Auto-Linking not working in templates using variables

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Not sure if this a bug, so asking here instead.

I've made a full page template that is being called in another template with the [template] tag and is filled with the available variables so members will only need to fill those out.

However the text is not automatically linking, so I don't know if it's an issue of how I am doing things, or potentially a bug or setting.

[pegasus]

My understanding is that the text that is contained within the template is not auto-linked when the template is used. Only the original text of the page that uses it. If you are going so far as to create a template, you may as well just write the desired links into the template.

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Is it at all possible to get an option to auto-link within templates? There are ~400+ pages that will use this template and a lot of the content will link out to other pages.

I'm also trying to minimize the amount of work for people contributing as much as possible as we're migrating an old Fandom Wiki to the site.

[pegasus]

If 400+ pages will use the template, then adding a link to the template will automatically push out to those 400 pages. I'm not sure I see the issue.

Auto-links are more intended for user content like forum posts that aren't generally thinking about whether something should be a link. If you already noticed that an auto-link did not happen, you are in the mindset to add that link yourself.

Auto-links inherited from templates would be really bad for performance and would be a vector for DOS attack. I also am not even sure whether it would be technically feasible to handle all situations (e.g. variable outputs).

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If 400+ pages will use the template, then adding a link to the template will automatically push out to those 400 pages. I'm not sure I see the issue.

Auto-links are more intended for user content like forum posts that aren't generally thinking about whether something should be a link. If you already noticed that an auto-link did not happen, you are in the mindset to add that link yourself.

Auto-links inherited from templates would be really bad for performance and would be a vector for DOS attack. I also am not even sure whether it would be technically feasible to handle all situations (e.g. variable outputs).

So what I'm exactling doing is I've made a template that has the page structure/layout in place, and has the variables that can be filled.

I then have a second template so that uses the template bbcode with all the variables (and some comments to explain their usage) and that is where I would want auto-linking to happen.

For some things (mainly in the sidebar) I can setup the variables within a wiki bbcode, but for some sections that are paragraphs that are directly copied from game text it's a bit different.

If it's not possible it's not possible, and I can just have the people I've promoted to editor handle it when they approve pages.

[pegasus]

Actual page:

[template]Outer Template[/template]

Outer Template:

[template]Inner Template
|param=text that needs to be autolinked
[/template]

Inner Template:

layout with {{{param}}}

If I am understanding your setup correctly, you would just hardcode the wiki BB-Code inside "Outer Template." e.g.

[template]Inner Template
|param=text that [wiki]needs[/wiki] to be autolinked
[/template]

Alternatively, if you are implementing Outer Template like above (without passing parameters from the actual page), then you can try injecting it instead. Injection renders Outer Template separately, so in this case it would receive autolinks; however, it would not receive variables (such as [var]PAGETITLE[/var]) from "Actual page". Once it is rendered, it is pasted into "Actual page":

[inject]Outer Template[/inject]

You are limited in the number of injections that will be rendered on each page.

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That's pretty much what I ended up doing, as it makes life easier.