Template:External link icon

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Inserts a MediaWiki external link icon.

• {{external link icon}} →
• {{external link icon|lock}} → (or "https")
• {{external link icon|mail}} → (or "mailto" or "email")
• {{external link icon|news}} → (or "newsgroups")
• {{external link icon|file}} → (or "ftp")
• {{external link icon|irc}} → (or "discussion")
• {{external link icon|audio}} → (or a audio file extension, e.g. "mp3")
• {{external link icon|video}} → (or video file extension, e.g. "avi")
• {{external link icon|pdf}} → (or "document")

Note: These icons are clickable but only for this page, otherwise |link= is added.

Alternate way

You can also make the external link icons appear by using the following CSS classes.

Note: Only the ones listed will work with the HTML allowed in wikitext. & aren't possible this way. Also note that certain skins do not support this!

Examples

After links:

* <span class="link-https">[[Main Page]]</span>
* <span class="link-mailto">[[Main Page]]</span>
* <span class="link-ftp">[[Main Page]]</span>
* <span class="link-irc">[[Main Page]]</span>
* <span class="link-audio">[[Main Page]]</span>
* <span class="link-video">[[Main Page]]</span>
* <span class="link-document">[[Main Page]]</span>

gives:

• Main Page
• Main Page
• Main Page
• Main Page
• Main Page
• Main Page
• Main Page

And for the right color:

* <span class="link-document">[[Main Page|<span style="color:#36b">Main Page</span>]]</span>

gives:

• Main Page

To create an icon by itself:

* <span class="link-https"><span style="display:none">_</span></span>

gives:

• _

See also

• Category:External link icons