Editing Help:Templates

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This page provides an overview and usage examples for all custom templates used across the '''RetroTechCollection Wiki'''. Templates help standardize formatting for infoboxes, headers, notices, and structured tables.

== 📦 Infobox Templates ==

=== <nowiki>{{Infobox computer}}</nowiki> ===
Use this template for documenting vintage computers (e.g. Apple, Commodore, Atari systems).

<pre>
{{Infobox computer
| name         = Apple I
| logo         = [[File:Apple Computer Inc Logo.svg|90px]]
| image        = [[File:Apple_I_motherboard.jpg|260px|frameless]]
| caption      = Original “NTI” board
| developer    = Apple Computer Company
| manufacturer = Apple Computer Company
| type         = Single‑board personal computer
| release_date = April 11, 1976
| discontinued = September 1977
| price        = US$666.66
| cpu          = MOS 6502 @ 1 MHz
| memory       = 4 KB RAM (expandable to 48 KB)
| storage      = Cassette interface @ 1200 baud
| display      = Composite video, 40 × 24 text
| os           = WOZ Monitor ROM
| successor    = [[Apple II]]
| model        = Byte Shop & NTI revisions
}}
</pre>

'''Note:''' The `logo` parameter is optional. It can be used to show a small vendor logo at the top.

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=== <nowiki>{{Infobox hardware}}</nowiki> ===
Use this template for peripherals, accessories, power supplies, and standalone hardware.

<pre>
{{Infobox hardware
| name             = Commodore 64 Power-Supply Protector
| image            = [[File:C64-Saver-Top.jpg|250px]]
| caption          = A popular open-hardware implementation of the '''C64 Saver'''
| developer        = Ray Carlsen (original design)<br />open-hardware community
| type             = External over-voltage / over-current protector
| first_released   = 2016 (C64 Saver 1.2)
| latest_release   = C64 Saver 2.4 PCB (2022)
| operating_voltage= +5 V DC (monitored) • 9 VAC pass-through
| application      = Commodore 64 / 64C / SX-64 / VIC-20 CR (7-pin DIN)
}}
</pre>

== 🗂️ Category & Page Styling ==

=== <nowiki>{{CategoryHeaderBox}}</nowiki> ===
Use this at the top of each category page for a consistent stylized header.

<pre>
{{CategoryHeaderBox
| title = Commodore Systems
| subtitle = Hardware Maintenance and Repair for the VIC-20, C64, PET, Amiga and More
}}
</pre>

== 📐 Table Styling ==

=== <nowiki>Template:StyledTable/styles.css</nowiki> ===
For dark mode–compatible MediaWiki tables, use this paired with:

<pre>
<templatestyles src="Template:StyledTable/styles.css" />
{| class="wikitable styled-table"
! Column 1 !! Column 2
|-
| Item 1 || Item 2
|}
</pre>

To apply it globally, make sure the CSS file includes theme-aware overrides like:

<pre>
<syntaxhighlight lang="css">
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .styled-table {
    background-color: #1e1e1e;
    color: #f0f0f0;
  }
  .styled-table th {
    background-color: #2a2a2a;
    color: #fff;
  }
}
</syntaxhighlight>
</pre>

== 🔧 System Templates ==

These are MediaWiki-standard templates also used on the wiki:

* <nowiki>{{Navbox}}</nowiki> – Navigation box used at the bottom of pages (collapsible)
* <nowiki>{{Ambox}}</nowiki> – Article message box for general notices
* <nowiki>{{Cmbox}}</nowiki> – Category message box for notices inside category pages

To use a generic message box:

<pre>
{{Ambox
| type = notice
| text = This page is still under construction.
}}
</pre>

== 🔗 See Also ==
* [[Help:Editing]]
* [[Help:Categories]]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates MediaWiki: Help:Templates (official documentation)]