{strip}
{if '' == $params.title}
    {if $column.defaultTitle}
        {assign var = "title" value = $column.defaultTitle}
    {else}
        {assign var = "title" value = $params.url}
    {/if}
{else}
    {assign var = "title" value = $params.title}
{/if}
<a href="{$params.url|htmlspecialchars}"{if $column.linkAttributes != ''} {$column.linkAttributes}{/if} target="{$params.url|target}">
    {assign var = 'truncateLength' value=$column.truncateLength|default:'80'}
    {$title|truncate:$truncateLength|htmlspecialchars|nl2br}
</a>
{/strip}