Template:Official website

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The purpose of this template is to provide a standard format for labeling links to the official website of an article's main topic.

Usage[edit source]

Basic usage[edit source]

This template can be used without specifying any parameters, if the "official website" Property (P856) is set in the respective article's Wikidata record. Just add {{official website}} to the article's External links section. If on Wikidata more than one official website is given, the entry tagged with the language being English is automatically preferred.

Advanced usage[edit source]

Four parameters are available:

Some URLs that contain special characters, such as & or =, will break the template. The solution is to prepend the URL with 1=

Examples[edit source]

URL in template[edit source]

To the right of each example is the displayed output. Below each example is the actual output including <span>...</span> tags.

  • {{Official website|example.org}}Official website
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[http://example.org Official website]</span></span>
  • {{Official website|www.example.org}}Official website
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[http://www.example.org Official website]</span></span>
  • {{Official website|//www.example.org}}Official website
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[//www.example.org Official website]</span></span>
  • {{Official website|http://www.example.org}}Official website
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[http://www.example.org Official website]</span></span>
  • {{Official website|https://www.example.org}}Official website
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[https://www.example.org Official website]</span></span>
  • {{Official website|1=https://example.org/?action=view}}Official website
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[https://example.org/?action=view Official website]</span></span>
  • {{Official website|https://example.org|name=Example}}Example
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[https://example.org Example]</span></span>
  • {{Official website|https://example.org|mobile=https://m.example.org}}Official website (Mobile)
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[https://example.org Official website]</span></span> (<span class="url">[https://m.example.org Mobile]</span>)
  • {{Official website|https://example.org|format=flash}}Official website (Requires Adobe Flash Player)
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[https://example.org Official website]</span></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:90%; color:#555">(Requires [[Adobe Flash Player]])</span>

URL in Wikidata[edit source]

Usage in the article Amazon (company):

  • {{Official website}}Official website Edit this at Wikidata
    <span class="official-website"><span class="url">[https://www.amazon.com Official website]</span></span> [[File:Blue pencil.svg |frameless |text-top |10px |alt=Edit this at Wikidata |link=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884#P856|Edit this at Wikidata]]

Note: If Wikidata holds two or more values, in different languages, the website in English will be used.

No URL in template or Wikidata[edit source]

Usage on any page without a URL in Wikidata property Lua error in Module:Wikibase at line 40: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (P856):

  • {{Official website}}Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 90: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
    <strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-3">Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 90: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).</span></strong>

Tracking categories[edit source]

One of the following categories may be added to articles using this template (via Module:Official website):

See also[edit source]

External links[edit source]