userboxes

If you want to make your own userbox, you can take any standard userbox template by going to the article of "Template:(whatever you type between brackets to post the template)" and copy its code. Here's an example using Template:User foxtrot

The code for this template is the following:

Look for the text that shows the text that you find in the description box. In this case, the code will say "This user's favorite comic strip is Foxtrot by Bill Amend." You can change that to the text you want to make.

You can use the "Show preview" button to see what the template will look like without clogging Recent Changes.

If, say, you want to say that you like baseball, you can replace the text in the aforementioned space with "This user likes baseball" like this:

Which shows as:

Now, look for the image name in the userbox code. (In this case, the image is "image:jasonfox.jpg") You can change the image in this part by uploading your own image of a baseball or other related picture and replacing "Image:jasonfox.jpg" with "Image:(Image name).(file extension)." An alternative is to create an acronym or abbreviation of the subject such as "BB" for "Baseball."

Using the latter of those options, you can replace the image with the initials "BB."

Now you have this:

Now, if you want to change the color schemes of the userbox, look in the current code for the names of any colors.

I'll give you a hint. The first line:

The indigo in there is the border color. You can change this to a different color, say "red." Most conventional colors wiki formatting can be laid out as colors. For advanced color usage, you can refer here.

If you change the indigo to red' like this:

When you save changes or show preview the template will have a red border.

On the second line, shown here:

{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; color: white; background: blue"

You have two color names: one says "color: white" and the other says "background: blue". Naturally, the color of the text would then be white and the background of the information box blue. You can change either of these colors, say, have background by beige, and the font color be black.

{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; color: black; background: beige"

Finally, with the image boz, which is now red. Look for the word red in the third line:

| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: red; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt" | BB

Where the code says "background: red" you can alter the color to your desire. Let's pretend you want a brown box.

| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: brown; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt" | BB

Overall, this leaves you with the following template:

If you want to change the color of the text in the first section of the box, on the third line, right after the place that says "background: brown" place a semicolon and write "color:(what color you want the text to be)," followed by a semicolon or space.

Finally, you can alter the category. Look for the category name in the current code.

Once you found it, you can change the category to your desire. Change it to:

This gives you a redlink to Category:Users who like Baseball. You can create this category on your own by clicking the link.

Now, you have two options.
 * 1) Put the userbox code on your userpage in a proper section. In this case, you should take off the tags that say " " and " ".
 * 2) Create a template article. You can create the article called Template:User baseball by following this link, searching for it, or typing it in the "Create article" inputbox on the Main Page. Place the template code in the new article, show preview to make sure it looks the way you want, and click "Save page." To put it on your userpage, type in the section of your userpage for userboxes.