Template:FadedPage/sandbox
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This template is for linking books or authors at Faded Page book archive for Distributed Proofreaders Canada (DPC).
Usage[edit]
- Step 1: Find the author ID at the Faded Page website https://www.fadedpage.com
- a) From the main page under "Browse...Author", choose the letter corresponding to the author's last name. For example, for "Edgar Rice Burroughs", choose the letter "B"
- b) From the authors page for "B" find "Burroughs, Edgar Rice"
- c) Click on an individual book title to view a book page
- Step 2A: To link to the author:
- Create the template like this:
{{FadedPage|id=Burroughs, Edgar Rice|name=Edgar Rice Burroughs|author=yes}}
- The
idis the string used to construct the url - The
nameis the author's name - The
authormust be "author=yes" to denote an author type link rather than a book type link
- Step 2B: To link to a book:
- Create the template like this:
{{FadedPage|id=20160704|name=Tarzan and the Lost Empire}}
- The
idis the eight digit string used to construct the url - The
nameis the title of the book
Arguments[edit]
- id: the id at FadedPage.com website. See "Usage" above for how to determine.
- name: The name of the author, or the title of the book. Can be anything doesn't have to match the Wikipedia page or the PGAU website.
- author: Set to "yes" ie.
author=yesif name is an author's name. Don't use if name = book title.
- For book links, code template as
{{FadedPage|id=201410E7|name=Animal Farm}}will produce:- Animal Farm at Faded Page (Canada)
- For book links, code template as
- For authors, code like this
{{FadedPage|id=Leacock, Stephen Butler|name=Stephen Leacock|author=yes}}will produce:- Works by Stephen Leacock at Faded Page (Canada)
- For authors, code like this
Notes[edit]
- Faded Page links can be made to individual books or to author pages.
See also[edit]
- Template:Gutenberg book (for books)
- Template:Gutenberg author (for authors)