User blog:JESSIEJJD13/Userboxes

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all staying healthy and safe!

I am excited to announce a new feature I have been working on for the last couple of months here at the wiki. We have decided to implement a fun new feature to add on to your profile,  userboxes !

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the general concept, but for those that aren't I've laid out some information to know about using these below.

What are userboxes? Userboxes are little boxes of information that you can put on your profile page to let people know more about you. They have fun designs and gifs or pictures on them. In our first installment of userboxes, we have about 35 userboxes to choose from and we will be constantly creating more. We will likely have several hundred by the end of the year, so make sure to keep updated with them!

To view the userboxes we have to choose from, go to the Top Navigation bar and click on the Userbox subheading (visual below).



Once you navigate to this page, you will see all the userboxes we have to choose from to post onto your profile.

There are two ways to insert a userbox onto your profile.

The first way is to do the following:

1. Find the name of the userbox you like, and proceed to the search bar at the top of the wiki.

2. Let's say you like the Oops userbox. To search for it, type in "Template:Oops" (do not use a space).

3. It will bring you to a page for each userbox that will have directions on it for entering the userbox.

The second way is to do the following:

1. Copy the name of the userbox you like exactly.

2. Go to your profile page and enter source mode.

3. Paste the name of the userbox wherever you'd like them on your page.

4. Before the name of the userbox insert the following key:

5. For example, if you like the userbox entitled "Oops", it should go onto your page written as:

I hope you all like this new feature! I've been working hard to create these userboxes and am going to be adding about ten new userboxes every week. So make sure to check the Userbox Tab often as there will be new userboxes added often.

If you have any questions about how to use these, please contact me on my message wall or leave a comment here.