Template:Plain link/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Plain link (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template will allow you to create a local or interwiki link (such as a link to the history of a page) on a page without having the follow the link. This can be used, for example, when internal or interwiki links appear as external links.

Caution[edit]

When you link to a Festipedia, omit the preceding "http:", or "https:", so that the URL begins with "//". This allows users to use the protocol they're currently using.

You can use {{fullurl}} magicword to generate URLs to Festipedia pages.

Examples[edit]

{{Plain link|url=//www.Festipedia.org.uk}} gives [1]
{{Plain link|//www.festipedia.org.uk Festipedia}} gives Festipedia
{{Plain link|//www.festipedia.org.uk|Festipedia}} gives Festipedia
{{Plain link|http://www.google.co.uk|Google}} gives Google

Note that if your url or link title contains an equals sign = you must use named parameters:

{{ Plain link | url=//www.festipedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764 | name="=" }} gives "="

To be more concise, you can use numbers as parameter names e.g.

{{Plain link|1=//www.festipedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}} gives the same "="