Template:ShortURL
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Usage
This shortens external URLs. Consider that shortened URLs may cause wrong copy-paste by unexperienced users.
Note: Requires Extension:StringFunctions
Usage
{{ShortURL |url = |count = |suffix = |domainonly =(yes) |domainbold =(yes) |tolerance = |forcecount =(yes) }}
- count: optional / default: 30
- The number of displayed characters. It counts and returns the string without "http://" and "www." (if the URL is longer than the default 30 characters).
- It uses a tolerance of 5. So if you define count=10 the string will not be shortened if it is between 1 and 15 characters long.
- suffix: optional / default: "…" (not ...)
- Adds an suffix at the end of the shortened string. It is not recommend to set an empty suffix.
- domainonly: optional
- domainonly=yes will only display the domain (including subdomains if given). A setting for count is useless here.
- domainbold: optional
- domainbold=yes will highlight the domain bold. This is useful for lists of many different external URLs.
- tolerance: optional / default: 5
- Override the default tolerance.
- forcecount: optional / default: no
- forcecount=yes overrides the (default) tolerance and forces a strict count.
Examples
{{ShortURL|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page}}
Result: delete me
{{ShortURL|url=http://www.imdb.com|suffix=....}}
The sring shorter than the count (default 30). It will be fully returned without suffix.
Result: delete me
{{ShortURL |url=http://www.google.de/search?q=DLP&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a |count=50}}
Result: delete me
{{ShortURL |url=http://www.google.de/search?q=DLP&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a |count=50 |suffix='''....'''}}
Result: delete me
{{ShortURL |url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2008Sep#Hack_for_search_suggestion_field_width_will_be_obsolete |count=75 |domainbold=yes}}
Result: delete me
{{ShortURL |url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Icons |domainonly=yes}}
Result: delete me
For forcecount and tolerance examples see {{Short}}.