Template:Grand Comics Database search/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Grand Comics Database search.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Redirects

{{Template:Gcdb}}
{{Template:Gcdb search}}

Usage

Article name as link text: {{Grand Comics Database search|TYPE|SEARCH}}; {{Grand Comics Database search|type=TYPE|search=SEARCH}}

Parameter as link text: {{Grand Comics Database search|TYPE|SEARCH|TITLE}}; {{Grand Comics Database search|type=TYPE|search=SEARCH|title=TITLE}}

Parameters

After running a successful search using this template, cut'n'paste the appropriate values for the |1= and |2= parameters in an associated template from the generated URL query string. The associated templates are shown below. The parameters for this template are:

Parameter	Keyword	Description
1	type	for instance: title, to search against title text
2	search	the keywords entered for the search
3	title	optionally, to override defaulting to the page title

Example

URL: https://www.comics.org/search.lasso/?sort=chrono&query=Gil+Kane&type=credit

Usage: {{Grand Comics Database search|credit|Gil+Kane|Gil Kane}}; {{Grand Comics Database search|type=credit|search=Gil+Kane|title=Gil Kane}}

Output: Gil Kane at the Grand Comics Database; Gil Kane at the Grand Comics Database

Associated templates