Template:Archive box/manual

Usage
Include the archive box in the talk page by adding to where you want the archive box to appear. Substitute  /Archive  with the actual name(s) of the archive page(s) and make sure to add the forward slash '/'. How you present a list of archive pages is up to you. You can e.g. separate them with commas or format them as lists. See and  below.

Placement
The box uses a style that makes it float to the right. This means that where it appears in the page it will be aligned to the right edge of the page (more accurately: the containing box, but that is an unnecessary detail) and all following content will flow around it.

(On some article or wikiproject talk pages, there is more than one right floating box. In that case, the edit links of the text sections next to those boxes often "bunch up". Template:FixHTML provides a solution for that problem. See Talk:European Union for an example.)

Box width
The box width can be set by using the  parameter:

The standard width when this parameter is not used is 238px.

Image
For the standard image, the width can be adjusted by using the  parameter:

The image can also be changed from the default (see for examples) using the   parameter. Please note that if you're using a changed image, the width of that image can not be adjusted with. Instead, set the image width using normal image syntax, for example:

Automatic links
If all the archives of a talk page are numbered exactly /Archive 1, /Archive 2 etc. (it will not work with e.g. /Archive1, /Archive 01, or subpages of a subpage, e.g. /Archives/Archive 1), you can use the auto parameter to display links to them all automatically. The list will update itself when new archives are added. If there are also named archives, you can manually add links to those as well.

The links to the archive pages will appear as simple numbers, seperated with commas (1, 2, 3, ...). Note: Archives numbered past 100 will be ignored.
 * Using :

If there are no more than 36 archive pages, and you prefer a three-column output, set the auto parameter to "long". The links to the archive pages will appear as Archive 1, Archive 2, etc. The links will be put into lines with a line break after each third link, to create columns (re-arranging the columns, e.g. from top to bottom, is not possible).
 * Using :

Examples
For actual examples of the use of this template, use the what links here link in the toolbox on the sidebar, near the top on the left side of this page (unless you are using an unconventional skin ... in which case you probably know what you are doing).

Other icons
If you wish to use something other than the default icon, here is a gallery of available icons: