Template:Yt

Template documentation

Usage

This is a template to link to YouTube Channels. The template has been future-proofed in the case of YouTube making yet another url format

{{yt| type | id | description }}

1. type - the portion in the url in between slashes, can be user (u), channel (ch), @, custom (cu) (for vanity urls) or the user id itself!
2. id - the last portion of the URL to a YouTube profile, after user/, channel, @ or youtube.com/ and youtube.com/c/ in case of custom URLs .
3. description (optional) - replaces the profile name with your text

Note: do not use whitespace immediately before or after vertical bars or curly brackets

User

{{yt|id|description}}
{{yt|u|id|description}}
{{yt|user|id|description}}
{{yt|id|description}}

produces:

• id - with description
• id - without description

Channel

{{yt|ch|id|description}}
{{yt|channel|id|description}}
{{yt|c|id|description}}

produces:

• description - with description
• YouTube - without description

Channel (c)

{{yt|c2|id|description}}

produces:

• c2 - with description

Handles (@)

{{yt|@|id|description}}
{{yt|custom|@id|description}}
{{yt|cu|@id|description}}

produces:

• description - with description
• @id - without description

Custom URLs

{{yt|custom|customurl|description}}
{{yt|cu|customurl|description}}

produces:

• cu - with description
• cu - without description