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== Link with no text == | == Link with no text == | ||
| − | This code produces a basic link to the example website: <nowiki>[http://example.com/]</nowiki>. It creates a link that looks like this: | + | This code produces a basic link to the example website: '''<nowiki>[http://example.com/]</nowiki>'''. It creates a link that looks like this: |
[http://example.com/] | [http://example.com/] | ||
== Link containing text == | == Link containing text == | ||
| − | After pasting a link, hit the spacebar once and then type the text as you would like for it to appear in the link. <nowiki>[http://example.com/ The guide to adding a link]</nowiki> | + | After pasting a link, hit the spacebar once and then type the text as you would like for it to appear in the link. |
| + | '''<nowiki>[http://example.com/ The guide to adding a link]</nowiki>''' still takes you to example.com, but it looks like this: | ||
[http://example.com/ The guide to adding a link] | [http://example.com/ The guide to adding a link] | ||
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Notice the double brackets as opposed to the single brackets in the external link examples. | Notice the double brackets as opposed to the single brackets in the external link examples. | ||
| − | <nowiki>[[Introduction]]</nowiki> | + | '''<nowiki>[[Introduction]]</nowiki>''' now looks like this: |
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| − | now looks like this: | ||
[[Introduction]] | [[Introduction]] | ||
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If you want the link to contain text that is different from the 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): | If you want the link to contain text that is different from the 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 | + | Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page. 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 | + | Welcome to our Freecycle wiki page. Let me [[Introduction|introduce]] myself, who we are and what we do! |
== Link to a specific section of an internal wiki page == | == Link to a specific section of an internal wiki page == | ||
If you want to link with a specific section rather than an entire wiki page, this is the format you use: | If you want to link with a specific section rather than an entire wiki page, this is the format you use: | ||
| − | <nowiki>[[Page_name#Section_heading|optional text]]</nowiki> | + | '''<nowiki>[[Page_name#Section_heading|optional text]]</nowiki>''' |
This takes you to the part of the page titled "Section heading" but it will look like this: | This takes you to the part of the page titled "Section heading" but it will look like this: | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 20 January 2016
Contents
External links
Link with no text
This code produces a basic link to the example website: [http://example.com/]. It creates a link that looks like this:
[1]
Link containing text
After pasting a link, hit the spacebar once and then type the text as you would like for it to appear in the link. [http://example.com/ The guide to adding a link] still takes you to example.com, but it looks like this:
The guide to adding a link
Internal links
Linking to an internal wiki page
Notice the double brackets as opposed to the single brackets in the external link examples.
[[Introduction]] now looks like this:
Internal links with different wording
If you want the link to contain text that is different from the 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. 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. Let me introduce myself, who we are and what we do!
Link to a specific section of an internal wiki page
If you want to link with a specific section rather than an entire wiki page, this is the format you use: [[Page_name#Section_heading|optional text]]
This takes you to the part of the page titled "Section heading" but it will look like this:
optional text
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