Template:ModBox

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WARNING: This template is incomplete and being tested, and may be modified heavily from its present state.


Added darker shades of blue, green, and purple, (use by adding /DarkBlue, /DarkGreen, or /DarkPurple to ModBox & CharMod in your box). I'll get in the UserMod colors next update.

Basically, ModBox is done and ready for use. I'm just leaving the "incomplete" warning above up for now in case of any unlikely last minute inspiration.

You can see various test configurations of the ModBox at Androgyne/ModBoxTest and User:AlwaysAPrice/ModBoxTest -- AlwaysAPrice 08:33, 12 October 2007 (MST)



Contents

Concept

The ModBox is an attempt by AlwaysAPrice to create a modular "Box" template based visually on Eisregen's HeroBox & VillainBox, and allowing for customized incorporation of the added richness of information from TheImperial's AltBox. Hopefully it will also preserve the ease of use of the original infobox templates.

In short, the Hero/VillainBox has been broken up into chunks of related data, with the additional fields from the AltBox incorporated, and organized into a series of templates that you can mix and match the order of in order to provide as much or as little information about your character as you would like.


Instructions

To get started with the ModBox, copy and paste the following to the very top of your character's page: 

{{ModBox
| mod1={{BlankMod}}
| mod2={{BlankMod}}
| mod3={{BlankMod}}
| mod4={{BlankMod}}
| mod5={{BlankMod}}
| mod6={{BlankMod}}
| mod7={{BlankMod}}
| mod8={{BlankMod}}
| mod9={{BlankMod}}
| mod10={{BlankMod}}
| mod11={{BlankMod}}
| mod12={{BlankMod}}
| mod13={{BlankMod}}
| mod14={{BlankMod}}
| mod15={{BlankMod}}
| mod16={{BlankMod}}
| mod17={{BlankMod}}
| mod18={{BlankMod}}
| mod19={{BlankMod}}
| mod20={{BlankMod}}
|}}
Sample Assembled ModBox

(Using CharMod, NameMod, BioMod & InfoMod) 

{{ModBox
| mod1={{CharMod
| title1=
| name1=
| stats1=
| powersets1=
| image=
| caption=
| title2=
| name2=
| stats2=
| powersets2=
| player=
| activity=
|}}
| mod2={{NameMod
| realname=
| aliases=
|}}
| mod3={{BioMod
| birthdate=
| birthplace=
| nationality=
| residence=
| occupation=
| marital=
| legal=
| relatives=
|}}
| mod4={{BlankMod}}
| mod5={{BlankMod}}
| mod6={{BlankMod}}
| mod7={{BlankMod}}
| mod8={{BlankMod}}
| mod9={{BlankMod}}
| mod10={{BlankMod}}
| mod11={{BlankMod}}
| mod12={{BlankMod}}
| mod13={{BlankMod}}
| mod14={{BlankMod}}
| mod15={{BlankMod}}
| mod16={{BlankMod}}
| mod17={{BlankMod}}
| mod18={{BlankMod}}
| mod19={{BlankMod}}
| mod20={{BlankMod}}
|}}
Looks Like (Filled In)
Horrible
Hamhock
HamhockVB.jpg
28 Science Brute
Super Strength/Dark Armor
Player: AlwaysAPrice
Activity Level: Occasional
Real Name: Travis Ray Murdoch
a/k/a: "Pleasedon'tkillme."
Biographical Data
Birthdate: 1972
Birthplace: Buzzard's Breath, WY
Nationality: American
Residence: Sharkhead Isle
Occupation: None
Marital Status: Single
Legal Status: Fugitive
Relatives & Associates
None

With that as the basic framework, all you need to do is:

NOTE: The reason BlankMod exists is because without it there to fill in the blank areas (even if I set it to the default for unfilled fields), the end of the ModBox looks funky.


Colors

The default ModBox color scheme is in shades of gray, but it is very easy to create colored boxes by just adding the color you want to the end of the template title for both the ModBox and CharMod, in the following format: 

{{ModBox/Green
| mod1={{CharMod/Green

Doing so will change the background and border of your ModBox to one of several pre-defined schemes:


Character Page Modules

CharMod

This provides the most basic information about a character: Name, picture, in-game status & ownership. Ideally, this would be the first module, but you can arrange things however you'd like. 

