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This class comes with MediWiki core and hides the symbol for external links.  
This class comes with MediWiki core and hides the symbol for external links.  


In addition this class is configured in LocalSeetings.php for [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkTarget Extension:LinkTarget] and overwrites the standard behavior for external links (opens in the same tab instead of a new one).
In addition this class is configured in LocalSeetings.php for [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkTarget Extension:LinkTarget] and overwrites the standard behavior for external links (opens in the same browser tab instead of a new one).


Note: In external links you need to use an underscore (_) for pagenames with spaces (Main_Page instead of Main Page).
Note: In external links you need to use an underscore (_) for pagenames with spaces (Main_Page instead of Main Page).

Revision as of 13:05, 13 March 2024

Internal Links[edit | edit source]

[[Main Page|Send me home]]

Example: Send me home

External Links[edit | edit source]

[https://webmo.info WebMo Website]

Example: WebMo Website

External Links that behave like internal links[edit | edit source]

This is useful if you have a link with URL parameters. Note CSS class="plainlinks" in the <span>-wrapper:

This class comes with MediWiki core and hides the symbol for external links.

In addition this class is configured in LocalSeetings.php for Extension:LinkTarget and overwrites the standard behavior for external links (opens in the same browser tab instead of a new one).

Note: In external links you need to use an underscore (_) for pagenames with spaces (Main_Page instead of Main Page).

<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}/wiki/Main_Page?name={{CURRENTUSER}} Send me home with my name as URL parameter]</span>

Example: Send me home with my name as URL parameter

Note: At target page URL parameters can be used as follows:

{{#urlget:parameter-name|default-value}}

See: Extension:UrlGetParameters