External Links Templates

There are a few External link Templates included and can be found at Category:Templates/Ext link.

**Note:** **in the example return display it is set up to use the Page Name, so on this help document it will show *External Links Templates*, so when placed in an article the display will be whatever the page name is.**

These templates all end in "Link" and can be used multiple times.

## Page Name Overrides

You can override the Page name, simply by including a 2nd parameter. ie:

```
{{Amazon link|Janet-Edwards/e/B006QVMYPG|Janet's Books}}
```
 gives...

Janet's Books on Amazon US
Janet's Books on Amazon UK

This will work except for "Web Link" which requires a 2nd parameter

## How to format the call

### Amazon

Will display both US and UK Amazon links.

```
{{Amazon link|Janet-Edwards/e/B006QVMYPG}}
```
 on an author's page or in the Author's infobox external link section, where as the one parameter that you have to have is part of the Amazon URL. You have have the authors name **(Janet-Edwards/X/xxxxxxxx)** where as the x's follow the author's name in the url. These are all different for each author and amazon's way of identifying the individual authors.)

The display will show the Amazon Icon, followed by the Author's name, followed by On Amazon US. The Author's name will link to the Author's site on Amazon, the Amazon US or Amazon UK will link to their main page.

```
{{Amazon link|Janet-Edwards/e/B006QVMYPG}}
```
 gives...External Links Templates on Amazon US
External Links Templates on Amazon UK

### Web

Type

```
{{Web link|janetedwards.com|official site}}
```
 on an author's page or in the Author's infobox external link section.

This template requires a 2nd parameter and you must have the one pipe symbol "|" between your entries

The display will show the Offsite Icon, followed by the page name, followed by whatever you included such as "Official site" or Blog

Sample output

```
{{Web link|janetedwards.com|official site}}
```
 gives...External Links Templates official site

### Wikipedia

Type

```
{{Wikipedia link|Douglas Adams}}
```
 on an author's page or in the Author's infobox external link section, whereas the one parameter that you have to have is the wikipedia page name.

The display will show the page name, followed by On Wikipedia.
**Sample output**

```
{{Wikipedia link|Douglas Adams}}
```
 gives...

External Links Templates on Wikipedia

**or** if using on a book page for example ...

```
{{Wikipedia link|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}
```
 gives...

External Links Templates on Wikipedia

**or** To override the page name, use the 2nd parameter

```
{{Wikipedia link|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide}}
```
 gives...

Hitchhiker's Guide on Wikipedia

## Formatting Multiple calls

There is an internal line break at the end of each of the templates so you can either run them all together

```
```

**Or** list them in a column.

```
{{Amazon link|Janet-Edwards/e/B006QVMYPG|Janet Edward's Books}}
{{Web link|janetedwards.com|official site}}
{{Wikipedia link|Douglas Adams}}
{{Wikipedia link|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide}}
```

Ether way they will display like this, but the break is at the end, not the beginning so the first one in the list must be after a blank line, unless used in an Infobox.

Janet Edward's Books on Amazon US
Janet Edward's Books on Amazon UK

External Links Templates official site

External Links Templates on Wikipedia

Hitchhiker's Guide on Wikipedia