Template:Official website/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Official website.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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This template uses Lua:

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:

1= or URL= or url= is used to specify the URL. If this parameter is omitted, the value of "official website" Property (P856) on Wikidata is used.
- NOTE: If this parameter is specified and doesn't match "official website" Property (P856) on Wikidata, the page is added to Category:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia for maintenance.
- If this parameter is specified but the "official website" Property (P856) on Wikidata has not been set, the page is added to Category:Official website not in Wikidata for maintenance.
- If this parameter is not specified and there is no official website available on Wikidata, the page is added to Category:Official website missing URL.
2= or name= is used to reformat the title if "Official website" is not suitable.
- NOTE: This name should succinctly and accurately describe the external link in relation to the subject. In particular, it should not include the article subject's name as the reader reasonably expects that all external links pertain to the subject.
mobile= is optionally used if there is a different "official website" for use with Mobile Web devices.
format=flash is optionally used if the website requires Adobe Flash Player software.

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

<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):

External links[edit source]

Template:Official website/doc at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.