User:Bugman/forum link
Goal
This template is used to create MediaWiki links - either via text or the icon - to subforums, topics and posts on the FlightGear forum.
Usage
{{forum link
| title =
| text =
| f =
| t =
| p =
| anchor =
| hilit =
| noicon =
| onlyicon =
| size =
}}
- title
- Topic title (optional). This will be italicised and used to build the link text.
- text
- The link text (optional). This is an alternative to the title parameter and, if supplied, will be used for the link text.
- f
- Forum number to be passed to phpBB's viewtopic.php (optional).
- t
- Thread number to be passed to phpBB's viewtopic.php (optional).
- p
- Post number to be passed to phpBB's viewtopic.php (optional).
- anchor
- HTML anchor, used for jumping to posts (optional).
- hilit
- Words on the forum posts to be highlighted (optional). Words should be separated by the plus character "+".
- noicon
- If true, the little FlightGear icon (
) will not be shown.
- onlyicon
- If true, only the little FlightGear icon () will be shown.
- size
- The icon size (optional). This should be a valid MediaWiki image size value, e.g. 32px.
Technical details
This template uses the User:Bugman/forum url template to construct the URI part of the link. That template then uses the {{project infrastructure}} template to provide the protocol and domain name part of the URI.
Examples
No arguments
{{User:Bugman/forum link}}
A subforum (The FlightGear project)
{{User:Bugman/forum link|f=42}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=The FlightGear project|f=42}}
The FlightGear project subforum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|text=The FlightGear project|f=42}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=The FlightGear project|f=42|noicon=yes}}
The FlightGear project subforum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=The FlightGear project|f=42|onlyicon=yes}}
A topic (FlightGear Newsletter)
{{User:Bugman/forum link|t=7794}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=FlightGear Newsletter|t=7794}}
FlightGear Newsletter topic on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|text=FlightGear Newsletter|t=7794}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=FlightGear Newsletter|t=7794|noicon=yes}}
FlightGear Newsletter topic on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=FlightGear Newsletter|t=7794|onlyicon=yes}}
A post (Re: Marking topics as "solved")
{{User:Bugman/forum link|p=111333}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|text=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved"
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|noicon=yes}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|onlyicon=yes}}
Subforum, topic and post
| Note The f and t parameters are redundant in this URL. |
{{User:Bugman/forum link|f=8|t=10805|p=111333}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|f=8|t=10805|p=111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|text=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|f=8|t=10805|p=111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved"
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|f=8|t=10805|p=111333|noicon=yes}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|f=8|t=10805|p=111333|onlyicon=yes}}
Topic and post
| Note The t parameter is redundant in this URL. |
{{User:Bugman/forum link|t=10805|p=111333}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|p=111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|text=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|p=111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved"
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|p=111333|noicon=yes}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|p=111333|onlyicon=yes}}
Anchoring
{{User:Bugman/forum link|t=10805|anchor=p111333}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|anchor=p111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" topic on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|text=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|anchor=p111333}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved"
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|anchor=p111333|noicon=yes}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" topic on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|t=10805|anchor=p111333|onlyicon=yes}}
Highlighting
{{User:Bugman/forum link|t=10805|hilit=board+index}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=board index|t=10805|hilit=board+index}}
board index topic on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|text=board index|t=10805|hilit=board+index}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=board index|t=10805|hilit=board+index|noicon=yes}}
board index topic on the forum
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=board index|t=10805|hilit=board+index|onlyicon=yes}}
Different icon sizes
Text and icon
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|size=15px}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum 
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|size=32px}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum 
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|size=64px}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum 
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|size=200px}}
Re: Marking topics as "solved" post on the forum 
Icon only
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|onlyicon=yes|size=15px}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|onlyicon=yes|size=32px}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|onlyicon=yes|size=64px}}
{{User:Bugman/forum link|title=Re: Marking topics as "solved"|p=111333|onlyicon=yes|size=200px}}