Template:Infobox software

Template documentation

Usage

{{Infobox software
| name                   = 
| title                  = 
| logo                   = <!-- Image name is enough -->
| logo caption           = 
| logo_size              = 
| logo_alt               = 
| screenshot             = <!-- Image name is enough -->
| caption                = 
| screenshot_size        = 
| screenshot_alt         = 
| collapsible            = 
| author                 = 
| developer              = 
| released               = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| discontinued           = 
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| frequently updated     = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does -->
| status                 = 
| programming language   = 
| operating system       = 
| platform               = 
| size                   = 
| language               = 
| language count         = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does -->
| language footnote      = 
| genre                  = 
| license                = 
| alexa                  = 
| website                = {{URL|example.org}}
| standard               = 
| AsOf                   = 
}}

Example

The following code is included only for illustration purposes. It is not intended to provide up-to-date information about GIMP software and should not be updated for the sake of truth.

Template:Infobox

{{Infobox software
| name                   = GIMP
| logo                   = The GIMP icon - gnome.svg
| logo caption           = 
| screenshot             = GIMP_screenshot.png
| caption                = GIMP version 2.8 running on [[Trisquel]] 4.5
| collapsible            = 
| author                 = [[Spencer Kimball (computer programmer)|Spencer Kimball]], [[Peter Mattis]]
| developer              = The GIMP Development Team
| released               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1996|01}}
| discontinued           = 
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = {{release date and age|2013|02|05}}<ref>{{cite web|title=NEWS for GIMP 2.8|url=http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/plain/NEWS?h=gimp-2-8|date=5 February 2013|accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 2.8.4
| latest preview date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| status                 = Active
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[GTK+]]
| operating system       = [[Linux]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[FreeBSD]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[AmigaOS 4]]
| platform               = 
| size                   = 
| language               = 52 languages, 37 full translations<ref>{{cite web|title=GIMP — Documentation|url=http://www.gimp.org/docs/|date=2009|work=GIMP documentation|publisher=GIMP Documentation team|accessdate=2 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://l10n.gnome.org/module/gimp/ |title=GNOME GIMP translation statistics, see GIMP 2.6}}</ref>
| genre                  = [[Raster graphics editor]]
| license                = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU (L)GPLv3+]] v2.7+<ref>{{cite web|title=GIMP 2.7 RELEASE NOTES|url=http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.7.html|date=15 April 2011|accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref>
| alexa                  = 
| website                = {{URL|http://www.gimp.org/}}
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

name

Name of the infobox. Usually, it is used to display the name of the software product, but may be anything, as it used as an internal parameter for use with frequently updated parameter, and "Stable release" / "Preview release" fields. When modifying an article which already has an infobox, be careful not to edit this parameter when frequently updated parameter is set to yes. In such cases, if you want to edit the title at the top of the infobox, use the title parameter instead.

Attention: Please do not include a wikilink, hyperlink or image in this parameter. This parameter should be composed of pure text.

bodystyle: CSS styling for the infobox as a whole

title: Name of the software product as displayed above the infobox. When not specified, contents of name parameter will be displayed instead.; Important note: Please do not include an image in this field. Wikipedia accessibility requirements mandates that this field should contain text that can be read by screen readers.

logo

Code for a small image to be displayed as software product's logo or computer icon. You may specify a full image syntax (see Help:Contents/Images and media) or just a file name, with or without namespace prefix. In other words, the following examples are all acceptable:

The GIMP icon - gnome.svg

File:The GIMP icon - gnome.svg

Image:The GIMP icon - gnome.svg

[[File:The GIMP icon - gnome.svg|64px]]

[[Image:The GIMP icon - gnome.svg|64px]]

logo_size: Size of the logo. Defaults to 64px.

logo caption: Caption of the logo that appears below it. Should not be used to simply provide "This is the logo of X". Reserved for special cases when a description beyond telling the obvious is needed or for inserting

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

The date in which version 1.0 (or closely-matching release) of the software product in question reaches its release to manufacturing (RTM) stage. In case the article is about a specific major release of a software product (for instance Internet Explorer 8 or Microsoft Office 2007), this field should contain the date in which that specific major release reached RTM stage. In case the software product is still in development and has not reached its RTM stage, please ignore this field; do not use this field to specify the release date of the first preview/test release of the software product; there is already another parameter for that use.

