Templates

From Bogleheads

Contents 1 Available Templates 1.1 Quote Box 1.2 Book Box 1.3 Mutual Fund Info Box 1.4 Spreadsheet to wiki table 1.5 Canada 1.6 United Kingdom 2 See also

Available Templates

Here are some templates that may be helpful in creating your articles.

Quote Box

Entering this code in your article:

{{Quote
|quote     = "Index investing...yadda, yadda, yadda."
|source    = -- ''The Boglehead's Guide to Investing''
}}

Produces:

"Index investing is an investment strategy that Walter Mitty would love. It takes very little investment knowledge, no skill, practically no time or effort -- and outperforms about 80 percent of all investors. It allows you to spend your time working, playing, or doing anything else while your nest egg compounds on autopilot. It's about as difficult as breathing and about as time consuming as going to a fast-food restaurant once a year."
-- The Boglehead's Guide to Investing

Book Box

Entering this code in your article:

{{BookBox
| image = [[Image:TheBogleheadsGuideToInvesting.jpg|200px]]
| title = The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
| author = Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons
| pub_date = Hardcover: January 2006, Updated trade paperback: September 2007
| pages = 307 pp (Hardcover), 336 pp (Trade paperback)
| isbn = 978-0471730330 (Hardcover), 978-0470067369 (Trade paperback)
}}

Note: To ensure consistent Book Box sizing throughout the wiki, please reduce your book-cover image width to 200px maximum, as shown in the above code example. The image is clickable if someone wants to see the full-resolution version. The above code will also enlarge images smaller than 200px wide, but be aware that forced enlargement of a low-resolution original may result in a grainy image.

Produces:

Title:	The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
Author:	Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons
Publication date:	Hardcover: January 2006, Updated trade paperback: September 2007
Pages:	307 pp (Hardcover), 336 pp (Trade paperback)
ISBN:	978-0471730330 (Hardcover), 978-0470067369 (Trade paperback)

Mutual Fund Info Box

Entering this code in your article:

{{Infobox Mutual Fund
| name=Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
| company=Vanguard
| category=US Stock Market Index
| benchmark= MSCI U.S. Broad Market Index
| start=1993
| er=0.15%
}}

Produces:

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

Company:	Vanguard
Fund category:	US Stock Market Index
Benchmark:	MSCI U.S. Broad Market Index
Start date:	1993
Expense ratio:	0.15%

Spreadsheet to wiki table

Entering this code in your article:

{{Table}}

Produces:

Well, nothing by itself. The table template simply establishes some simple table formatting such as a 1 pixel border and shaded column headings.

However, if you go to this web page and cut-and-paste spreadsheet data into the window, it will automatically generate wiki table code that will work in conjunction with the table template to produce:

Fund Name	Stock %	Bond %
Growth	80	20
Balanced	60	40
Income	30	70

You can take data straight from your spreadsheet to the wiki. No tedious hand-coding of tables required!

Canada

Entering this code in your article:

{{Canada}}

Produces:

This page deals specifically with investing in Canada

United Kingdom

Entering this code in your article:

{{UK}}

Produces:

This page deals specifically with investing in the United Kingdom

See also

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