Forum:Infobox redesign thread

Carrying on the new wiki theme discussions, I think it's about time to tackle the elephant in the room&mdash;Infoboxes.

We have several infoboxes on The Sims Wiki, of varying styles. Most of the "common" infoboxes, like Sim, Game and Object, use what I would call the "standard theme," whereas other less-used infoboxes, like Venue, Chapter, or Apartment, use the "old style." I think our goal should be to update all the infoboxes onto a new standard design.

I've tried my hand at creating such a design, and I'd like to show off what I've got so far. I took Game as a starting point, since it is a relatively straightforward template and is used widely. You can see the code for my redesign at Game/test. Otherwise, I have examples of the old and new designs displayed on this test page. Aside from the fact that the colors used might need to be tweaked a little bit, I think it's a good foundation to build upon. I don't feel confident enough to attempt an infobox redesign all by myself, especially with the more complex infoboxes, like the Sim/Simbio series of infoboxes.

What does everyone think of that design? How can we improve it? -  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 16:47, May 1, 2015 (UTC)

Discussion
I think it looks pretty good. I'm not too sure how I feel about the alternating background colors. On one hand I like it because it makes it clear what is related to what, but on the other hand it almost feels like they could be headers to a new section. I know that Game does not have headers, but other infoboxes do. -- Icemandeaf (talk) 00:13, May 2, 2015 (UTC)

Closed without resolution due to lack of participation in the thread. -  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 01:24, August 14, 2015 (UTC)