bb code to link to Wikipedia?

**mickknutson** · May 5, 2009

I would love to have a code that would allow me to link to Wikipedia. Is this possible?

**pegasus** · May 5, 2009

There are mods for this at vbulletin.org. It's simply adding a custom bb-code to your forum.

**mickknutson** · May 6, 2009

That is a cool mod, but not exactly what I am after.

I have this text:

* In 1976 [ [ Rick Sylvester ] ] skied off Canada's [ [ Mount Asgard ] ] for the opening sequence of the James Bond movie ''[ [ The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me ] ]'', giving the wider world its first look at BASE jumping.

So all of the double [[ tokens get parsed out into local links. is there a way to change them to [ wp]Some Link Name[ /wp ] and have them still be a link, but to a wikipedia link?

**intp** · June 15, 2009

Code:

AdminCP -> Custom BB Codes -> Add New BB Code
Title = Wikipedia Link
BB Code Tag Name = wp
Replacement = <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{param}">{param}</a>
Example = [wp]example[/wp]
Description = Adds link to Wikipedia
Use Option = No
Button Image = link to image
Remove Tag If Empty = Yes
Disable BB Code Within This BB Code = Yes
Disable Smillies Within This BB Code = Yes
Disable Word Wrapping Within This BB Code = Yes