Template:comic/doc

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This template has an associated sandbox, available at Template:comic/sandbox. This is the basic infobox-style header template used to display xkcd comics on their own pages, including the comic number (with external link to xkcd), publication date, title, comic image, and title text.

Example 1

Suspension Bridge

|< < Prev #3048 (February 7, 2025) Next > >|

Title text: As a first step, they can put in a secondary deck, to help drivers try it out and find out how fun the jumps are. After a while no one will use the old flat deck and they can remove it.

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Example 2

Barrel - Part 1

Original title: Barrel

#1 (September 30, 2005) Next > >|

Title text: Don't we all. Original caption: He's fairly upbeat about the situation!

Usage

{{comic
| number    =
| date      =
| title     =
| before    =
| image     =
| custom    =
| imagesize =
| noexpand  =
| titletext =
| ldomain   =
| lappend   =
}}

Notes

• number, title, and image are the comic number, comic title, and comic image, and are required.

• date is the date the comic was published and should be written in the form mmmm d, yyyy (full month name, day number without padding, 4-digit year; i.e. January 1, 2006 for 2006-1-1)

• imagesize limits the size of the image in units of pixels. This parameter is optional.
  • To limit the width, simply list the width (e.g.: "350px").
  • To limit the height, prepend an "x" to the desired height (e.g.: "x350px"
  • Warning: If the imagesize is larger than the image, the image will be stretched.

• noexpand is a boolean parameter indicating whether the "Click comic to enlarge" button is hidden, usually used when imagesize is limiting the size of the comic. To hide the button, set this to true. This parameter is optional.

• before is used to insert text before the comic, usually to insert a link to skip to the explanation on extremely large comics like 1732: Earth Temperature Timeline. The text provided to this parameter is placed on the line between the title and the image. This parameter is optional.
  • The wikitext to skip to the explanation is [[#Explanation|↓ Skip to explanation ↓]].

• custom overrides the image parameter and replaces the image with the text provided. This parameter is optional.

• If number is left undefined, most of the navigation bar will be disabled; at least lappend must be defined if number is undefined.
  • lappend (Link APPEND) is the text that is appended to xkcd.com/ in the link.
  • ldomain (Link DOMAIN) is the subdomain of the link, defaulting to www. It is placed before .xkcd.com/
    • For example, if the link is to a blog post (blog.xkcd.com), ldomain can be defined as blog.
  • The resulting link will be ldomain.xkcd.com/lappend whenever number is undefined.

The example above is produced by the following code:

{{comic
| number    = 3048
| date      = February 7, 2025
| title     = Suspension Bridge
| image     = suspension_bridge_2x.png
| imagesize = 362x365px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = As a first step, they can put in a secondary deck, to help drivers try it out and find out how fun the jumps are. After a while no one will use the old flat deck and they can remove it.
}}