Wiki help - internal link

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Revision as of 17:48, 16 January 2007

You can add hyperlinks in the text you type to allow people to click and go to a definition for that topic. These are called internal links, meaning they will link to something on the tribewanted Wiki.

To make a word a hyperlink, simply enclose the word in double brackets when you type it, like this:

[[topic]]

When displayed, the word "topic" will be highlighted in a color and people can click it to jump to the definition of that topic. If a page for the topic exists, the link is displayed in blue. If the topic does not exist, it's displayed in red.

The same internal links are also used for navigation, basically allowing people to click through different topics on the Wiki.

Note that the topic must exactly match the name of the topic page you are linking to (case matters.) However, you can also make the text that is displayed different from the topic page title. For example,

Ben's a great guy!

There is already a topic page for Ben Keene, but it's called "Ben Keene", not "Ben's". What to do? Just type it like this:

[[Ben Keene|Ben's]] a great guy!

Basically, you first type the exact name of the topic page, then a vertical bar | then whatever text you actually want to display on the page. Make sure to enclose everying in double brackets.

Tips

• When you are writing, you should convert any unusual words to hyperlinks so that novice readers can click them and understand what you mean. For example, this may sound great to a tribewanted "old-timer", but a new member wouldn't have a clue what you're talking about:

The first footer's meeting with the Tui Mali was celebrated with Kava.

Adding hyperlinks will allow a newcomer to click the unknown words and actually understand what you are saying. Like this:

The first footer's meeting with the Tui Mali was celebrated with Kava.

• Instead of typing the word in double brackets, you can also type it first, select it with your mouse, then click the button on the edit page to convert it to an internal link.