Description

Creates an external link with icon, providing a consistent standard for the External Links section.

Syntax

{{Elink|< prefix= >|< link=link_url >|< site=link_name >|< desc= >|< title=tooltip >|< icon=icon_name >|< type=(see below) >}}

• prefix = Optional prefix text before the icon.
• link = URL to link to.
  • url = Can be used alternatively, but is not recommended.
• site = Simple name for the site, used as the link text. This should be the domain name (cleaned up, capitalized, drop the '.com', etc) or the guild name "Example Guild (Example Server US)"
• desc = Optional description of what can be found at the link, placed after the link in plain text.
  • title = Can be used alternatively, but is not recommended.
• bydate = Optional appears after the description in 90% of font-size (smaller).
  • author = Can be used alternatively, but is not recommended. Will only show if |bydate= not used.
  • date = Can be used alternatively with |author=, but is not recommended. Will only show if |author= is used and |bydate= not used.
• icon = Optional icon to show at start of link. Give only the image name, leave off the "[[File:Icon-" and "-22x22.png]]". If not defined, is used. Do not use just icon= (blank value).
  • Icons available (no corresponding type= parameter):

    – add, – delete, – remove, – back, – down, – next, – up

    – download, – edit, – lock, – new, – move, – revert, – search

    – cleanup, – disambig, – redirect, – split

    – help, – information, – question, – warning

    – api, – article, – boilerplate, – policy, – stub, – template

    – audio, – chat, – email, – external, – externalarticle

    – addon, – image, – imagedelete, – thumbnail, – map, – out

    – patch, – player, – group, – popular, – user

  • Flag icons available (no corresponding type= parameter):

    – brazil, – britain, – china, – eu, – france, – germany, – italy, – japan, – korea,

    – mexico, – portugal, – russia, – spain, – taiwan, – usa,

  • Site icons available (no corresponding type= parameter):

    – 25man, – almostgaming, – amazon, – apple, – armory, – bneteu, – bnetus, – bradygames,

    – classicbnet, – cosmosui, – crafterstome, – cryptowowtcg, – cryptozoic, – darklegacycomics,

    – dccomics, – elitistjerks, – elsanglin, – facebook, – fantasyflightgames, – filefront, – franksplace,

    – gamebunny, – gamespot, – gamespy, – guildprogress, – icyveinscom, – ign, – joystiq, – kotaku,

    – L2R, – lootables, – lorecrafted, – magelo, – maintankadin, – massively, – mmo4ever,

    – thenoobschool, – pcgamer, – pennyarcade, – steam, – tankspot, – tentonhammer, – twitter,

    – upperdeck, – upperdeckwow, – warcraftmovies, – WarcraftPets, – wikia, – worldofraids,

    – worldofwar, – wow, – wowace, – wowbluetracker, – wowdb, – wowheadnews, – wowi,

    – wowincgamers, – wowjutsu, – wowpedia, – wowrp, – wowwiki,

  • Icons available (has corresponding type parameter):

    – allakhazam, – bnet, – bneteu or bnetsupporteu, – bnetus or bnetsupportus, – bnetwoweu,

    – bnetwowus, – blizzard, – blizzcon, – blizzconeu, – blizzconus, – blizzeu, – blizzus,

    – blizzplanet, – curse, – icyveins or icyveinscom, – mmochampion, – petopia, – sol, – thottbot,

    – vimeo, – wikipedia, – wowhead, – wowinsider, – youtube

• type = Will automatically give the link a default styling (icon, site, title...) depending on the given parameter. Icons are defaulted to the type. Currently, the accepted parameters are: allakhazam, blizzard, blizzcon, blizzconeu, blizzconus, blizzeu, blizzus, blizzplanet, bneteu, bnetus, bnetwoweu, bnetwowus, curse, icyveins or icyveinscom, mmochampion, petopia, sol, thottbot, vimeo, wikipedia, wowhead, wowinsider, and youtube.

Examples of type elink
Blizzard Entertainment	Blizzard Entertainment (US)	Blizzard Entertainment (EU)
Battle.net	Battle.net (US)	Battle.net (EU)
	Battle.net Support (US)	Battle.net Support (EU)
	World of Warcraft Community Site (EU)	World of Warcraft Community Site (US)
BlizzCon	BlizzCon site (US)	BlizzCon site (EU)
Allakhazam	BlizzPlanet	Curse
MMO-Champion	Wowhead News	WoW Insider
Icy Veins	Petopia	Scrolls of Lore
Thottbot	WoWDB	Wowhead
Vimeo	Wikipedia	YouTube

Examples

This: {{Elink|link=http://examplesite.com|site=Example Site|desc=This is an example external link|bydate=by a WoWWikian 15-Jul-2011 11:00 PM PST}}

Produces:

Example Site This is an example external link by a WoWWikian 15-Jul-2011 11:00 PM PST

This: {{Elink|prefix=Take from|link=http://examplesite2.com|site=Example Source Site|desc=This is an example source external link|title=Example hover box}}

Produces:

Taken from  Example Source Site Example hover box

Using icons not listed

You can use icons not listed, if they are uploaded to WoWWiki.

Before using an icon it should meet the following criteria:

• The image should be a PNG with the extension .png (lowercase).
• The image should be 22 pixels high by 22 pixels wide.
• The name of the image file should be in the form: Icon-name-22x22.png

Before adding the icon to the list on Template:Elink/doc, please ask for feedback on Template talk:Elink.