https://edfieldmanual.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Template%3AExternal_tool Template:External tool - Revision history 2026-08-25T12:29:38Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.46.0 https://edfieldmanual.com/index.php?title=Template:External_tool&diff=95&oldid=prev Sythan: Link the tool name itself instead of appending a separate '(link)' -- less visual clutter 2026-08-07T16:05:35Z <p>Link the tool name itself instead of appending a separate &#039;(link)&#039; -- less visual clutter</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw-interface=""> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:05, 7 August 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>{{{<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tool</del>}}}'''{{<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#if:</del>{{{<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">url</del>|}}}|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&amp;#32;([</del>{{{<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">url</del>}}} <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">link])</del>}}{{#if:{{{description|}}}|&amp;#32;— {{{description}}}}}&lt;noinclude&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{#if:</ins>{{{<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">url</ins>|}}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>{{<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{url}}} </ins>{{{<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tool</ins>}}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]'''</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>{{{<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name|Tool</ins>}}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>}}{{#if:{{{description|}}}|&amp;#32;— {{{description}}}}}&lt;noinclude&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Usage ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Usage ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As a standalone bolded, linked name (optionally with an inline description):</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;pre&gt;{{External tool|name=|url=|description=}}&lt;/pre&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;pre&gt;{{External tool|name=|url=|description=}}&lt;/pre&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Or just for the linked name, e.g. inside a table cell where the description is its own column:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;pre&gt;{{External tool|name=|url=}}&lt;/pre&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Templates]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Templates]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div></td></tr> </table> Sythan https://edfieldmanual.com/index.php?title=Template:External_tool&diff=32&oldid=prev Sythan: EDFM initial deployment: seed template 2026-08-06T19:51:23Z <p>EDFM initial deployment: seed template</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;{{{name|Tool}}}&#039;&#039;&#039;{{#if:{{{url|}}}|&amp;#32;([{{{url}}} link])}}{{#if:{{{description|}}}|&amp;#32;— {{{description}}}}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> == Usage ==<br /> &lt;pre&gt;{{External tool|name=|url=|description=}}&lt;/pre&gt;<br /> [[Category:Templates]]<br /> &lt;/noinclude&gt;</div> Sythan