Userbadge

A userbadge is a small colored box (see examples to the right) designed to appear on a DareNET Wiki user's page as a communicative notice about the user.

Using Existing Userbadges

Userbadges are for the use of users on their own user pages. It is considered uncivil to place any userbadges on any other user's page(s) without their permission. However, userboxes may be placed on non-mainspace talk/discussion pages by anyone.

Syntax

The standard syntax for adding a userbadge to your user page (also known as transclusion) is:

{{Userbadge/name_of_badge}}

Optional Substitution

You may decide to substitute the template code onto your user page using the syntax {{subst:Userbage/name_of_box}}. The use of "subst:" will ensure that the template is always displayed in its form when you add it to your user page, i.e. it will not reflect subsequent edits to the template. This method will lead to large amounts of code on your user page.

Constructing a Userbadge

How to construct the box

There are a number of box types to select from when deciding to make a userbadge. The most commonly used design is the "Standard box". It has one square shaped area on the left ("id") and a rectangular area on the right ("info").

For ease of use, userbadges are made using maker-templates that have a number of parameters. Once the maker-template is saved, it is automatically transformed to HTML.

The id and info boxes can include text, links, and images using the usual wiki syntax. Generally, the id box will contain a few letters or a 43px image, while the info box will contain a sentence with a link or two.

Userbadge types

Using the Userboxes template

Example 1 irssi This user uses irssi for chatting on IRC. This user prefers Firefox.

There is a box to group userbadges together. For example, the box to the right is created using the following list:

{{Userboxes|align=right|toptext=Example 1}}
{{Userbadge/irssi}}
{{Userbadge/firefox_user}}}}

Note the extra }} at the end of the last badge. They're the closing tags for the grouping box.

Using tables

Another alternative would be to use a table for your userbadges.

For example:

{| style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
| {{Userbadge/irssi}} {{Userbadge/friendly}}
|-
| {{Userbadge/pillage}} {{Userbadge/ps cs3}} 
|}

Would produce the following:

irssi This user uses irssi for chatting on IRC. This user wants to be your friend.

This user enjoys indiscriminate pillaging. This user contributes using Adobe®Photoshop®CS3

Gallery

Here is a list of currently available user badges:

Code	Result
{{Userbadge/c++|text here}}	C++ This user is amature C++ programmer.
{{Userbadge/experiment}}	This user is an escaped genetic experiment.
{{Userbadge/firefox user}}	This user prefers Firefox.
{{Userbadge/freebsd}}	This user contributes using FreeBSD.
{{Userbadge/friendly}}	This user wants to be your friend.
{{Userbadge/irc nick|nickname_here}}	This user's IRC nick is SecretAgent on DareNET.
{{Userbadge/irssi}}	irssi This user uses irssi for chatting on IRC.
{{Userbadge/koolaid}}	This user is a Kool Aid addict.
{{Userbadge/laidback}}	This user is NOT known for taking themself too seriously.
{{Userbadge/linux}}	This user contributes using Linux.
{{Userbadge/los angeles}}	This user lives in or hails from Los Angeles.
{{Userbadge/love|text here}}	This user likes pretzels.
{{Userbadge/nonublet}}	HAI2U This user prefers NOT to speak nublet.
{{Userbadge/osx}}	This user thinks different.
{{Userbadge/ownercat}}	This user is owned by one or more cats.
{{Userbadge/ownerdog}}	This user is drooled on daily by one or more dogs.
{{Userbadge/perl|text here}}	This user is an expert Perl programmer.
{{Userbadge/php|text here}}	This user is an expert PHP programmer.
{{Userbadge/pillage}}	This user enjoys indiscriminate pillaging.
{{Userbadge/skeptic}}	:-/ This user is a skeptic, even regarding this userbadge.
{{Userbadge/snowboards}}	This user snowboards.
{{Userbadge/tool}}	This user is a tool.
{{Userbadge/ucla}}	UCLA This user attends or attended the University of California, Los Angeles
{{Userbadge/windows}}	This user contributes using Windows.