ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:IMDb character
IMDb character at the Internet Movie Database
This is a template to generate links to Internet Movie Database, used exclusively for CHARACTERS.
- To link a work (film/movie, TV or Web program/series, video game, etc.), use
{{IMDb title}}instead. - To link a person (actor, actress, etc.), use
{{IMDb name}}instead. - To link a specific TV episode or Web series episode, use
{{IMDb episode}}instead. - To link an episode list, use
{{IMDb episodes}}instead. - To link a company, use
{{IMDb company}}instead.
Options
ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿThe required parameter is just the ID number (for backward compatibility, the parameter can be named id) and the template then uses the article title as the anchor text:
* {{IMDb character|ID}}
To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter (for backward compatibility, it can be named name):
* {{IMDb character|ID|Character}}
Note that the options include the "*" for a bulleted list since this is most likely to be used in an "External links" section.
Detailed instructions
ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ- Copy and paste one of the options above into the article
- Go to http://www.imdb.com and search for the character you want (say, Austin Powers; you'll reach
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Austin+Powers) - Click on the correct Austin Powers in the list:
- You then reach the page with URL looking like http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002425/ (or other 7-digit number)
- Copy only that number (here, "
0002425"), omitting the "ch" but keep all the leading zeros (though IMDb currently seems to be able to add them as needed) - Replace "
ID" in the template code with the number- For the first option above, you'll then have
* {{IMDb character|0002425}}resulting in:
- Note that the link text is the same as the title of the page the template is used on; outside the page "Austin Powers", use the second option:
- Replace "
ID" with the number and "Character" with "Austin Powers"* {{IMDb character|0002425|Austin Powers}}results in:
- For the first option above, you'll then have