Template:CD Infobox/doc

About this Template
 * Template can be used for singles or albums--parts exclusive to one type and not given will not display.
 * Will only show Chronology section if there's a Next or Last given.
 * Albums can list up to 10 singles.
 * Section for more images. This is ideal for Morning Musume, °C-ute, etc. releases.

This template was created as a combination of some previous infobox templates (Template:Single Infobox, Template:Single Infobox5, Template:Album Infobox). It can do all they could and more. Following is a rundown of the parameters that it can currently be given. They can be given in any order (or left out completely), but here they're generally listed in the order they appear within the template itself.

|fontmaster =  Sets the overall font size for the infobox. Default is 89%. |width =  Sets the width of the infobox. Default is 20em. |fonttitle =  Sets the font size for the title. This is relative to fontmaster rather than completely independent. Default is 120%. Mostly you might consider lowering this if there's an extremely wordy title, maybe a triple A-side. |name =  Name of the single/album. It defaults to using the name of the page it's on. |Japanese =  The Japanese version of the name, in kanji/kana. If it is a rare case of actually being with completely western characters, this is unnecessary. |Cover =  Image file name for the cover--or the regular/main cover, in the case of releases with multiple editions. |Cover size =  Display width of said cover in pixels. Default is currently 220. |Caption =  Caption for cover. Considering the title of the release will be right above it, usually this will be blank or something like "Regular Edition". |fontsection =  Font size for the sub-section headings. Defaults to 100%, again relative to fontmaster. |type =  Single or Album |typedescriptor =  Since type will be used elsewhere and we don't want extra words to go with it, this is where those extra words go. This is for when you want something like a "Best" Album or a "Cover" Single. |artist =  Group or person name. Doesn't link to the name by default, so remember brackets around the name. This would also allow you to link to one page while displaying another alias. |album =  This is necessary only for singles, to tell what album they eventually became a part of. Again, you must create the link yourself with brackets. |released =  Release date |genre =  Genre |format =  Formats of release. Usually stuff like CD, CD+DVD, Single V. |recorded =  Year of recording. Usually the same as the release, though for albums it can span several years. |length =  Length of album/single in hours:minutes:seconds. |Language =  Language. Rarely used since the vast majority of content covered here is Japanese. |label =  What record label released the single/album. Might want to use Template:LinkBug. |producer =  Producer |Last =  Previous single or album released. Write it as a link, along with short description ("3rd album") and year of release ("(2011)"). |Next =  Same format as Last, but for the Next one. |Single1 =  |Single2 =  |Single3 =  and on through Single10. This is where, if the infobox is for an album, you can provide links to the singles the album is the first to contain the A-sides of. |Cover2 =  Displaying alternate covers. If there's only one alternate cover, simply put the code for displaying an image here. As of now the standard image width you should use is 180. If there are multiple extra editions to show we do so with a tabber--to make doing so simpler here, Template:OtherCoversTabber was created.

Though made to work fine with most of the singles and albums we encounter here, there are certain exceptions to the norm where things choke. In some cases it might be possible to amend the template to account for them, but in some cases to do so would be more trouble than it's worth for the small amount of use it would get, so it could be best to leave those pages with custom tables that mimic the look of this infobox.
 * Deficiencies


 * Multiple artists. It only expects one artist, so if you were to put in "Oha Girl Maple with S/mileage", then at the bottom it would show "Oha Girl Maple with S/mileage Chronology", rather than being able to list Previous and Next for each individual group. A multi-multi-multi-group single like Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku is an extreme case of this.