Template:Mdnbox/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Mdnbox.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

{{mdnbox}} produces a right-hand adjusted, floating message box, telling the reader there are documents on a certain subject on Mozilla Developer Network (MDN).

Parameters

There are 3 named parameters (see the table below), none of which is required for the template to work.

Copy-paste template

• {{mdnbox|zone= |wpla= |tool= }}

MDN zone

zone

MDN sort the major Mozilla application projects into "zones". You can choose to link to a certain zone, or to the overview page for Mozilla projects, by entering the parameter zone and set it to one of the values in the table Zone codes below. In addition to the zones specified at MDN, I have added a few common applications.

Usage

• {{mdnbox|zone=zone code}}

Zone codes

Web Platform

wpla

MDN have documentation for all the web platforms used by Mozilla and Mozilla products. You can choose to link to a certain platform, or to the overview page for the web technologies you may find in the Mozilla projects you work with, by entering the parameter wpla and set it to one of the values in the table Platform codes below.

Usage

• {{mdnbox|wpla=platform code}}

Platform codes

Developer Tools

tool

In addition to documentation on applications designed to run as stand-alone programs, MDN have documentation for Mozilla's web tools and in-application developer tools. You can choose to link to a certain tool, or to the overview page for the developer tools in Firefox, by entering the parameter tool and set it to one of the values in the table Tool codes below.

Usage

• {{mdnbox|tool=tool code}}

Tool codes

Examples

(By parameter)

Find documentation about developing for the web on

No parameters

{{mdnbox}} gives

Find documentation about Firefox on

zone

{{mdnbox|zone=ff}} gives

Find documentation about HTML5 on

wpla

{{mdnbox|wpla=html5}} gives

Find documentation about JavaScript Debugger on

tool

{{mdnbox|tool=jsdeb}} gives

Find documentation about Firefox and HTML5  and JavaScript Debugger on

Combo

{{mdnbox|zone=ff|wpla=html5|tool=jsdeb}} gives

See also

• {{mozlink}}
• {{sumobox}}