Forum:How do you shorten userbox codes?

How do you shorten userbox codes from being like this:

{{Userbox
 * id =
 * id-c =
 * info =
 * info-c =
 * info-fc =
 * border-c = }

to being: {{____ userbox}

HДĿΘFáṆ 20:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * You have to make a separate template for it, one which contains the "long code". The curly brackets signify the use of templates. Take Template:Diet Pepsi Userbox, it can be included in an article as . -- Dragonc laws ( talk ) 20:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I do sorta understand but I don't get how you find the Template:Diet Pepsi Userbox bit. HДĿΘFáṆ 20:57, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * A template is a page with a function, often using codes that would be cumbersome to recreate, that can be used in articles under short codes . The template is made by using the namespace prefix "Template:", and everything after the prefix is included between the curly brackets. If you want to make a userbox for, say, Earl Grey tea, you'd make a link Template:Earl Grey Userbox, build the userbox within the template, and then use the userbox link . Answer your questions? -- Dragonc laws ( talk ) 22:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)