Hello! A lot of people like custom just-for-fun templates, but they can become slightly problematic when they're something literally only one person would use. It makes it hard to search up for more common templates, and it gets worse if it's off-topic entirely.
However, there is a solution! You can input custom templates onto your Userpage without making an extra template page. My userpage does that, and it's how I have things like a "NovaFan" template despite the character's canon name not actually being Nova. Rather than use up a template page for something literally only I would use, I simply added the code directly to my page!
This is the NovaFan code:
{{Userbox
| id = [[File:Ten_Balloons.PNG|180px]]
| id-s = 0
| id-c = white
| info = This user is a fan of [[Ten (character)|<font color = ff0000>Nova</font>]].
| info-c = white
| info-s = 9
| info-p = 1pt
| info-lh = 1.05em
| border-c = red
| border-s = 5
| category = [[Category:Ten Fans]]}}
Which, as you can see, looks like...
|
This user is a fan of Nova. |
...and I don't even have it as a proper page!
Here's the base code. Note that anything surrounded by ^ should be excluded.
{{Userbox
| id = [[File:InsertTheFileHere.png|100px]] ^You can add multiple images if you want! Note that the "px" part changes the size.^
| id-s = 0 ^This changes the size of the image border.^
| id-c = white ^This adds a color to the image border. Make sure that you include the hashtag in hex codes.^
| info = You add some text to the template to say whatever you want. ^You can use <font color = color>text</font> to change the text if you want to.^
| info-c = white ^This is the color of the template background. Note that the default text color is black.^
| info-s = 9 ^This is the size of the above text.^
| info-p = 1pt ^Changes how far the text should be away from the borders.^
| info-lh = 1.05em ^Changes space between the lines.^
| border-c = red ^Changes the border color of the whole template.^
| border-s = 1 ^Changes the border size of the whole template.^
| category = [[Category:Userbox Template Pages]] ^This adds a category to the template and thus your page.^}}
Now, for your convenience, I'll make a version that excludes the things surrounded by ^ so it's easier to edit.
{{Userbox
| id = [[File:InsertTheFileHere.png|100px]]
| id-s = 0
| id-c = white
| info = You add some text to the template to say whatever you want.
| info-c = white
| info-s = 9
| info-p = 1pt
| info-lh = 1.05em
| border-c = red
| border-s = 1
| category = [[Category:Userbox Template Pages]]}}
And if I add this directly to this blog post, now it'll look like...
|
You add some text to the template to say whatever you want. |
...and again, this clearly isn't an actual template! But it works all the same as one :)
You can also use this for any code you please, though I only know how to do the Userbox template. However, because it's the most common type of template in userpages, I think that's good enough for this guide :)
Hopefully this helps anybody looking to spice up their userpage without adding unnecessary template pages!