The content of this field should look like the following:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day}}

In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day|df=yes}}

If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.

discontinued: Whether this product is no longer being developed, thus changing the phrase "Latest release" in the infobox to "Discontinued". For technical reasons, anything for this parameter has the same effect, be it "yes", "no" or anything else. To nullify the effect of this parameter, you need to omit it.

latest release version

The version number of the latest release of the software product. Please observe the following examples:

Example #1: If the article is about a product called Example Software whose latest version is 1.5, specify:

v1.5

Example #2: If the article is about a product called Example Software whose latest release is called Example Software 2008 and whose latest version number is 12.2, specify:

2008 (v12.2)

Example #3: If the article is about Famous Example Software 2010, which is a significant release of a product called Famous Example Software and whose latest version number is 14.0.0.25, just specify:

v14.0.0.25

Example #4: If the article is about Famous Example Software 2010 for which no update is released since its initial release-to-manufacturing (RTM), please omit this parameter unless there is an evidence that it is necessary for the reader to know this number. One reason would be the presence of preview releases of the software product which can only be distinguished from the RTM by their version number.

latest release date depends on this parameter.

latest release date

The release date of the latest released version. If no update is released for the software since its initial release, please omit this field; filling in the released field would be enough. The content of this field should look like the following:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day}}

In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead:

{{Start date and age|year|month|day|df=yes}}

If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.

This parameter only works when a latest release version is present.

latest preview version: The version number of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software product in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release version provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.

latest preview date: Specifies the release date of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software product in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release date provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.

frequently updated: Specifies whether the infobox retrieves the software product's latest release version, latest release date, latest preview version and latest preview date from outside the article. Users visiting the article may click the numbers directly in the infobox to edit that external source. This mode is very useful for articles about software products whose vendors keep releasing updates or newer versions. With this mode is enabled, users can quickly and effectively edit the release data without editing the article proper (and cluttering its edit history with inconsequential edits).; For technical reasons, anything for this parameter has the same effect, be it "yes", "no", "true", "false" or anything else. To nullify the effect of this parameter, you need to omit this parameter or specify nothing for it. Note, however, that if explicitly specified latest release version or latest preview version parameters are specified, the corresponding external source will be ignored. (This can be useful if the preview version is frequently updated, but the release version is not.); To make the infobox retrieve release data from outside the article:

Create an external source that supplies data for latest stable release. To do so:
1. Copy and paste the following URL into your browser's address bar, replacing INFOBOX_NAME with the value supplied in name parameter of the infobox:
  //wiki.zcubes.com/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/INFOBOX_NAME&action=edit&preload=Template:LSR/syntax
2. In the page that opens, fill in the required information.
3. Save the page.
Create an external source that supplies data for latest preview release. To do so:
1. Copy and paste the following URL into your browser's address bar, replacing INFOBOX_NAME with the value suppplied in name parameter of the infobox:
  //wiki.zcubes.com/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/INFOBOX_NAME&action=edit&preload=Template:LPR/syntax
2. In the page that opens, fill in the required information.
3. Save the page.
In the main article, add frequently updated=yes to the infobox, and delete any latest release version, latest release date, latest preview version or latest preview date parameters.
Save the article.
Refresh the article.

status: The development status of the computer program, such as: Planned, Active, Unmaintained, Discontinued, Stalled or Abandonware

programming language

The programming language of that subject of the article. If the program language of the software product has a corresponding article in Wikipedia, please link to it. Here is an example:

Code: [[C++]] and [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]

Result: C++ and C#

When specifying the name of the programming language please make sure that you cite your source. Unreferenced assertions in Wikipedia may be challenged or removed. If you do not have a source, do not include this parameter.

operating system

The operating system on which the given software product works. Please be as accurate as possible in specifying this parameter (but also be mindful of the length) and avoid specifying vague phrases such as Cross-platform (or its redirect, Multi-platform). Please consider these examples:

If the software product works on all incarnations of Unix, Linux and derived operating systems, please specify:
- [[Unix-like]]
If the software works unconditionally on ALL incarnations of Microsoft Windows, please specify:
- [[Microsoft Windows]] or [[Windows]]
If the software product works only on Windows XP and all subsequent releases of Microsoft Windows, please specify:
- [[Windows XP]] and later
If the software product works only on Windows XP and all subsequent releases of consumers versions of Microsoft Windows, please specify:
- [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista]], [[Windows 7]] and [[Windows 8]]
  (At the time of this writing, February 2013, Windows 8 was the latest consumers release of Microsoft Windows.)
If the software product is released for various families of different operating systems, (such as specific versions of BSD, Linux, Mac OS and Microsoft Windows) so that listing them in the infobox gives it undue length, please leave the details to article body and specify:
- [[BSD]], [[Linux]], [[Mac OS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]
If the software is an operating system–independent web application, ignore this parameter.

platform

The computing platform on which the product runs. You might like to include the following information:

Processor architecture: Some software products run on a certain processor architecture such as IA-32 (also known as x86 an i386), x86-64 (also known as x64, AMD64 and EM64T), Itanium, ARM and MIPS. Please avoid common mistakes highlighted in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Computing § Avoid common mistakes.
Software frameworks: Some software products run on Java platform, .NET Framework, Adobe Flash, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Silverlight or XUL without regard to the processor architecture. If so, you may ignore processor architecture and instead specify the framework.

Please avoid specifying vague phrases such as "cross-platform" unless the following conditions meet:

The software product has been released for numerous different platforms, so much so that including all of them causes the infobox size to grow unduly large.
The article body lists the platforms under which the product runs.

If the above do not meet, then specifying such a vague phrase is the same as not specifying it.

size: Size of the installer package. Only applies to software products that are available via download. For products distributed physically in boxes or other packages, ignore this parameter. Do not forget to include your unit of measurements (i.e. Kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes).

Note: Use a non-breaking space (" ") to prevent numbers and units of measurements from separating when "word wrapping" occurs. You can also use

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat, which makes the event details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to a calendar or diary application. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Dates will only be included if you use

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Usage

This template is used to produce rounded corners for tables. Just embed it in any <div>, <table>: etc. element.

Example

<div style="background-color: #ffff66; {{round corners}} padding: 0.5em 1em;">Text text text</div>

which produces:

fdfdfdfdfdffdfdf

Classes

hCalendar uses HTML classes including:

attendee
contact
description
dtend
dtstart
location
organiser
summary
url
vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Infobox software

An infobox for computer software.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
title	`title`	Title of the software. If not specified the 'name' parameter or the PAGENAME are used. It should be plain text, do not include a wikilink, hyperlink or image in this parameter.	Line	optional
name	`name`	Name used if title not specified. This is also used internally in combination with Template:Latest stable software release/'name'. It should be plain text, do not include a wikilink, hyperlink or image in this parameter. Default PAGENAME	Line	optional
logo	`logo`	Filename for the image e.g. 'File:The GIMP icon - gnome.svg'	Page	optional
logo_size	`logo_size`	Size of the logo. Default 64px	Line	optional
logo_alt	`logo_alt`	Alt text for the logo.	Line	optional
logo caption	`logo caption`	Caption for the logo. Should not be used to simply provide 'This is the logo of X' in which case just leave blank. Reserved for special cases when a description beyond telling the obvious is needed or for inserting {{ffdc}} or {{deletable image-caption}}.	String	optional
screenshot	`screenshot`	File name for a screenshot of the image, e.g. 'File:GIMP_screenshot.png'	Page	optional
screenshot_size	`screenshot_size`	Size of screenshot Default 300px	String	optional
screenshot_alt	`screenshot_alt`	Alt text for the screenshot.	String	optional
caption	`caption`	Caption for the screenshot.	String	optional
collapsible	`collapsible`	Whether this screenshot is hidden by default, set to 'yes' to place the screenshot in a collapsible section	Line	optional
author	`author`	Name of the original author or publisher of the software product. It can be either an individual or an organization/business. Most of the times, it only needs to be specified when developer field is populated.	String	optional
developer	`developer`	Name of the current developer of the software product. It can be either an individual or an organization/business.	String	optional
released	`released`	The date in which version 1.0 (or closely-matching release) of the software product in question reaches its release to manufacturing (RTM) stage. In case the article is about a specific major release of a software product (for instance Internet Explorer 8 or Microsoft Office 2007), this field should contain the date in which that specific major release reached RTM stage. In case the software product is still in development and has not reached its RTM stage, please ignore this field; do not use this field to specify the release date of the first preview/test release of the software product; there is already another parameter for that use. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age\|year\|month\|day}} In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead: {{Start date and age\|year\|month\|day\|df=yes}} If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.	String	optional
discontinued	`discontinued`	Whether this product is no longer being developed, thus changing the phrase 'Latestrelease' in the infobox to 'Discontinued'. For technical reasons, anything for this parameter has the same effect, be it 'yes', 'no' or anything else. To nullify the effect of this parameter, you need to omit it.	String	optional
latest release version	`latest release version` `latest_release_version`	The version number of the latest release of the software product. E.g. 'v1.5', '2008 (v12.2)',	String	optional
latest release date	`latest release date` `latest_release_date`	The release date of the latest released version. If no update is released for the software since its initial release, please omit this field; filling in the released field would be enough. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age\|year\|month\|day}}	String	optional
latest preview version	`latest preview version` `latest_preview_version`	The version number of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software product in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release version provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.	String	optional
latest preview date	`latest preview date` `latest_preview_date`	Specifies the release date of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software product in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release date provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.	String	optional
frequently updated	`frequently updated` `frequently_updated`	Specifies whether the infobox retrieves the software product's latest release version, latest release date, latest preview version and latest preview date from outside the article. See main documentation page.	String	optional
status	`status`	The development status of the computer program, such as: Planned, Active, Unmaintained, Discontinued, Stalled or Abandonware	String	optional
programming language	`programming language` `programming_language`	The programming language of that subject of the article. If the program language of the software product has a corresponding article in Wikipedia, please link to it. E.g. '[[C++]] and [[C Sharp (programming language)\|C#]]'.	String	optional
operating system	`operating system` `operating_system`	The operating system on which the given software product works. Please be as accurate as possible in specifying this parameter (but also be mindful of the length) and avoid specifying vague phrases such as Cross-platform (or its redirect, Multi-platform). E.g. '[[Unix-like]]' for software which runs on all versions of unix/linux, '[[Microsoft Windows]]' or '[[Windows]]', '[[Windows XP]] and later'. If the software is an operating system–independent web application, ignore this parameter.	String	optional
platform	`platform`	The computing platform on which the product runs. Can be specific processors like '[[IA-32]]' (i386), '[[x86-64]]' 'Itanium', 'ARM' or 'MIPS'.	String	optional
size	`size`	Size of the installer package. Only applies to software products that are available via download. E.g. '{{Nowrap\|48 MB}}'.	String	optional
language	`language`	Lists the natural languages in which the software product user interface can interact with user. Please do not supply 'Multilingual' or such vague phrases.	String	optional
language count	`language count`	Number of natural languages in which the software product user interface can interact with user.	Number	optional
language footnote	`language footnote`	Use this parameter to supply citation on available translations.	String	optional
genre	`genre`	Type of program. Should be wikilinked to an article such as '[[Geographic information system]]'. For more information, consult List of software categories.	Page	optional
license	`license`	Type of the software license under which the consumer is allowed to use the product. E.g. '[[Proprietary software\|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]', '[[Freeware]]', '[[Free software]]', '[[GNU General Public License]]', '[[GNULesserGeneralPublicLicense] ]', '[[BSDLicense]]'.	String	optional
licence	`licence`	Alternative to license for articles using Commonwealth English.	String	optional
alexa	`alexa`	The website's current Alexa ranking. See main documentation page for details on automatic update.	String	optional
website	`website`	The web site URL of the software package. Use '{{URL\|http://www.example.com}}'.	String	optional
standard	`standard`	Technical standard of the software.	String	optional
AsOf	`AsOf`	Month Year.	String	optional
bodystyle	`bodystyle`	CSS styling for the infobox as a whole	String	optional

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