Help talk:Columns

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cross platform support

{{divbegin}} and {{colbegin}} are essentially the same template, but they both use CSS3 features which dont work in many browsers. Ideally we should use a solution which does work in all browsers. {{multicol}} appears to be well supported, and {{columns-start}} should work well in all browsers. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 08:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a picture

How can we put a picture to the left-hand side of a Wikipedia article which has columns? I've tried putting the Reiki Precepts picture on the Reiki article next to the columns, but it keeps moving it. Could someone check it out, please? Thanks. -- Xxglennxx ^★talk★ 21:53, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

10 Minutes of confusion

'{{lorem}}'

Tried to find out what this keyword was for and hit a blank wall. Ten minutes of confusion. Looked at the code on the page then realized what it must mean - include a section of garbage text. Someone needs to add a half line explanation - please.. Lucien86 (talk) 12:14, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, done. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:58, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

colbegin and colend section seems like was vandalized, I came here to see how to use Colums and I see this text appearing over and over again:

Lorem Ipsum or whatever. Need immediate attention to this. L. M. Mahin (talk) 02:34, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@L. M. Mahin: This is not vandalism. As the help page explains, This example uses {{lorem}} to generate placeholder text. There's also an article Lorem ipsum which explains the use of this text in more detail. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:40, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading My sincere apologies. It took me some time to realize these were placeholder texts. After a closer inspection I’ve came to that discovery. Sorry for any problems I may have arised. L. M. Mahin (talk) 10:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]