Template:Redirect: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
(9 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<div align="center"> | <div align="center"> | ||
<div style="border:1px solid #AAA;width:700px;text-align:left;"> | <div style="border:1px solid #AAA;width:700px;text-align:left;font-size:18px;padding:5px;"> | ||
[[Image:Redirect.png|left]]Click | [[Image:Redirect.png|left]]Click this link to go to {{#if: {{{2| }}} | [[{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}]] | [[{{{1|Main Page}}}]] }} {{{3| }}} | ||
</div></div> | </div></div><br /><noinclude> | ||
This template is for soft redirects. This template will NOT redirect the user, but will simply provide a big link. To make a page automatically redirect to another article, use <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Page Name]]</nowiki></code>. | |||
By putting a link to a page, in the template eg <code><nowiki>{{redirect|GTA}}</nowiki></code> you give the following | |||
{{redirect|Grand Theft Auto|GTA}} | |||
This will also work for external [[Help:Interwiki|Interwiki]] links, eg <code><nowiki>{{redirect|wp:GTA}}</nowiki></code> which links to the page "GTA" on Wikipedia. | |||
{{redirect|wp:GTA}} | |||
By adding a second variable, you can specify the text for the link, eg <code><nowiki>{{redirect|GTA|Grand Theft Auto}}</nowiki></code> | |||
{{redirect|Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto}} | |||
This also works for Interwiki links eg <code><nowiki>{{redirect|wp:GTA|Grand Theft Auto}}</nowiki></code> | |||
{{redirect|wp:GTA|Grand Theft Auto}} | |||
By adding a third variable, you can specify text to come ''after'' the link, such as the location<code><nowiki>{{redirect|wp:GTA|Grand Theft Auto|on Wikipedia}}</nowiki></code> | |||
{{redirect|wp:GTA|Grand Theft Auto|on Wikipedia}} | |||
</noinclude><noinclude> | |||
[[Category:Templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude> |
Latest revision as of 09:56, 13 July 2010

This template is for soft redirects. This template will NOT redirect the user, but will simply provide a big link. To make a page automatically redirect to another article, use #REDIRECT [[Page Name]]
.
By putting a link to a page, in the template eg {{redirect|GTA}}
you give the following

This will also work for external Interwiki links, eg {{redirect|wp:GTA}}
which links to the page "GTA" on Wikipedia.

By adding a second variable, you can specify the text for the link, eg {{redirect|GTA|Grand Theft Auto}}

This also works for Interwiki links eg {{redirect|wp:GTA|Grand Theft Auto}}

By adding a third variable, you can specify text to come after the link, such as the location{{redirect|wp:GTA|Grand Theft Auto|on Wikipedia}}
