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Where borders are desired, they should be added with wikimarkup or code. Any text from the border should instead be in the caption. If the border has author or license information, add it to the file's EXIF information. To crop the image yourself, use the CropTool. If cropping a JPEG, consider using a lossless cropping tool such as jpegtran.
The width (thickness) of the border (default is 1px). style The border's style solid (default if the parameter is not used), dotted, dashed, double, groove, ridge, inset or outset. style2 Additional CSS properties can be used in this template. color The border's color (default #ddd, otherwise recommend a named color).
Image:BlankMap-World-v4.png – Version of v2, but it increases the size of other tiny countries as well, for visibility purposes, and uses white borders even for the microstates. Image:BlankMap-World-v4-Borders.png – Version of v4 with borders around each country.
The precise origins of the dimensions of US letter-size paper (8.5 × 11 in) are not known. The American Forest & Paper Association says that the standard US dimensions have their origin in the days of manual papermaking, the 11-inch length of the standard paper being about a quarter of "the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatman's arms". [2]
This template is used on approximately 80,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
I've noticed an issue with the border template in Firefox and Opera where it seems to add a space before the image. This came up in the WWII template, where a border was added to the Japanese flag. In IE it renders just fine, but in Opera and Firefox it causes the flag to be an extra space to the right, creating a bit of a skewed appearance.
A template involves repeated elements mostly visible to the end-user/audience. Using a template to layout elements usually involves less graphic design skill than that which was required to design the template. Templates are used for minimal modification of background elements and frequent modification (or swapping) of foreground content.
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