ModEnc:Tables

In the process of creating a ModEnc page, you might be faced with the challenge of creating a table; while creating a basic table is fairly easy thanks to wikicode, a plain, style-less table also drags down the general quality of a page.
Now you face a dilemma: Add content quickly, and accept it's design leaves something to be desired, or abandon the ease of a few lines of wikicode and dig out your HTML and CSS references.

And if you did the latter, you just might be lucky enough to create something not fitting the general ModEnc theme, and have it rewritten by someone else the next day.

To both save you the work of writing as well as standardize certain appearances, this page will hold the code for several "official" tables used on ModEnc, ready for you to copy and paste; the cells are all descriptively filled, and the table itself is shown so you can look what text appears where.

You are free to add new tables here, as long as they fit the general style of the others.

Color and Style Conventions

• Outer borders should either be dashed or solid with a light color.
• Borders in general should be thin, standard is 1px.
• To guarantee a common design, only the following colors should be used:

	#FFFFFF	White - should only be used as transparent
	#F0F0F0	Lighter Grey - standard background
	#e5e5e5	Medium Grey - standard darker background
	#aaaaaa	Darker Grey - For lighter borders
	#000000	Black - should only be used for borders, and not a lot (i.e. either dashed or not all borders)
	#F00000	Red - should only be used for backgrounds, in certain "Attention! Warning!" scenarios

Resulting from this color set, it is apparent that contrasting lightnesses are the best way to create effects - light colored borders on dark backgrounds or vice-versa, light and dark-backgrounded rows in succession, etc. Look at the designs below to get a feeling for it. Also, while not a general enough to be on the list below, the Introduction Table on RockPatch:Wishlist shows a nice way to work with the colors.

Content Tables

While the tables in the other categories are mainly used for templates and template-like applications, the tables in this category are intended for actual inline-use, to be filled with data. After you have seen the code of these monsters, you will understand why copying a pre-made style is favorable to creating a new one...especially in terms of time spent.
To extend these tables, always copy middle rows and/or columns, as the bordering cells have special style attributes for their borders.

Description Row and Description Column

Original base used on NavalTargeting and LandTargeting.

desc col desc	1st col desc	2nd col desc
1st row desc	1st row, 1st col	1st row, 2nd col
2nd row desc	2nd row, 1st col	2nd row, 2nd col

{| align="center" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px dashed #aaaaaa;background:#F0F0F0;"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;"|desc col desc
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;"|1st col desc
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;"|2nd col desc
|-
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|1st row desc
|style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|1st row, 1st col
|style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-left: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|1st row, 2nd col
|-
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000;border-top: 1px solid #000000;"|2nd row desc
|style="border-left: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|2nd row, 1st col
|style="border-left: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|2nd row, 2nd col
|}

Description Row only

Original base used on Powerups.

Here goes the headline

1st col desc	2nd col desc	3rd col desc
1st row, 1st col	1st row, 2nd col	1st row, 3rd col
2nd row, 1st col	2nd row, 2nd col	2nd row, 3rd col

{| align="center" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px dashed #aaaaaa;background:#F0F0F0;"
|+'''Here goes the headline'''
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;"|1st col desc
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;border-right: 1px solid #000000;"|2nd col desc
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;border-left: 1px solid #000000;"|3rd col desc
|-
|style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|1st row, 1st col
|style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|1st row, 2nd col
|style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-left: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|1st row, 3rd col
|-
|style="border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|2nd row, 1st col
|style="border-left: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|2nd row, 2nd col
|style="border-left: 1px solid #aaaaaa;border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa;"|2nd row, 3rd col
|}

Horizontal Bars

These designs are used for simple messages, like the disambiguation or deprecated ones.

Grey Bar

The most basic message bar, used for virtually all standard notices - an example being Template:Disambig.
Can be created automatically using Template:HorizontalBar.

Some custom message.

{|width="100%" style="background:#F0F0F0;border-bottom-color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;border-top-color:#000000;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;"
|width="3%"|
|'''''Some custom message.'''''
|}

Big Grey Bar

Expansion of the Grey Bar, conceived for Template:NeedTesting.
Can be created automatically using Template:BigHorizontalBar.

Some custom Headline
Some custom message.

{|width="100%" style="background:#F0F0F0;border-bottom-color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;border-top-color:#000000;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;"
! style="font-size: large;"|Some custom Headline
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|Some custom message.
|}

Red Bar

Use for warning or attention-catching texts, an example being the "obsolete" warning.
Can be created automatically using Template:RedHorizontalBar.

Some custom message.

{|width="100%" style="background:#F00000;border-bottom-color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;border-top-color:#000000;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;"
|width="3%"|
|'''''Some custom message.'''''
|}

Horizontal Blocks

These designs are used for blocks at the top, mainly to quicklink pages of a certain category - like the main RockPatch pages. Include a width="" statement if necessary.

Headline here
Body here

{| align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px dashed #000000;background:#F0F0F0;"
!Headline here
|-
|Body here
|}

Vertical Blocks

These designs are used for floating sidebars, like the mod-information bar or custom TOCs.

Simple Sidebar

An example being the RockPatch Help Sidebar.
Can be created automatically using Template:SideBar, although that template is clearly aimed at bigger lists, similar to RockPatch Help's.

Headline
Body

{| align="right" width="20%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px dashed #000000; background:#F0F0F0; margin: 2.8em 0 0 3.2em; padding: 1em 1em 1.5em 1em ;" 
!Headline
|-
|Body
|}

Linklist/TOC Sidebar

Examples being the Wishlist TOC and the Reference TOC. Simply add more list items to expand.

Headline
Bulleted list

{| align="right" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px dashed #000000;background:#F0F0F0;"
!bgcolor="#e5e5e5"|Headline
|-style="border-top-color:#aaaaaa;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;"
|
*Bulleted list
|}

Infobar

An example being Template:ModBar - simple copy the last row over and over again to expand.

Headline
Space for an image or a block of text
row desc	row content

{| align="right" width="20%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px dashed #000000; background:#F0F0F0; margin: 2.8em 0 0 3.2em; padding: 1em 1em 1.5em 1em ;" 
!colspan="2"|Headline
|-
|align="center" colspan="2"|Space for an image or a block of text
|-style="font-size:84%;border-top-color:#aaaaaa;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;"
|style="padding-left:2px;" bgcolor="#e5e5e5" width="50%"|'''row desc'''
|width="50%" style="padding-left:2px;"|row content
|}

See also

• ModEnc:Styleguide
• ModEnc:Templates
• RockPatch:Wishlist - for the use of colors in the Introduction Table