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{{Infobox software | {{Infobox software | ||
| name = | | name = | ||
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| latest preview version = | | latest preview version = | ||
| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | | latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | ||
| frequently updated = | | frequently updated = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does --> | ||
| programming language = | | programming language = | ||
| operating system = | | operating system = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
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; language: natural language (English, French) | ; language: natural language (English, French) | ||
; status: Should probably be one of: Planned, Active, Unmaintained, Discontinued, [[Abandonware]] | ; status: Should probably be one of: Planned, Active, Unmaintained, Discontinued, [[Abandonware]] | ||
; genre: Type of program. Probably wikilinked to an article such as [[Geographic information system]]. | ; genre: Type of program. Probably wikilinked to an article such as [[Geographic information system]]. For more information, consult [[List of software categories]]. | ||
; license: License such as <code>proprietary</code>, <code><nowiki>[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]</nowiki></code>. Pick either ''license'' (American English) or ''licence'' (Commonwealth English), not both - select the one which matches the content of the article the template is used in. | ; license: License such as <code>proprietary</code>, <code><nowiki>[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]</nowiki></code>. Pick either ''license'' (American English) or ''licence'' (Commonwealth English), not both - select the one which matches the content of the article the template is used in. | ||
; website: Web site of software package. | ; website: Web site of software package. | ||
Revision as of 10:24, 20 June 2010
Usage
{{Infobox software
| name =
| title =
| logo = <!-- [[File: ]] -->
| screenshot = <!-- [[File: ]] -->
| caption =
| collapsible =
| author =
| developer =
| released = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| discontinued =
| latest release version =
| latest release date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| frequently updated = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does -->
| programming language =
| operating system =
| platform =
| size =
| language =
| status =
| genre =
| license =
| website = [http://www.example.org/ www.example.org]
}}
Example
| Example: Yoyodyne | |
|---|---|
 Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | Yoyodyne Industries Inc. |
| Initial release | Template:Start date |
| OS | Unix-like |
| Size | 25MB |
| Type | Yoyonics |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.example.org |
{{Infobox software
| name = Example: Yoyodyne
| logo =
| screenshot = [[File:Yoyo patent 1866.png|200px]]
| caption = Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
| developer = Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
| released = {{Start date|1911}}
| latest release version = 0.9
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2006|01|01}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| operating system desc =
| size = 25MB
| genre = Yoyonics
| license = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website = [http://www.example.org/ www.example.org]
}}
Parameters
All parameters are optional.
- name
- name of software (Note: If you don't put the right thing here it breaks the latest release / latest preview fields when "frequently updated" is enabled. If you want the title at the top of the infobox to be different than the software templates, use the "title" parameter instead.)
- title
- title
- logo
- logo
- screenshot
- screenshot image
- caption
- caption for screenshot
- collapsible
- can be set to "yes" in case of long vertical screenshot (see QQ for example)
- author
- original author of the program
- developer
- current developer of the program
- released
- the release date of version 1.0 (or closely-matching release). For subsequent or prior releases, use
latest release date.
Can use {{Start date}} template. - discontinued
- whether this product is no longer being developed (changes the words 'Latest release' to 'discontinued). Any value will do, though 'yes' or 'true' are preferred for clarity. Use the last release version and date in the 'latest release' parameters, below.
- latest release version
- latest released version number
- latest release date
- release date of the latest released version; suggested use of {{Start date and age}} template
- latest preview version
- version number of preview version or development branch
- latest preview date
- preview date; suggested use of {{Start date and age}} template
- frequently updated
- if set to "yes", latest release/preview date and version have to be defined in subtemplate by clicking the numbers directly in the infobox (make sure the "name" parameter above exactly matches the name of the subtemplate pages)
- programming language
- programming language
- operating system
- operating system. For Unix-like multi-OS programs use: Any Unix-like
- platform
- platform (Java, .NET). For multi-platform programs use: Cross-platform
- size
- in megabytes
- language
- natural language (English, French)
- status
- Should probably be one of: Planned, Active, Unmaintained, Discontinued, Abandonware
- genre
- Type of program. Probably wikilinked to an article such as Geographic information system. For more information, consult List of software categories.
- license
- License such as
proprietary,[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]. Pick either license (American English) or licence (Commonwealth English), not both - select the one which matches the content of the article the template is used in. - website
- Web site of software package.
Microformat
See also