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Multi-Column Box Instructions

For both 2- and 3-column boxes (collectively known as "MultiColumnBoxes"). For creating single-column boxes, please see AboutUsBasicBox.

Color Variants

There are five color variations for the MultiColumnBox templates, which use proven web-safe colors. Additionally, the {{2ColumnBoxGray}} and {{3ColumnBoxGray}} templates allows for customizing the colors via passed parameters:

Basic uses

There are only 3 (or 4) parameters needed to be passed in the template call:

{{2ColumnBoxBlue
| header = Box header here
| left = text for the left column
| right = text for the right column
}}

Result:

{{3ColumnBoxYellow
| header = Box header here
| left = text for the left column
| center = text for the center column
| right = text for the right column
}}

Result:

Intermediate uses

In addition to the basic uses, users can specify a border (border is the same color as the header) if wanted:

• border = border; defaults to 0px if not present

{{2ColumnBoxGreen
| header = Box header here
| left = text for the left column
| right = text for the right column
| border = 2px
}}

Result:

Advanced uses

Changing Colors

For advanced users, the {{2ColumnBoxGray}} and {{3ColumnBoxGray}} templates offers a variety of customizations, please note, for best compatibility, use web-safe colors like those found on the W3 Schools website:

• header-color = specify color for header; defaults to dark gray if not present.
• body-color = specify color for body style (can be same as header for mono-toned boxes); defaults to light gray if not present.

{{3ColumnBoxGray
| header = Box header here
| left = text for the left column
| center = text for the center column
| right = text for the right column
| border = 2px
| header-color = CC00CC
| body-color = CC99CC
}}

Result:

Setting Width and Float

NOTE: The MultiColumnBoxes are designed to be used "full page" in the wiki, however, they have been created in such a way that it is possible to wrap them in an "div" to make them smaller and "float" within a text block:

{{2ColumnBoxGray
| header = Box header here
| left = text for the left column
| center = text for the center column
| right = text for the right column
| border = 2px
| header-color = CC00CC
| body-color = CC99CC
}}

Result: