Difference between revisions of "Help:How to make links"
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| − | In the table below you can see how to link to different places on | + | In the table below you can see how to link to different places on Birocapedia and elsewhere. |
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|'''You get''' | |'''You get''' | ||
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| − | |Link to a | + | |Link to a Birocapedia page |
|<nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki> | ||
|[[Main Page]] | |[[Main Page]] | ||
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| − | |Link to a | + | |Link to a Birocapedia category |
|<nowiki>[[:Category:Swimming]]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[[:Category:Swimming]]</nowiki> | ||
|[[:Category:Swimming]] | |[[:Category:Swimming]] | ||
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| − | |Link to a | + | |Link to a Birocapedia page with different text |
|<nowiki>[[Main Page|different text]]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[[Main Page|different text]]</nowiki> | ||
|[[Main Page|different text]] | |[[Main Page|different text]] | ||
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|http://www.birchrock.org/ | |http://www.birchrock.org/ | ||
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| − | |Link to a different site with | + | |Link to a different site with different text |
|<nowiki>[http://www.birchrock.org/ Birch Rock]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[http://www.birchrock.org/ Birch Rock]</nowiki> | ||
|[http://www.birchrock.org/ Birch Rock] | |[http://www.birchrock.org/ Birch Rock] | ||
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| − | |Link to a different site, | + | |Link to a different site, unnamed |
|<nowiki>[http://www.birchrock.org/]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[http://www.birchrock.org/]</nowiki> | ||
|[http://www.birchrock.org/] | |[http://www.birchrock.org/] | ||
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| − | |Link to media uploaded on | + | |Link to media uploaded on Birocapedia |
|<nowiki>[[Media:Loonbadge.jpg]]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[[Media:Loonbadge.jpg]]</nowiki> | ||
|[[Media:Loonbadge.jpg]] | |[[Media:Loonbadge.jpg]] | ||
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| − | |Link to the description | + | |Link to the description page of media uploaded on Birocapedia |
|<nowiki>[[:Image:Loonbadge.jpg]]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[[:Image:Loonbadge.jpg]]</nowiki> | ||
|[[:Image:Loonbadge.jpg]] | |[[:Image:Loonbadge.jpg]] | ||
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==Redirect links== | ==Redirect links== | ||
| − | Say you make a page that has multiple possible names and you want them all to go to your page. For instance you make an article called | + | Say you make a page that has multiple possible names and you want them all to go to your page. For instance you make an article called instructional swim but if some one searches swimming you want it to go to your page. What you do is make a the page swimming and all you put on it is a redirect link that directs them to the instructional swim page. You can do this by using the syntax <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Instructional swim]]</nowiki>. No if you search swimming you will automatically go to the instructional swim article. The only way to get back to the swimming article if you need to is to search swimming and on the top of the instructional swim article click the link to go back to the page you got redirected from. |
Revision as of 00:06, 7 September 2008
In the table below you can see how to link to different places on Birocapedia and elsewhere.
| Description | You type | You get |
| Link to a Birocapedia page | [[Main Page]] | Main Page |
| Link to a Birocapedia category | [[:Category:Swimming]] | Category:Swimming |
| Link to a Birocapedia page with different text | [[Main Page|different text]] | different text |
| Link to a section of an article | [[#Redirect links]] | #Redirect links |
| Link to a different site | http://www.birchrock.org/ | http://www.birchrock.org/ |
| Link to a different site with different text | [http://www.birchrock.org/ Birch Rock] | Birch Rock |
| Link to a different site, unnamed | [http://www.birchrock.org/] | [1] |
| Link to media uploaded on Birocapedia | [[Media:Loonbadge.jpg]] | Media:Loonbadge.jpg |
| Link to the description page of media uploaded on Birocapedia | [[:Image:Loonbadge.jpg]] | Image:Loonbadge.jpg |
Redirect links
Say you make a page that has multiple possible names and you want them all to go to your page. For instance you make an article called instructional swim but if some one searches swimming you want it to go to your page. What you do is make a the page swimming and all you put on it is a redirect link that directs them to the instructional swim page. You can do this by using the syntax #REDIRECT [[Instructional swim]]. No if you search swimming you will automatically go to the instructional swim article. The only way to get back to the swimming article if you need to is to search swimming and on the top of the instructional swim article click the link to go back to the page you got redirected from.
