Template:ShortLink

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Usage

This shortens external URLs. It may not be useful for single usage on a page but for mass output, e.g. via another template. It can be used in DPL in combination with addexternallink=true and %EXTERNALLINK% in the output.
The link text also no more contains the "http://" and "www." prefixes. This makes it even shorter and prevents unexperienced users from wrong copy-paste since they see more clearly that this is not the complete URL instead of just "…" at the end.
Note: Requires Extension:StringFunctions

Usage

{{ShortLink
|url    =
|count  =
|suffix =
|plain  =(yes)
|domainonly  =(yes)
|domainbold  =(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).

• url: required

Set the full URL http://...

• suffix: optional / default: "…" (not ...)

Adds an suffix at the end of the shortened string. It is not recommend to set an empty suffix.

• plain: optional / default: no

Returns the link in spans with the plainlinks class. Note that you should have this set up in you CSS. Also note that your page code is more clear when you set class="plainlinks" for the element that contains all your links.

• domainonly: optional / default: no

domainonly=yes will only display the domain (including subdomains if given). A setting for count or forceprefix is useless here.

• domainbold: optional / default: no

domainbold=yes will highlight the domain bold. This is useful for lists of many different external URLs. The prefix is also stripped for URLs shorter than count.

Examples

{{ShortLink|url=http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Template:ShortLink}}

The URL (stripped: without "http://" and "www.") has 45 characters. That's more than count (default 35). Result:

{{ShortLink|url=http://www.imdb.com|suffix=....}}

The (stripped) URL is shorter than the count (default 35). It will be fully returned without suffix. Result:

{{ShortLink
|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:

{{ShortLink
|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='''....'''|plain=yes}}

We add a custom suffix and use class="plainlinks". Result:

*{{ShortLink|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2008Sep#Hack_for_search_suggestion_field_width_will_be_obsolete
|count=50|domainbold=yes}}
*{{ShortLink|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|count=50|domainbold=yes}}
*{{ShortLink|url=http://www.imdb.com|count=50|domainbold=yes}}

We highlight the domain. Result:

*{{ShortLink|url=http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings_%28alphabetical%29|plain=yes|domainonly=yes}}
*{{ShortLink|url=http://us.imdb.com/help/|plain=yes|domainonly=yes}}
*{{ShortLink|url=http://google.com|plain=yes|domainonly=yes}}
*{{ShortLink|url=http://google.com/|plain=yes|domainonly=yes}}
*{{ShortLink|url=http://google.com/i|plain=yes|domainonly=yes}}

We only want the domain. Result:

For practical examples see: Template:ShortLink/Examples.