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<includeonly>* {{#if:{{{f|}}}|[http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f={{{f}}}&t={{{t|}}} {{{title|}}}]|[http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t={{{t|}}} {{{title|}}}]}} (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums</includeonly><noinclude>This is a template for including links to threads at the '''[http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/ ConwayLife.com forums]''' in the "External Links" section of an article. It can take three parameters: ''t'', the id number of the thread being linked to; ''f'', the id number of the forum the thread is located in (may be omitted); and ''title'', the title of the thread as it will appear in the link text.
<includeonly>{{#ifeq: {{{format|}}} | ref |  | {{#ifeq: {{{format|}}} | raw |  | * }} }} {{#if: {{{author|}}} | {{{author}}}{{#if: {{{date|}}} | &nbsp;({{{date}}}) }}. }} [https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?{{#if:{{{f|}}}|f={{{f}}}}}{{#if:{{{t|}}}|&t={{{t}}}}}{{#if:{{{p|}}}|&p={{{p}}}#p{{{p}}}}} {{{title|}}}]{{#ifeq: {{{format|}}}|raw||&nbsp;(discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums}}  [[Category:Pages that link to the ConwayLife.com forums]]</includeonly><noinclude>This is a template for including links to threads and individual posts on the '''[https://conwaylife.com/forums/ ConwayLife.com forums]''' in the "External Links" section of an article. It can take the following parameters:


Here is a simple example of its usage:
* ''t'', the id number of the thread being linked to (optional);
* ''f'', the id number of the forum the thread is located in (optional);
* ''p'', the id number of a specific post to be linked to (optional);
* ''title'', the title of the thread as it will appear in the link text (mandatory);
* ''author'', the author of the thread or post (optional)
* ''format'', the way the resulting link should be formatted (optional):
:* ''format=ref'', format with a bullet point in a way suitable for <tt><nowiki><ref> ... </ref></nowiki></tt> tags.
:* ''format=raw'', remove ending " (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums" text
* ''date'', the date the forum post was posted (optional, if ''author'' is specified);
 
Here are three simple usage examples:


'''You type:'''
'''You type:'''
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'''You see:'''
'''You see:'''


* [http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1452 Soup search results] (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
* [https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1452 Soup search results] (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
 
'''You type:'''
 
<tt><nowiki>{{LinkForumThread|p=46748|title=Re: Soup search results}}</nowiki></tt>
 
'''You see:'''
 
* [https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=&p=46748#p46748 Re: Soup search results] (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
 
'''You type:'''
 
<pre><nowiki><ref name="post46748" />
 
==References==
<references>
<ref name="post46748">{{LinkForumThread
|f      = 7
|t      = 2036
|p      = 46748
|title  = Re: Thread for basic questions
|format = ref
}}</ref>
</references></nowiki></pre>
 
'''You see:''' a footnote link<sup>1</sup> at the '''ref''' tag location, and a reference section containing


== See also ==
1. [https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2036&p=46748#p46748 Re: Thread for basic questions] (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums


==See also==
{{ListOfLinkTemplates}}
{{ListOfLinkTemplates}}
[[Category:Citation templates]]
</noinclude>
</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 14:54, 14 May 2024

This is a template for including links to threads and individual posts on the ConwayLife.com forums in the "External Links" section of an article. It can take the following parameters:

  • t, the id number of the thread being linked to (optional);
  • f, the id number of the forum the thread is located in (optional);
  • p, the id number of a specific post to be linked to (optional);
  • title, the title of the thread as it will appear in the link text (mandatory);
  • author, the author of the thread or post (optional)
  • format, the way the resulting link should be formatted (optional):
  • format=ref, format with a bullet point in a way suitable for <ref> ... </ref> tags.
  • format=raw, remove ending " (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums" text
  • date, the date the forum post was posted (optional, if author is specified);

Here are three simple usage examples:

You type:

{{LinkForumThread|t=1452|title=Soup search results}}

You see:

You type:

{{LinkForumThread|p=46748|title=Re: Soup search results}}

You see:

You type: 

<ref name="post46748" />

==References==
<references>
<ref name="post46748">{{LinkForumThread
|f      = 7
|t      = 2036
|p      = 46748
|title  = Re: Thread for basic questions
|format = ref
}}</ref>
</references>

You see: a footnote link1 at the ref tag location, and a reference section containing

1. Re: Thread for basic questions (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

See also

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