Templates w/ Parameters for external links
Hi Will,
Is it possible to have a template parameter where it will will in an external link such as this:
[[Template:Permalink]] => [[File:Permalink.svg|15px|link=URL]] [URL Permalink]
INPUT
{{Template:Permalink|http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED461311}}
OUTPUT
[[File:Permalink.svg|15px|link=http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED461311]] [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED461311 Permalink]
Just wanting to make the process of creating pages easier where I can just call the template and then add the url.
Thanks!
- Z
Hi Zack,
To set up named parameters in a template, you put the name in 3 brackets, such as {{{link}}}. When you call the template, you would then assign a value to the parameter url. For example, I created a test/demo template for your example called Template:Perma. If you check out that template, you'll see that it has two named parameters, link and name. For the purpose of this discussion, I have the template create two outputs; one wit the raw url link and one with a named link (which you might not want). If I wanted to call that template here, I would use the following protocol:
{{Perma
|link=http://www.google.com
|name=google.com
}}
Here is what that template looks like:
Please let me know if this makes sense and if I understood your question correctly.
Cheers,
Thanks! I'm also wondering if there's a way to hyperlink the image with the URL parameter.
Yep, in the image code on the template page, [[File:Permalink.svg|15px|link=URL]], change the link=URL part to link={{{same parameter name as the url}}}. So in my Template:Perma example (which I've updated to have the icon link), I've used the following code:
[[File:Permalink.svg|15px|link={{{link}}}]] {{{link}}}
[[File:Permalink.svg|15px|link={{{link}}]] [{{{link}}} {{{name}}}]
To call that template here, I would past the following code:
{{Perma
|link=http://www.google.com
|name=google.com
}}
Here is what it looks like live:
Let me know if that makes sense.
Best,
Will
Great! I understand now. From what I read, I thought I needed to have another template to pull in stuff for the parameters.
Thanks again!
- Z