Difference between revisions of "Template:ShortURL"
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===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
| − | <pre>{{ShortURL|url=http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php | + | <pre>{{ShortURL|url=http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Template:ShortURL}}</pre> |
| − | The URL (without "http://" and "www") has 45 characters. That's more than count (default 35) + tolerance (default 5) = " | + | The URL (without "http://" and "www") has 45 characters. That's more than count (default 35) + tolerance (default 5) = "emplate:ShortURL" > 5.<br>Result: {{ShortURL|url=http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Template:ShortURL}} |
<pre>{{ShortURL|url=http://www.imdb.com|suffix=....}}</pre> | <pre>{{ShortURL|url=http://www.imdb.com|suffix=....}}</pre> | ||
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|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Icons | |url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Icons | ||
|domainonly=yes}}</pre> | |domainonly=yes}}</pre> | ||
| − | + | We only want the domain.<br>Result: {{ShortURL|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Icons|domainonly=yes}} | |
For forcecount and tolerance examples see <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Short#Examples|Short]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>. | For forcecount and tolerance examples see <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Short#Examples|Short]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>. | ||
Revision as of 00:13, 24 July 2009
The template
This is not finished yet.
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: 35
- The number of displayed characters. It counts and returns the string without "http://" and "www." (if the URL is longer than the default 35 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://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Template:ShortURL}}
The URL (without "http://" and "www") has 45 characters. That's more than count (default 35) + tolerance (default 5) = "emplate:ShortURL" > 5.
Result: delete me
{{ShortURL|url=http://www.imdb.com|suffix=....}}
The URL is shorter than the count (default 35). 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}}
We use a count of 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='''....'''}}
We add a custom 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=50
|domainbold=yes}}
We highlight the domain.
Result: delete me
{{ShortURL
|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Icons
|domainonly=yes}}
We only want the domain.
Result: delete me
For forcecount and tolerance examples see {{Short}}.
