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This template creates a link with additional features. Primarily created as a basis for other link templates: game templates, program templates and external link templates.

Description

Parameters	Description
| <Option> | 1 = <Option>	Template display format: If the value is empty, the standard option will be displayed: an icon with a link. icon – Displays only the icon. link – Displays only the link. text – Displays link text only.
| icon = <image.png>	The icon that will be displayed next to the link.
| size = <{w}x{h}>	Icon size. Don't include "px". Default value is x16.
| external = <Empty>	If this parameter is specified, the value of the {{{link}}} parameter will be treated as an external link. Do not enter anything into this parameter, it must be left blank, otherwise it will break the template.
| link = <Any link>	Internal Link. If the {{{external}}} parameter is specified, this link will be treated as external link.
| text = <Link text>	The text that will be displayed for the link.

Child Templates Usage

These examples are written directly using this template, since the {{Portal 2}}, {{Idtech3}} and {{Cs2d}} do not currently use this template as their base.

Code	Preview	Description
{{Portal 2}}	This is Portal 2!	Link with icon.
{{Portal 2|icon}}	This is !	Clickable Icon.
{{Portal 2|link}}	This is Portal 2!	Link without icon.
{{Portal 2|text}}	This is Portal 2!	Plain text.
{{Idtech3}}	This is Id Tech 3!	Link to Wikipedia article.
{{Cs2d}}	This is CS2D!	External link.
{{Cow|Half-Life|Example}}	This is Example!	External link. Unlike the previous examples, it uses a different parameter format.

Examples

Template:Portal 2 (not the actual one)

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{{Advanced link | {{{1|{{{show|}}}}}} | icon = Portal2 icon.png | link = Portal 2 | text = {{#switch:{{Language}}|#default=Portal 2|Ko=포탈 2}} }}

Template:Cow

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{{Advanced link | {{{show|}}} | icon = Combine overwiki icon.png | external = | link = https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|}}}|WIKI}} | text = {{{2|{{{1|Combine OverWiki}}}}}} }}