There are a number of box types to select from when deciding to make a userbox. The most commonly used design is the "Standard box". It has one square shaped area on the left ("id") and a rectangular area on the right ("info").
For ease of use, userboxes are typically made using maker-templates that have a number of parameters.
| Template Parameters
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Meaning
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Value type
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| border-c
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The border color of the userbox.
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CSS color value (#hex or color name)
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| border-s
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The border size of the userbox.
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Width in pixels
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| id-c
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The background color of the id box.
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CSS color value
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| id-s
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The font size of the id box.
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Size in PostScript points
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| id-fc
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The font color of the id box text.
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CSS color value
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| id-p
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The distance between border and content of id box.
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CSS padding width value. px, pt
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| id-lh
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The distance between text lines of id box.
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CSS relative line height/length value. em
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| info-c
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The background color of info box.
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CSS color value
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| info-s
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The font size of info box.
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Size in PostScript points
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| info-fc
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The font color of info box.
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CSS color value
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| info-p
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The distance between border and content of info box.
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CSS padding width value. px, pt
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| info-lh
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The distance between text lines of info box.
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CSS relative line height/length value. em
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| id
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This is the content of the id box.
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Free-form
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| info
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This is the content of info box.
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Free-form
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The id and info boxes can include text, links, and images using the usual Wikipedia syntax. Generally, the id box will contain a few letters or a 43px image, while the info box will contain a sentence with a link or two.
