RealmBox Project
Introduction
This page will be the home of a new project, inspired by Bishamon Family's request for a new realm infobox template. Our goal is to create a configurable, modular template system that allows someone to create whatever style realm infobox they want using individual, standardized pieces. The other inspiration for this project is the Fame Box system developed by Gsklee. The modular approach should allow each person using the template to include or exclude whatever parts of the infobox they want. Does your realm not have a battle flag? Then leave that part out. Do you want all of your realm's major religions listed? Put them in. Whatever you want, you can have.
The general style of infobox we are going for is something along the lines of that created by Arylon for Everguard. We want the configurable background colors, border colors, and font colors, combined with the flexibility of mix-and-match pieces. That way each realm or user won't have to create their own template that only gets used once.
It is quite possible that this system will take quite a while to complete, so don't look for it to get done in the next couple days, or even weeks. Feel free to add your own comments, or jump in with suggestions over on the talk page.
Existing Realm Infoboxes
These are some of the existing infobox templates being used now by various realms. This list does not include those infoboxes that are custom made to only work for a specific realm. This is, of course, by no means a complete list. These are only the ones that were easy to find. Some of them are not used anywhere.
- Template:Infobox Melodia General - Although the name states Melodia, it is actually a generic template that contains no Melodia-specific info.
- Template:Infobox Melodia - As above...
- Template:Infobox Realm - Very generic, and close to the structure I am looking for.
- Template:Infobox Pian - Umm... Ick. It is a generic template, though, and anyone could use it.
- Template:Infobox Realms SEI
- Template:Infobox - The original generic realm infobox? Uses republic-specific titles.
- Template:Infobox Monarchy with Coat of Arms
- Template:RealmInfobox
- Template:Realm Infobox
- Template:ShadovarRealm
The Goal
If you were to include all of the existing realm infobox templates, you would instantly notice that most of them are extremely similar, only differing by a name, a color, or one or two pieces of minor information. Many of them were probably created by people who didn't understand the template concept. For reasons, like that, we will include... *gasp* ...instructions! Step by step instructions on how to add the RealmBox templates to your realm page will be essential for the widespread adoption of the RealmBox templates. We hope to have enough options that people won't feel obligated to make their own template to do something that the RealmBox can't.
Planning
This is a place to layout and detail the various configurable parameters for the project. Think of it as a sort of design document.
The Sandbox
This is where I do a lot of testing.
