Difference between revisions of "Adding a link"
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| − | Linking to an internal page (notice the double brackets as opposed to the single brackets in the external link examples?): | + | *Linking to an internal page (notice the double brackets as opposed to the single brackets in the external link examples?): |
<nowiki>[[Introduction]]</nowiki> | <nowiki>[[Introduction]]</nowiki> | ||
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[[Introduction]] | [[Introduction]] | ||
| − | Links containing text different from the title page you are referencing (example: Maybe you don't want to say "Introduction" as it does not read well, but you DO want it to link to the Introduction page): | + | *Links containing text different from the title page you are referencing (example: Maybe you don't want to say "Introduction" as it does not read well, but you DO want it to link to the Introduction page): |
"Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page where you can learn all about why we are here. Let me <nowiki>[[Introduction|introduce]]</nowiki> myself, who we are and what we do!" | "Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page where you can learn all about why we are here. Let me <nowiki>[[Introduction|introduce]]</nowiki> myself, who we are and what we do!" | ||
| − | Your page will look like this when completed with the proper wiki lingo; the brackets AND the bar *|*. Notice this bar is NOT the capital letter "I" or lowercase "l". The bar is normally found above the *\* bar. | + | *Your page will look like this when completed with the proper wiki lingo; the brackets AND the bar *|*. Notice this bar is NOT the capital letter "I" or lowercase "l". The bar is normally found above the *\* bar. |
"Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page where you can learn all about why we are here. Let me [[Introduction|introduce]] myself, who we are and what we do!" | "Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page where you can learn all about why we are here. Let me [[Introduction|introduce]] myself, who we are and what we do!" | ||
| − | If you're really having way too much fun working on your section of the wiki, but would like wiki tools to assist, check [[wikipedia:Tools/Editing%20tools|here]] | + | *If you're really having way too much fun working on your section of the wiki, but would like wiki tools to assist, check [[wikipedia:Tools/Editing%20tools|here]] |
| − | If you feel you just can't remember all of the rules/guidelines/demans, try taking a peek at the [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]] | + | *If you feel you just can't remember all of the rules/guidelines/demans, try taking a peek at the [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]] |
Revision as of 02:12, 21 October 2009
External links
- Link with no text (the code needed and an example):
[http://example.com/] [1]
- Link containing text:
The guide to adding a link example.com website</nowiki>
The guide to adding a link
- After pasting your link, you would then hit the spacebar once and then write the title of the link.
"The [[Adding a link]][http://example.com/ The guide to adding a link website]". "The [[The guide to adding a link]] [http://example.com/ The guide to adding a link website]".
Internal links
- Linking to an internal page (notice the double brackets as opposed to the single brackets in the external link examples?):
[[Introduction]]
now looks like this:
- Links containing text different from the title page you are referencing (example: Maybe you don't want to say "Introduction" as it does not read well, but you DO want it to link to the Introduction page):
"Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page where you can learn all about why we are here. Let me [[Introduction|introduce]] myself, who we are and what we do!"
- Your page will look like this when completed with the proper wiki lingo; the brackets AND the bar *|*. Notice this bar is NOT the capital letter "I" or lowercase "l". The bar is normally found above the *\* bar.
"Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page where you can learn all about why we are here. Let me introduce myself, who we are and what we do!"
- If you're really having way too much fun working on your section of the wiki, but would like wiki tools to assist, check here
- If you feel you just can't remember all of the rules/guidelines/demans, try taking a peek at the Cheatsheet
