Template talk:Box portal skeleton

Use notes

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See w:Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions for usage instructions for this template.

See Portal:Science for an example.

You can use the "to do" template {{to do}} to add a "to do" list.

Key steps

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To create a new portal on the topic "Topic" using the {{box portal skeleton}} template follow these steps:

1. Create a new page using [[Portal:Topic]] as the title of the page (where "Topic" is the subject of your portal) and enter the following text
{{subst:box portal skeleton}}

Save

2. Create two subpages:
{{Portal:Box-header | title={{{1}}} 
|editpage={{{2}}} 
|border=#aaaaaa           <!-- This is the color of the borders around Box Sections -->
|titleforeground=white    <!-- This is the color of the Box Section Title Bar text -->
|titlebackground=#aaccff  <!-- This is the color of the Box Section Title Bar -->
|background=#f9f9ff       <!-- This is the color of the Box Section background -->
|foreground=black}}       <!-- This is the color of the Box Section text -->
{{Portal:box-footer | {{{1}}} }}
3. Return to your portal page Portal:Topic and begin editing (general instructions on editing a portal are below). Basically follow the red links to create sub-pages that will fill the boxes.
4. When the portal is complete and of good quality:

Discussion

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