Template:URL/doc

Documentation for Template:URL, transcluded from Template:URL/doc

Purpose

This template is designed to format a URL for display on a wiki page. Unfortunately, there appears to be no way to include nowiki tags in the template so that the URL is not rendered as a link. This means this template is pointless when used with image URLs.

Parameters

Name	Value	Notes
URL or first unnamed parameter	The text of the URL to render	Required.
quote	Character placed before and after the URL	Optional. Ignored if Quote1 and Quote2 are specified. Angle brackets (< & >) are used if neither this nor quote1 & quote2 are specified.
quote1	Character placed before the URL	Optional. Should be paired with quote2. Angle brackets (< & >) are used if neither quote nor quote1 & quote2 are specified.
quote2	Character placed after the URL	Optional. Should be paired with quote1. Angle brackets (< & >) are used if neither quote nor quote1 & quote2 are specified.

Examples

1. {{URL|http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463}}

gives:

<http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463>

2. {{URL|URL=http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463}}

gives:

<http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463>

3. {{URL|http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463|quote="}}

gives:

"http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463"

4. {{URL|http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463|quote1=(|quote2=)}}

gives:

(http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t76.htm#A3463)

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