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Help with Linking

warriorvoyager — 2009-09-17 08:46:42

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BrentLaabs — 2008-05-16 02:14:11

did /cool_files get nixed?

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- http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg - [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg] - [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg pretty shirts]	+ http://daviswiki.org/Whole_Earth_Festival?sendfile=true&file=TieDye.jpg + [http://daviswiki.org/Whole_Earth_Festival?sendfile=true&file=TieDye.jpg] + [http://daviswiki.org/Whole_Earth_Festival?sendfile=true&file=TieDye.jpg pretty shirts]

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AmyZimmerman — 2008-02-15 02:37:58

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- So, when you make a page, say ["Central Park"], you should do a search to see what pages refer to "central park". Then add links to your new page, appropriately and reasonably. You might need to fix links to say, "Downtown Central Park", to point to your page. You don't have to link a page everytime it appears in the text -- once is usually enough. And not every page that mentions "Central Park" needs to include a link to it; use your discretion to decide where a link would be useful.	+ So, when you make a page, say ["Central Park"], you should do a search to see what pages refer to "central park". Then add links to your new page, appropriately and reasonably. You might need to fix links to say, "Downtown Central Park", to point to your page. You don't have to link a page every time it appears in the text -- once is usually enough. And not every page that mentions Central Park needs to include a link to it; use your discretion to decide where a link would be useful.

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2007-10-11 13:05:17

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- For pages ''inside'' the wiki, use brackets with quotes. For pages outside the wiki, use brackets '''without''' quotes. Example: {{{[http://www.arcanesucks.com/]}}}	+ For pages ''inside'' the wiki, use brackets with quotes. For pages outside the wiki, use brackets '''without''' quotes. Example: {{{[http://forums.somethingawful.com/]}}}

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2007-10-11 13:00:16

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- For pages ''inside'' the wiki, use brackets with quotes. For pages outside the wiki, use brackets '''without''' quotes. Example: {{{[http://forums.somethingawful.com/]}}}	+ For pages ''inside'' the wiki, use brackets with quotes. For pages outside the wiki, use brackets '''without''' quotes. Example: {{{[http://www.arcanesucks.com/]}}}

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-30 00:23:06

rewrote an old section because the old one didn't make a lot of sense to me

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- So, when you make a page, say ["Central Park"], you should do a search to see what pages refer to "central park". Then change the links on those pages appropriately and reasonably. This means that you should just use words like "park" liberally and without linking them if the place doesn't exist yet. - - If the place does exist, then it's your call whether to link to it when you refer to it.	+ So, when you make a page, say ["Central Park"], you should do a search to see what pages refer to "central park". Then add links to your new page, appropriately and reasonably. You might need to fix links to say, "Downtown Central Park", to point to your page. You don't have to link a page everytime it appears in the text -- once is usually enough. And not every page that mentions "Central Park" needs to include a link to it; use your discretion to decide where a link would be useful.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-30 00:07:53

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- If you feel like you understand wiki editing fairly well, you might want to use interwiki links to link to other wikis. It gives you a cool community icon for each wiki, and leads people to other wiki community projects.	+ Interwiki links are an easy and elegant way to link to other wikis. It gives you a cool community icon for each wiki, and leads people to other wiki community projects.
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- To keep connected with other wikis within the Wiki Spot project, it's fairly easy to use ''interwiki'' links. Start the link with {{{[wiki:}}}, type the name of the wiki you want, another colon ({{{:}}}), and the wiki page name in quotes as usual.	+ To keep connected with other wikis within the Wiki Spot project, it's fairly easy to use ''interwiki'' links. Start the link with {{{[wiki:}}}, type the name of the wiki you want, another colon ({{{:}}}), and the wiki page name in quotes as usual.
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	+ When you rename a page, it automatically creates a redirect with the old name. +
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- This could be very useful for a wiki with closely related wikis, such as those that are geographically close to each other.	+ This could be very useful for a wiki with closely related wikis, such as those that are geographically close to each other. However, a subject may be important in a different context to different communites, so you may want to have the page on both wikis.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-03-29 06:05:04

Revert to version 15 (let's use a single format for 'no wiki markup').

