Banner

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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 page Community.

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:

Select file and choose HW-banner.xml.
Enter an Interwiki prefix. Since this field is required, simply add hw (for hallowelt).
Keep the selection Import to default locations.
Click Upload file...

The template is now available in your wiki.

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".

Inserting the template through VisualEditor
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

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)

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