Template talk:V8 Supercar Teams

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Full grid list, published by V8 Supercar^[1] --Falcadore (talk) 02:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed new layout

I propose changing the layout of this template to make it more readable. Here's what I have in mind.

v • d • e Teams contesting the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series Holden Racing Team Tasman Motorsport Stone Brothers Racing Ford Performance Racing Jack Daniel's Racing Team BOC 1 Garth Tander 2 Mark Skaife 3 Jason Richards 51 Greg Murphy 4 James Courtney 9 Shane Van Gisbergen 5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Steven Richards 7 Shane Price 11 Todd Kelly 12 Andrew Jones 14 Cameron McConville HSV Dealer Team Dick Johnson Racing Team Kiwi Racing Walden Motorsport Britek Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport 15 Rick Kelly 16 Paul Dumbrell 17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison 021 Kayne Scott 24 Garth Walden 25 Jason Bright 26 Marcus Marshall 33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Michael Caruso SuperCheap Auto Racing Paul Weel Racing Rod Nash Racing TeamVodafone Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Rising Stars Racing 39 Russell Ingall 67 Paul Morris 50 Andrew Thompson 55 Tony D'Alberto 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes 111 Fabian Coulthard 777 Michael Patrizi

This new format is based on Template:Formula_One_teams from the Formula One article. What does everyone think? I'd appreciate any feedback. Fruv (talk) 05:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I've found a problem with this new layout. The Navbox template turns the text wrapping off for links. That means when it is viewed at certain resolutions the table is pushed off the right hand side of the page. I've improved it a bit by removing the bold from the team names and reducing the font size of the driver names. I'll keep working on it. Fruv (talk) 04:02, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Think there is a no wrap tag used on this template that might help. --Falcadore (talk) 04:06, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

That's the tag that's causing the problem. The Navbox template automatically applies that tag to all links so they will always appear on a single line. I spent some time trying to override it but was unsuccessful. Instead, I added another row to the table. The new layout (update above) is marginally taller than the existing one but I still think more readable. Also, being a Navbox, it will match other Navboxes. For example, this table is displayed at the bottom of the V8 Supercars article to help the user browse to related articles. Below that are a pair of Navboxes for the same purpose but they look different from one another. What do you think? Fruv (talk) 02:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I just updated it again to remove WPS. Falcadore, do you still think this is to big? Fruv (talk) 03:32, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

The template has been updated with the new format. Fruv (talk) 22:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)