WikiIndex:Wikilink: Difference between revisions

One of the fundamentals of the [[:Category:Internet|internet]] or 'web' is being able to link to other pages or sites on the web.  This is especially true for [[wiki]]s, and these links are generally known as 'wiki links'.  This '''WikiIndex:Wiki Links''' page describes how to create these types of links.

===Internal links (linking to a page <u>within</u> this wiki)===

While editing a [[wiki]] page, put double square brackets around the text you wish to become a link.  Example:  

; <tt><nowiki>[[Brand New Page]]</nowiki></tt>

: [[Brand New Page]]

If you want to display a different phrase instead of the actual page name, you can use a pipe (<tt>|</tt> – next to the left shift key on your keyboard).  The text before the pipe (|) is the actual page name.  The text after the pipe is the displayed label for that particular link.  For example:

*If the term that is double brackted exists as an article in the wiki, then the link will show in blue and be immediately functional.

*If the term that is double bracketed is ''not'' an existing page in the wiki, the link is "dangling" and shows in red.  In a typical website, this might be considered a "broken" or dead link, but in a wiki, this '[[Proposal:Future linking|future linking]]' is simply an invitation for someone to create that needed article by clicking on the red link.  Check the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]] for a list of 'red link' articles that this wiki needs.

Large or long web or wiki pages may usually be sub-divided into 'sections' by using section headings, by using two or more <tt>=</tt> at either end of the section heading.  If you wish to link to a particular section (rather than the whole page), you can do so by using the hash (<tt>#</tt>).  So for example, if you wanted to link to the 'Redirects' section at the foot of this page, you would type:

; <tt><nowiki>[http://WikiIndex.org Official WikiIndex website]</nowiki></tt>  

Sometimes there may be two or more names, or similar names for the same article; for example, 'ISOC' and 'Internet Society'.  It is the practice here on [[WikiIndex]], and at most [[wiki]], to '[[Special:ListRedirects|redirect one to another]]', which will automatically open the page of the correct article.

To create a '''[[redirect]]''', either click on the '''#R''' button above the edit box, or click on <code>#REDIRECT [[]]</code> at the foot of the page, or manually type <tt>#redirect</tt> – followed by a link (within the double-square brackets) to the page to be redirected to in a blank page.  Special rules apply to redirects; please read the [[redirect]] article, and try to avoid creating any [[Special:DoubleRedirects|DoubleRedirects]] (as these do not automatically follow on to the correct page).

Redirects are automatically created when pages are moved using the 'move' tab at the top of the screen for existing pages.

 

 

Displaying a logo (or other image) on a article uses a syntax very similar to the above link syntax.

See [[WikiProject:Logos]] for details.