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AniDB supports a number of short links that links to different aspects of the database, they are meant as a convenience for linking to information on AniDB. So for example, instead of having a link that looks like this: http://anidb. | AniDB supports a number of short links that links to different aspects of the database, they are meant as a convenience for linking to information on AniDB. So for example, instead of having a link that looks like this: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animelist&adb.search=Hachimitsu&do.search=search | ||
Which might not even work correctly if, say, the anime gets a sequel; in which case that link would lead to a search page listing both those anime. What you rather should do instead is link to the actual anime page for the anime. Such a link always contains an <tt>'''aid'''</tt>, or an '''a'''nime '''id'''. For ''Hachimitsu to Clover'' that <tt>aid</tt> is '''2835''', and the link would look like this: http://anidb. | Which might not even work correctly if, say, the anime gets a sequel; in which case that link would lead to a search page listing both those anime. What you rather should do instead is link to the actual anime page for the anime. Such a link always contains an <tt>'''aid'''</tt>, or an '''a'''nime '''id'''. For ''Hachimitsu to Clover'' that <tt>aid</tt> is '''2835''', and the link would look like this: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2835 | ||
Now, if you use '''short links''' the link is even more convenient: http://anidb. | Now, if you use '''short links''' the link is even more convenient: http://anidb.net/a2835 | ||
Let's review. We have the search-link, the anime link, and the short link: | Let's review. We have the search-link, the anime link, and the short link: | ||
* <tt>http://anidb. | * <tt>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animelist&adb.search=Hachimitsu&do.search=search</tt> | ||
* <tt>http://anidb. | * <tt>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2835</tt> | ||
* <tt>http://anidb. | * <tt>http://anidb.net/a2835</tt> | ||
You can use whichever you like, but for convenience, isn't the short link easier to use and remember (as long as you remember the aid)? | You can use whichever you like, but for convenience, isn't the short link easier to use and remember (as long as you remember the aid)? | ||
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Now, it isn't only to anime pages that AniDB sports short links, most things you can think of also have short links: | Now, it isn't only to anime pages that AniDB sports short links, most things you can think of also have short links: | ||
; Anime : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Anime : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''a<aid>'''</tt> - link to the anime details of an anime. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=<aid></nowiki> | ||
; Episodes : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Episodes : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''e<eid>'''</tt> - link to the episode details of an episode. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=ep&eid=<eid></nowiki> | ||
; Files : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Files : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''f<fid>'''</tt> - link to the filedetails of a file. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=file&fid=<fid></nowiki> | ||
; Groups : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Groups : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''g<gid>'''</tt> - link to the group details of a group. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=group&gid=<gid></nowiki> | ||
; Reviews : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Reviews : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''r<aid>'''</tt> - link to all the reviews of an anime. | ||
; Reviews : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Reviews : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''r<aid>#<rid>'''</tt> - link to all the reviews of an anime, but scroll to a specific. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://www.anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://www.anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animeatt&aid=<aid>[#<rid>]</nowiki> | ||
; Review : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Review : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''rs<rid>'''</tt> - link to a specific review of an anime. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://www.anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://www.anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animeatt&attid=<rid></nowiki> | ||
; User [[MyList]]s : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; User [[MyList]]s : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''u<uid>'''</tt> - link to a user's MyList. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=mylist&uid=<uid></nowiki> | ||
; User [[MyVotes]] : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; User [[MyVotes]] : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''v<uid>'''</tt> - link to a user's votes list. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=myvotes&orderby=vote&orderdir=1&uid=<uid></nowiki> | ||
; User page : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; User page : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''up<uid>'''</tt> - link to a user's page. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=userpage&uid=<uid></nowiki> | ||
; Producers : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Producers : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''p<prid>'''</tt> - link to the details of a producer. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=producer&prid=<prid></nowiki> | ||
; [[Creq]]s : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; [[Creq]]s : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''c<creqid>'''</tt> - link to the specifics of a creq. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creq&do.showhist=1&creq.id=<creqid></nowiki> | ||
; Anime Producers: <nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Anime Producers: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''ap<aid>'''</tt> - link to where you can add producers to an anime, and see which are currently listed. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addaproducer&aid=<aid></nowiki> | ||
; Anime Relations : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Anime Relations : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''ar<aid>'''</tt> - link to where you can add relations for an anime, as well as see which are currently listed. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addseq&aid=<aid></nowiki> | ||
; Anime Categories : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Anime Categories : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''ac<aid>'''</tt> - link to where you can add categories to an anime, as well as see which are currently listed. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addgenren&aid=<aid></nowiki> | ||
; Anime Genres : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Anime Genres : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''ag<aid>'''</tt> - link to where you can add the obsoleted genres to an anime, as well as see which are currently listed. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addgenre&aid=<aid></nowiki> | ||
; Anime Titles : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Anime Titles : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''at<aid>'''</tt> - link to where you can add titles to an anime, as well as see which are currently listed. | ||
:Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expands to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=addanimetitle&aid=<aid></nowiki> | ||
; Anime Group Comments : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb. | ; Anime Group Comments : <tt><nowiki>http://anidb.net/</nowiki>'''agc<agcid>'''</tt> - link to an anime/group comment section, where you can see which comments have been added as well as add one of your own. | ||
:Expand to: <nowiki>http://anidb. | :Expand to: <nowiki>http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=agcmts&agid=21710<agcid></nowiki> | ||
Some of these aren't very useful for the average user, but the '''a''', '''u''' and '''v''' short links are quite common - the '''a''' short link is used almost consistently on this wiki. | Some of these aren't very useful for the average user, but the '''a''', '''u''' and '''v''' short links are quite common - the '''a''' short link is used almost consistently on this wiki. | ||
[[Category:Features]] | [[Category:Features]] | ||