{{CharMod
| title1=
| name1=
| stats1=
| powersets1=
| image=
| caption=
| title2=
| name2=
| stats2=
| powersets2=
| player=
| activity=
|}}
Parameters:
  • If a parameter name ends in a 1, it will appear above the image. If it ends in a 2, it will appear below the image & caption. You should either delete or leave blank any numbered parameters you will not be using, so the table will collapse the unused cells.
  • title - The title over the character's head in game, or any other short descriptor you precede the character's name with.
  • name - The name of the character, usually the same as the page title and/or in-game character name.
  • stats - Typically the Level, Origin, and Archetype of your character. "33 Technology Scrapper", for example; feel free to put whatever definition you'd like here, however.
  • powersets - The primary, secondary, and Ancillary or Patron powersets used by the character; again, feel free to put other information here if you'd like.
  • image - An image of the character that you have uploaded to the Virtueverse wiki. Enter ONLY the filename used by the uploaded file, without "Image:", and the file will be automatically thumbnailed to 300px wide.
  • caption - An optional caption for the image.
  • player - Your User Name, usually in the form of a link to your User: page ( [[User:YourNameHere|YourNameHere]] ) or your in-game global handle.
  • activity - Is this a frequently played main or an occasional alt? Retired? Deleted?

NameMod

The character's real name and any aliases. 

{{NameMod
| realname=
| aliases=
|}}
Parameters:
  • realname - The character's real name.
  • aliases - Aliases and nicknames.

PhysMod

The character's real name and any aliases. 

{{PhysMod
| species=
| subtype=
| gender=
| apparentage=
| height=
| weight=
| build=
| complexion=
| eyes=
| hair=
| features=
|}}
Parameters:
  • species - The character's species.
  • subtype - Ethnicity or variation; worded as "sub-type" to allow usefulness to non-human beings (robot model, alien sub-breed, etc.)
  • gender - The character's sex.
  • apparentage - The age the character appears to be.
  • height - The character's height.
  • weight - The character's weight.
  • build - Is the character thin? Muscular? Such a beefcake they can't even get through the door?
  • complexion - Texture/appearance of the face or skin in general.
  • eyes - The character's eye color.
  • hair - The character's hair color.
  • features - Any further distinguishing physical features, such as piercings, tattoos, wings, tails, or shapeshifting variations.

BioMod

Biographical or background information about the character. 

{{BioMod
| birthdate=
| birthplace=
| nationality=
| residence=
| occupation=
| marital=
| legal=
| relatives=
|}}
Parameters:
  • birthdate - The date the character was born.
  • birthplace - Where the character was born.
  • nationality - The character's citizenship.
  • residence - Where the character lives or bases their operations.
  • occupation - How they pay the bills (if they pay their bills).
  • marital - The character's marital status.
  • legal - The character's status in the eyes of the law. Do they have a criminal record? Wanted man or a fugitive from justice? Registered hero or freelance vigilante?
  • relatives - Significant relatives or associates.

PowerMod

The character's heroic or villainous abilities, powers, and gear. 

{{PowerMod
| powers=
| abilities=
| equipment=
|}}
Parameters:
  • powers - The character's superhuman abilities, if any.
  • abilities - The character's skills and abilities, if any are of note.
  • equipment - Equipment, weaponry, and other gear used by the character, if any.

InfoMod

Adds the "Additional Information" field for any footnotes. 

{{InfoMod
| footnotes=
|}}
Parameters:
  • footnotes - Whatever other information you feel is important.

User Page Modules

UserMod

A basic module similar to CharMod, intended for use on User Pages. 

{{UserMod
| username1=
| global1=
| image=
| caption=
| username2=
| global2=
| activity=
|}}
Parameters;
  • If a parameter name ends in a 1, it will appear above the image. If it ends in a 2, it will appear below the image & caption. You should either delete or leave blank any numbered parameters you will not be using, so the table will collapse the unused cells.
  • username - Your UserName as it appears on Virtueverse.com.
  • global - Your in-game Global Chat handle, if you wish to share it.
  • image - An image of yourself or forum avatar.
  • caption - A caption for said image.
  • activity - An overall measure of your activity in-game and/or on the forums or UHVU.

Group Page Modules

To come...

In the Works...

ClassicMod, GroupMod, AffiliMod, StatMod, FaveMod, ZodiacMod, BuildMod, BuggerMod...

Creating New Modules

To come...


Tips & Tricks

| equipment = Jet Pack
 ''Vanguard Armor''
 
 ''Assorted Stolen Weapons
In summary, a second line needs only a single return, but subsequent lines seem to need two; the italics must be refreshed at the start of each line, but left open on the last line or the double apostrophe will be printed to the page. Why this is, I dunno.


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