Thread:Ironwestie/@comment-31829114-20170814103745/@comment-5754239-20170814163446

...we could make little SoundCloud icons for the SoundCloud links in the rip infoboxes. That's certainly possible, but the problem is that we haven't really decided whether we are going to put Soundcloud tracks in the  portion of the infobox. It's also worth noting that there may be multiple tracks / releases listed there, and there isn't really a way for the infobox to differentiate between different tracks... at least without a loop checking every token between ","'s.

However, I was thinking of something along these lines. There are several solutions I can think of: ...and here are my thoughts on each:
 * 1) We have an ICON or LINK template that invokes an icon or has a link. It would be used like link or type and put into the  (or any other place it needs it).
 * 2) We have a custom CSS script that adds an icon to all external links. (Like this or this, maybe? The latter doesn't differentiate between links)
 * 3) We add icons manually, as I've done with rips with multiple releases (see ).
 * The first one:
 * -Requires removing the Bandcamp icon from the Rip template (the one you requested), since there would be some Soundcloud-only releases.
 * --Requires adding the missing Bandcamp icon to all album releases
 * ++Would be useful in other scenarios and is flexible, even if we don't decide to use Soundcloud links.
 * +Requires little code to implement

...Of course, these are just my opinions and there are some positives / negatives that are of varying importance.
 * The second one:
 * -May cause unexpected errors and exceptions (I have no experience with it and don't know if it works)
 * -Is probably intensive on the Wikia servers (increasing load times, etc)
 * Definitely requires discussion and approval before implementation.
 * +Is automatic
 * The third one:
 * --Is basically an inefficient version of #1, except I've used it before.

TL;DR: Yes, it's possible, but it depends on whether we're even going to make links to Soundcloud in the track. Current limitations require complicated code to automatically add different icons to links to different places, but manually adding icons is not without problems either.

Apologies if this is way more than you need to know. Just wanted to make sure you and I get the full picture. By the way, how was your weekend? My weekend was the best one I've had in a while! I've been dealing with some personal issues, and something came up that helped this time.

Thank you for asking! How was yours?