Help:Templates/ML

This template is for linking to Muselive.com. There are three forms it can take, which can be used depending on needs.

The first is the most simple:

{{ ML |topicid }}

...which will result in: (download)

The second can be used by adding...

type=normal

...to the template, as so:

{{ML |topicid | type=normal}}

...which will result in: Muselive

The latter "normal" type (which derives from CSS' font-size: normal attribute) can take a further unnamed argument to modify the link's text, as so:

{{ML |topicid | type=normal | this link has an invalid topic ID}}

...which will print: this link has an invalid topic ID

Note the lack of a space in all forms before topicid. This is a limitation of the template— space is usually preferred for readability's sake, but in this case it would cause a gap between the URL and the ID, so it is necessary to leave out. "Patches welcome"!

Rationale

There are two benefits for using a template to link to Muselive:

• Style and structure is separate from information, thus:
  • It is somewhat more future proof.
• The URL form is easily updateable from the ML template, thus:
  • It is somewhat more future proof.

The URL has been changed twice. The first was the change from invictus.softmeg.com to muselive.com, the second when URLs lacking a www prefix started redirecting to URLs with a www prefix. This template would have been ideal had it been used ubiquitously by then.

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