Template:URL2

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This is a fork of Template:URL for use in infoboxes.

It behaves similarly to {{URL}} with the following exceptions:

• By default it does not display anything if the parameters are blank or omitted. Template:URL displays {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} by default.
• It implements a parameter |msg= that turns on or off the message {{URL|example.com|optional display text}}. Setting msg to false or anything beginning with n or N will suppress the message. Anything else enables the message.
• It strips html tags and wiki-link markup from the supplied url parameter.
• It truncates the url parameter at the first space it finds.
• It can take its own output as input, allowing website parameters to be wrapped in in the design of an infobox, without causing problems if editors add |website={{URL|some.url.com}} in an article.

Usage

• {{URL2|url}}
• {{URL2|1=url}}

Examples

Different from Template:URL

If there is no input, the default behavior of URL2 is to display nothing (use |msg= to display the instructional message):

• {{URL2| }} →

• {{URL2|msg=yes| }} → {{URL|example.com|optional display text}}

• {{URL2|msg=true| }} → {{URL|example.com|optional display text}}

URL2 handles formatting commonly found in the |website= parameter of an infobox:

• {{URL2|[http://www.example.com]}} → www.example.com

• {{URL2|http://www.example.com|website}} → website

• {{URL2|{{URL|www.example.com}}}} → www.example.com

• {{URL2|{{URL2|www.example.com}}}} → www.example.com

Same as Template:URL

The template wraps the output in <span class="url">...</span> (see § Microformat) and adds <wbr/> before displayed periods:

• {{URL2|www.example.com}} → www.example.com

  <span class="url">[http://www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>

The use of http://, https://, a protocol-relative URL, or a different protocol is preserved in the URL but is not shown in the link text:

• {{URL2|http://www.example.com}} → www.example.com

  <span class="url">[http://www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>

• {{URL2|https://www.example.com}} → www.example.com

  <span class="url">[https://www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>

• {{URL2|//www.example.com}} → www.example.com

  <span class="url">[//www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>

• {{URL2|ftp://ftp.example.com}} → ftp.example.com

  <span class="url">[ftp://ftp.example.com ftp<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>

If the path is only a slash (/) it is not displayed in the link text:

• {{URL2|https://www.example.com/}} → www.example.com

  <span class="url">[https://www.example.com/ www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>

The template also adds <wbr/> before any displayed slashes (/) in the path:

• {{URL2|https://www.example.com/path}} → www.example.com/path

  <span class="url">[https://www.example.com/path www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path]</span>

For a URL containing an equal sign (=), use |1=:

• {{URL2|1=http://www.example.com/path?section=17}} → www.example.com/path?section=17

  <span class="url">[http://www.example.com/path?section=17 www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path?section=17]</span>

Microformat

The template wraps the displayed URL with class="url" so that it is included in any parent microformat which takes a URL parameter - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats.

See also

• {{URL}}
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB|url2}}
• {{Official URL}}
• {{Official website}}

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