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'''Web banners''' are attempt to draw the reader's attention to some short content that the editors feel is important.  Since they often occupy a space that by banner ads, their use should be limited as they may be affected by {{W|article=Banner blindness}}.

Saintapedia several banner options for pages, based on [[Wikipedia]]'s templates, are listed below.  The banners are [[templates]] so see [[Help:Visual editor#Adding a template|adding a template]] when using [[VisualEditor]].

==Ambox - for articles ==
Ambox is used for the '''article''' message box template. 

It is used to build message box templates for article pages. It offers several different colours, uses default images if no image parameter is given and it has some other features. Click the [[Template:Ambox]] link for more information.

Simple usage example:
<pre>
{{ambox | text = Some text.}}
</pre>
{{ambox | text = Some text.}}

==Imbox - for images==
Imbox is used for the '''image''' message box template. 

It is used to build message box templates for file (image) pages. It offers several different colours, uses default images if no image parameter is given and it has some other features.  Click the [[Template:Imbox]] link for more information.

Simple usage example:
<pre>
{{imbox | text = Some text.}}
</pre>
{{imbox | text = Some text.}}

==Cmbox - for categories==
Cmbox is used for the '''category''' message template. 

It is used to build message box templates for category pages. It offers several different colours, uses default images if no image parameter is given and it has some other features. Click the [[Template:Cmbox]] link for more information.

Simple usage example:
<pre>
{{cmbox | text = Some text.}}
</pre>
{{cmbox | text = Some text.}}

==Ombox - for other pages ==
Ombox is used for '''other types of pages' ''' message box template. 

It is used to build message box templates for pages of the types: User, Wikipedia, MediaWiki, Template, Help, Portal and any new future namespaces. That is, page types not covered by ambox, tmbox, imbox or cmbox. Thus it should not be used for boxes for articles, talk pages, image pages or category pages.  It offers several different colours, uses default images if no image parameter is given and it has some other features. Click the [[Template:Ombox]] link for more information.

Simple usage example:
<pre>
{{ombox | text = Some text.}}
</pre>
{{ombox | text = Some text.}}

==Fmbox - for headers and footers==
Fmbox is used for the '''footer & header''' message box template. 

It can be used to build message boxes for system messages. It can also be used for footer and header boxes on user pages. It is a 100% width, unlike other banners.  It offers several different colours, uses default images if no image parameter is given and it has some other features. Click the [[Template:Fmbox]] link for more information.

Simple usage example:
<pre>
{{fmbox | text = Some text.}}
</pre>
{{fmbox | text = Some text.}}

==Related==
* [[Help:Templates/Banner templates]]

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