Template:Audio/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Audio (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
 It has been suggested that Spoken be merged into this page or section. (Discuss)

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[edit] Purpose

This template links to an audio file for quick listening. It is meant to be used inline with text, for pronunciations and the like.

[edit] Usage

{{Audio|name of sound file|text to use as link to soundfile}}

Example:

'''Bordeaux''' ({{Audio|Fr-Bordeaux.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a [[Seaport|port]] city in...

gives this:

Bordeaux (pronunciation (help·info)) is a port city in...

Note that a printout of the page will remove the "help·info" bit and give:

Bordeaux (pronunciation ) is a port city in...

[edit] Using on other wikis

This is one of several templates that use CSS to format the template instead of containing all the formatting inline. It will not work on another wiki unless you copy both the template and the CSS rules.

This particular template depends on the "audiolink" css class to add the loudspeaker icon as a background image for the link, which allows it to be clicked and go to the same link destination instead of the image's description page.

These CSS rules are in MediaWiki:Common.css (the part that starts with .audiolink a {). You will need to get an administrator on your local wiki to add the rules to your site's CSS. (Likewise, tweaking the size and placement of the icon is done by changing the CSS; not the template itself.)

[edit] See also

  • {{Audio-nohelp}}, a variant of this template with no help links.
  • {{Audio-IPA}}, a variant of this template to be used with IPA notation.
  • {{Audio-pipe}}, a variant linking to a soundfile and an article, showing a display text
  • {{Spoken}}, which adds only the small icon with no links.
  • {{Listen}}, which sets an audio clip off from the main text.