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- If the URL ends in an image extension ("`.gif`", "{{{.jpg}}}" or "{{{.png}}}"), the wiki will display that image instead of a link to that image.	+ If the URL ends in an image extension ("{{{.gif}}}", "{{{.jpg}}}" or "{{{.png}}}"), the wiki will display that image instead of a link to that image.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-29 05:59:39

zomg undocumented feature!

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-29 05:58:54

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-	+ Of these, the bracketed URLs are generally preferred, as it will be easier for other editors to identify and you can use alternate text to make it prettier.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-29 05:53:44

shesh, there were only two, and this was on Davis wiki for how long?

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- If you enter URLs into normal text, the wiki might have a hard time telling what's part of your URL and what isn't. There are four ways to force the ending of an URL:	+ If you enter URLs into normal text, the wiki might have a hard time telling what's part of your URL and what isn't. There are three ways to force the ending of an URL:
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- * use the engrish protocol for writing documentation	+

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-28 19:06:59

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- Link to a (non-existent) page only when you think it would be a good page for us to have here. Links should be made to places where useful information could go. It's okay to have links to nowhere, but links should be kept reasonable.	+ Link to a (non-existent) page only when you think it would be a good page to have on the wiki. Links should be made to places where useful information could go. It's okay to have links to nowhere, but links should be kept reasonable.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-28 07:56:38

there is the problem of detecting what belongs to the URL and what not

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- If you enclose the name of another page in square brackets and double quotes {{{["like this"]}}}, that makes a link to that page. To have it display with alternative text, write it {{{["like this" with the display stuff here]}}}.	+ If you enclose the name of another page in square brackets and double quotes {{{["like this"]}}}, it will make a link to that page. To have it display with alternative text, write it {{{["like this" with the display stuff here]}}}.
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- * direct URL insertion; if the URL ends in an image extension ("{{{.gif}}}", "{{{.jpg}}}" or "{{{.png}}}"), the URL is converted to an image tag. - * bracketed URLs. - * email addresses.	+ * URLs (website addresses) written as part of the text + * URLs in {{{[}}}brackets{{{]}}}. + * Email addresses + If the URL ends in an image extension ("{{{.gif}}}", "{{{.jpg}}}" or "{{{.png}}}"), the wiki will display that image instead of a link to that image.
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- If you enter URLs into normal text, there is the problem of detecting what belongs to the URL and what not. There are four ways to force the ending of an URL: - * put a space after the URL. - * use the bracketed URL syntax.	+ If you enter URLs into normal text, the wiki might have a hard time telling what's part of your URL and what isn't. There are four ways to force the ending of an URL: + * put a space after the URL + * put a new line after the URL + * use the bracketed URL syntax + * use the engrish protocol for writing documentation
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- The supported URL schemes are: `http`, `https`, `ftp`, `nntp`, `news`, `mailto`, `telnet`, and `file`.	+ The supported URL protocols are: `http`, `https`, `ftp`, `nntp`, `news`, `mailto`, `telnet`, and `file`.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-28 07:41:25

sequence of characters?

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- If you enclose a sequence of characters in square brackets and double quotes {{{["like this"]}}}, that makes it link to a page name. To have it display with alternative text, write it {{{["like this" with the display stuff here]}}}.	+ If you enclose the name of another page in square brackets and double quotes {{{["like this"]}}}, that makes a link to that page. To have it display with alternative text, write it {{{["like this" with the display stuff here]}}}.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-16 04:08:17

increasing example quotient

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- For pages ''inside'' the wiki, use brackets with quotes. For pages outside the wiki, use brackets '''without''' quotes.	+ For pages ''inside'' the wiki, use brackets with quotes. For pages outside the wiki, use brackets '''without''' quotes. Example: {{{[http://forums.somethingawful.com/]}}}

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BrentLaabs — 2007-02-18 08:33:00

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BrentLaabs — 2007-02-18 08:31:29

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- There are several ways to insert external references[[FootNote(The opposite of external references are the internal ["A Wiki Page"] links.)]] into the text:	+ There are several ways to insert external references[[FootNote(The opposite of external references are the internal ["A Page in the Wiki"] links.)]] into the text:

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BrentLaabs — 2007-01-22 06:17:36

prettification

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- * http://wikispot.org - * [http://wikispot.org] - * [http://wikispot.org Wikispot - The best place on the Internet] - * http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg - * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg] - * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg pretty shirts] - * ["A Page In The Wiki"] - * ["A Page In The Wiki" blah blah] - * jh@web.de - * [#anchorname Anchor Link]	+ http://wikispot.org + [http://wikispot.org] + [http://wikispot.org Wikispot - The best spot on the Internet] + http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg + [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg] + [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg pretty shirts] + ["A Page In The Wiki"] + ["A Page In The Wiki" blah blah] + jh@web.de + [#anchorname Anchor Link]
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- * http://daviswiki.org - * [http://daviswiki.org] - * [http://daviswiki.org Davis Wiki - The best place on the Internet] - * http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg - * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg] - * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg pretty shirts] - * ["A Page In The Wiki"] - * ["A Page In The Wiki" blah blah] - * jh@web.de - * [#anchorname Anchor Link]	+ http://wikispot.org + [http://wikispot.org] + [http://wikispot.org Wiki Spot - The best spot on the Internet] + http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg + [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg] + [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg pretty shirts] + ["A Page In The Wiki"] + ["A Page In The Wiki" blah blah] + bob@example.com + [#anchorname Anchor Link]

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BrentLaabs — 2007-01-22 04:46:38

spelling

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- Link to a (non-existant) page only when you think it would be a good page for us to have here. Links should be made to places where useful information could go. It's okay to have links to nowhere, but links should be kept reasonable.	+ Link to a (non-existent) page only when you think it would be a good page for us to have here. Links should be made to places where useful information could go. It's okay to have links to nowhere, but links should be kept reasonable.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-01-22 04:43:29

+interwiki redirects

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- = How to redirect a page = - To have a page redirect to another page, simply put the line: - - {{{#redirect A Page In The Wiki}}} - - as the first line of the page you want to redirect to ["A Page In The Wiki"]. So putting that line in any page, at the top, will make that page redirect to ["A Page In The Wiki"]. - - Unless you've got a really good reason, it may be a good idea to keep redirects around even if they're not being linked to. This is important because it makes it easier for people in the future to link to pages within the wiki, as well as keeps links from other websites working well into the future. -
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	+ + = How to redirect a page = + To have a page redirect to another page, simply put the line: + + {{{#redirect A Page In The Wiki}}} + + as the first line of the page you want to redirect to ["A Page In The Wiki"]. So putting that line in any page, at the top, will make that page redirect to ["A Page In The Wiki"]. + + Unless you've got a really good reason, it may be a good idea to keep redirects around even if they're not being linked to. This is important because it makes it easier for people in the future to link to pages within the wiki, as well as keeps links from other websites working well into the future. + + == Interwiki Redirects == + If another site in the ["Interwiki Community"] does a really good job on a page, you might just want to redirect to that site. Just modify the redirect line much the same as in interwiki links: + + {{{#redirect wiki:wiki_name:"A Page in the Wiki"}}} + + This could be very useful for a wiki with closely related wikis, such as those that are geographically close to each other.

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BrentLaabs — 2006-12-28 06:57:22

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- * Unless you've got a really good reason, please '''keep redirects around''' even if they're not being linked to. This is important because it makes it easier for people in the future to link to pages within the wiki, as well as keeps links from other websites working well into the future.	+ + Unless you've got a really good reason, it may be a good idea to keep redirects around even if they're not being linked to. This is important because it makes it easier for people in the future to link to pages within the wiki, as well as keeps links from other websites working well into the future.

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BrentLaabs — 2006-12-26 06:24:22

link to parent page

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	+ + As wikis are intended to grow dynamic content, using links to other pages is one of the most important things to remember when ["Help with Editing" editing a wiki].

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BrentLaabs — 2006-12-26 06:20:03

made interwiki links a little more important

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- = Advanced Users = - If you feel like you understand wiki editing fairly well, you might want to use ["Interwiki Links"] to link to other wikis with. It gives you a cool wiki community icon, and leads people to other wiki community projects. [[Anchor(end)]]	+ = Interwiki Links = + If you feel like you understand wiki editing fairly well, you might want to use interwiki links to link to other wikis. It gives you a cool community icon for each wiki, and leads people to other wiki community projects. + + To keep connected with other wikis within the Wiki Spot project, it's fairly easy to use ''interwiki'' links. Start the link with {{{[wiki:}}}, type the name of the wiki you want, another colon ({{{:}}}), and the wiki page name in quotes as usual. + + For example, {{{[wiki:davis:"Central Park"]}}} will link to [wiki:davis:"Central Park"] on Davis Wiki. + + If you want to know more, including how to link to non-Wiki Spot wikis, head over to the ["Interwiki Links"] page. [[Anchor(end)]]

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PhilipNeustrom — 2006-11-20 22:37:01

Renamed from "Help On Linking" (less engrish)

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	+ [[TableOfContents]] + + = How to make links = + + == Simple Rule == + For pages ''inside'' the wiki, use brackets with quotes. For pages outside the wiki, use brackets '''without''' quotes. + + == Pages inside the wiki == + If you enclose a sequence of characters in square brackets and double quotes {{{["like this"]}}}, that makes it link to a page name. To have it display with alternative text, write it {{{["like this" with the display stuff here]}}}. + + == Within a Page == + First you must set an 'anchor'. So, say you're on the coffee section of a page. You place an anchor here with the label ''coffee'' by putting {{{[[Anchor(coffee)]]}}} by that area. Then you can create a link to that section by putting {{{[#coffee Text for the link here]}}} wherever you'd like on the page. Clicking on the link will take you directly to that section. For example: There has been an anchor with the label ''end'' placed at the very end of this page. If I write {{{[#end the end of the page!]}}} it displays as: [#end the end of the page!] Go ahead and click on it :) + + = URLs and Inline Images = + There are several ways to insert external references[[FootNote(The opposite of external references are the internal ["A Wiki Page"] links.)]] into the text: + * direct URL insertion; if the URL ends in an image extension ("{{{.gif}}}", "{{{.jpg}}}" or "{{{.png}}}"), the URL is converted to an image tag. + * bracketed URLs. + * email addresses. + + If you enter URLs into normal text, there is the problem of detecting what belongs to the URL and what not. There are four ways to force the ending of an URL: + * put a space after the URL. + * use the bracketed URL syntax. + + The supported URL schemes are: `http`, `https`, `ftp`, `nntp`, `news`, `mailto`, `telnet`, and `file`. + + [[FootNote]] + + == Example == + {{{ + * http://wikispot.org + * [http://wikispot.org] + * [http://wikispot.org Wikispot - The best place on the Internet] + * http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg + * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg] + * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg pretty shirts] + * ["A Page In The Wiki"] + * ["A Page In The Wiki" blah blah] + * jh@web.de + * [#anchorname Anchor Link] + }}} + + == Display == + * http://daviswiki.org + * [http://daviswiki.org] + * [http://daviswiki.org Davis Wiki - The best place on the Internet] + * http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg + * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg] + * [http://daviswiki.org/cool_files/tiedie.jpg pretty shirts] + * ["A Page In The Wiki"] + * ["A Page In The Wiki" blah blah] + * jh@web.de + * [#anchorname Anchor Link] + + = How to redirect a page = + To have a page redirect to another page, simply put the line: + + {{{#redirect A Page In The Wiki}}} + + as the first line of the page you want to redirect to ["A Page In The Wiki"]. So putting that line in any page, at the top, will make that page redirect to ["A Page In The Wiki"]. + * Unless you've got a really good reason, please '''keep redirects around''' even if they're not being linked to. This is important because it makes it easier for people in the future to link to pages within the wiki, as well as keeps links from other websites working well into the future. + + = When to make links to non-existent pages = + Link to a (non-existant) page only when you think it would be a good page for us to have here. Links should be made to places where useful information could go. It's okay to have links to nowhere, but links should be kept reasonable. + + So, when you make a page, say ["Central Park"], you should do a search to see what pages refer to "central park". Then change the links on those pages appropriately and reasonably. This means that you should just use words like "park" liberally and without linking them if the place doesn't exist yet. + + If the place does exist, then it's your call whether to link to it when you refer to it. + + = Advanced Users = + If you feel like you understand wiki editing fairly well, you might want to use ["Interwiki Links"] to link to other wikis with. It gives you a cool wiki community icon, and leads people to other wiki community projects. [[Anchor(end)]]