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This template is intended to be a metatemplate for templates, which are vertically-aligned navigation templates. The is usually positioned on the right-hand side of a page, in the same way as infoboxes are.

Usage

{{
| name       = {{PAGENAME}}
| outertitle = {{{outertitle}}}
| topimage   = {{{topimage}}}
| topcaption = {{{topcaption}}}
| pretitle   = {{{pretitle}}}
| title      = {{{title}}}
| image      = {{{image}}}
| above      = {{{above}}}
| heading1   = {{{heading1}}}
| content1   = {{{content1}}}
| heading2   = {{{heading2}}}
| content2   = {{{content2}}}
| heading3   = {{{heading3}}}
| content3   = {{{content3}}}
| content4   = ... up to 35th ...
| heading35  = {{{heading35}}}
| content35  = {{{content35}}}
| below      = {{{below}}}
}}

(parameters with infrequent use omitted)
<pre style="overflow: auto;">
{{
| name       = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| outertitle = 
| topimage   = 
| pretitle   = 
| title      = 
| image      = 

| headingstyle = 
| contentstyle = 

| heading1 = 
| content1 = 

| heading2 = 
| content2 = 

| heading3 = 
| content3 = 

<!-- ... up to 35th -->

| heading35 = 
| content35 = 
}}

Parameters

No parameters are required unless {{navbar}} links are to appear at the bottom of the , in which case the |name= parameter is needed (see entry in the table immediately below).

Principal

Parameter	Explanation
|name=	The 's name, i.e., the name following "Template:" in the page's name. Required for the {{navbar}} links at the bottom of the to function correctly, unless these are omitted (see |navbar= at the bottom of this table). It is recommended to use {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this field.
|outertitle=	Use to place a title for the immediately above the .
|topimage=	Use to place an image at the top of the , i.e., above any |title= included. Full wikisyntax expected (i.e., [[File:...]]). To add a caption below the image, use |topcaption=.
|pretitle=	Use to place a line such as "Part of the X series on" before the title.
|title=	Use to place a title for the at the top of the (immediately below the |topimage=, if used).
|image=	Use to place an image between the |title= (if used) and first section. As with |topimage=, full wikisyntax expected (i.e., [[File:...]]). To add a caption below the image, use |caption=.
|headingstyle=	Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section headings. To alter the CSS styling for a specific section's heading, use |headingnstyle=, where n is the number of the section.
|contentstyle=	Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section content. To alter the CSS styling for a particular section's content, use |contentnstyle=, where n is the number of the section.
|heading1=	First section's heading (if needed).
|content1=	First section's content (required).
|heading2=	Second section's heading (if needed).
|content2=	Second section's content (if needed).
|heading3=	Third section's heading (if needed).
|content3=	Third section's content (if needed).
...... etc ......
|heading35=	Currently, the last possible section heading and/or content (if needed).
|content35=

Other parameters

Parameter	Explanation
|above=	Corresponds to |above= offered by {{navbox}}.
|bodyclass= (or |class=) |outertitleclass= |topimageclass= |pretitleclass= |titleclass= |imageclass= |aboveclass= |headingclass= |contentclass= |belowclass=	Microformat classes for the corresponding parameters. (|bodyclass= (or |class=) applies to the as a whole.)
|below=	Use to, e.g., add one or more portal links to the bottom of the template (by default in bold).
|bodystyle= (or |style=) |outertitlestyle= |topimagestyle= |topcaptionstyle= |pretitlestyle= |titlestyle= |imagestyle= |captionstyle= |abovestyle= |headingstyle= |headingnstyle= |contentstyle= |contentnstyle= |belowstyle= |navbarstyle= (or |tnavbarstyle=)	Use to alter default CSS styling for the corresponding parameters. (|bodystyle= (or |style=) applies to the as a whole.)
|cellspacing=	Use to amend the default cellspacing set for the infobox-class table with which the is built.
|cellpadding=	Ditto the default cellpadding.
|navbar= (or |tnavbar=)	Set to "none" (without the quotes) to remove the navigation bar links appearing at the bottom of the .
|navbarfontstyle= (or |tnavbarfontstyle=)	Use to specify the font style used by the navbar at the bottom of the (see {{navbar}} for options available).

Full blank syntax

(omitting sections 4 to penultimate)

{{
| name        = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| bodyclass   = <!-- or class -->
| bodystyle   = <!-- or style -->
| width       = 
| cellspacing = 
| cellpadding = 

| outertitle      = 
| outertitleclass = 
| outertitlestyle = 

| topimage        = 
| topimageclass   = 
| topimagestyle   = 
| topcaption      = 
| topcaptionstyle = 

| pretitle      = 
| pretitleclass = 
| pretitlestyle = 
| title         = 
| titleclass    = 

| image        = 
| imageclass   = 
| imagestyle   = 
| caption      = 
| captionstyle = 

| above      = 
| aboveclass = 
| abovestyle = 

| headingclass = 
| headingstyle = 
| contentclass = 
| contentstyle = 

| heading1style = 
| heading1      = 
| content1style = 
| content1      = 

| heading2style = 
| heading2      = 
| content2style = 
| content2      = 

| heading3style = 
| heading3      = 
| content3style = 
| content3      = 

<!-- ... up to 35th -->

| heading35style = 
| heading35      = 
| content35style = 
| content35      = 

| below      = 
| belowclass = 
| belowstyle = 

| navbar          = <!-- or tnavbar -->
| navbarstyle     = <!-- or tnavbarstyle -->
| navbarfontstyle = <!-- or tnavbarfontstyle -->

| wraplinks = true/false
}}