{{subst:box portal skeleton}}

{{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 -->

The box portal allows you to edit the portal without editing the main portal page. Simply follow the blue links to the sub pages and enter the information there. These sub-pages will be displayed on the main page.

If you wish to add a section (box) using the regular codes, go to your portal page and simply type in:

 {{/box-header| 1 | 2 }}
 {{   3   }}
 {{box-footer| 4 }}

where

• "1" is the box title
• "2" is the article to be linked to. This will appear right under the title bar. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
  • {{/box-header | Selected article | Portal:Computer and video games/Selected}}
  • {{/box-header | Selected article | }} (no edit link param, note pipe still in place)
• "3" is again the article to be linked to (this will appear as a red link until first edited), for example:
  • {{/Featured}}
• "4" is a link that you'd like to display at the bottom-right corner of the box. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
  • {{box-footer | [[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
  • {{box-footer | }} (no bottom-right param, note pipe still in place)

Other methods of adding a section are adding Template:Random portal component or Template:Random portal component with nominate. see their documentation .

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|Portal:Test/Selected article}}
{{/Selected article}}
{{box-footer|[[Lorem ipsum|More about Lorem ipsum...]]}}
</div>

results in:

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|}}
   The following text will appear in the [[box]]. This text can be placed on 
    the [[Wikipedia:Portal|portals]] main page and edited there. Or, 
    alternately placed on a sub-page of the portal, which is explained below.
{{box-footer|[[Lorem ipsum|More about Lorem ipsum...]]}}
</div>

...will result in what is displayed to the immediate right. →

The exact same code, used at other portals, will create a box with the exact same content, but the colors may be completely different. This is because each portal has templates at:

1. "Portal:insertname/box-header" (e.g. [1])

that add color information, and then pass all the work along to the box-header template, which composes everything into a standards-compliant and cross-browser box.

For a random portal component section, the random pages are stored as consecutive numbered subpages from 1 to a maximum number. To view all numbered subpages in the archive page, use Template:Numbered subpages. Just write in the archive page {{Numbered subpages}}.

See the random subpage template for a method to display a list of randomly selected items from a group of numbered subpages (e.g., Sustainable development). This template also can be used to randomly rotate items such as images within a section (e.g., the Philosophy of science introduction).

The colors of the portal can be changed in the box-header subpage. A list of colors you can use is available at Web colors, List of colors, or Wikipedia talk:Colours.

Portal content templates

• To display "selected content" on the portal main page
  • {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow}}—transcludes excerpts from recognized content lists, which are populated by a bot.
  • {{Transclude random subpage}}—transcludes random portal subpage.
  • {{Random portal component}}—transcludes random portal subpage.
  • {{Random subpage}}—transcludes random portal subpages.
  • {{Portal pictures}}—transcludes a slideshow of pictures, utilizing a single-page gallery.
• To organize "selected content" on subpages
  • {{Numbered subpages}}—outputs an automatic index, transcluding numbered subpages.
  • {{Portal subpage}}—outputs a box linking to and transcluding a single subpage.
  • {{Portal subpage inline}}—outputs an unordered list item linking to and transcluding a single subpage.

Main portal page formatting templates

Templates that configure links

Selected page templates, used on subpages of older portals

Related templates

• {{Project template list}}