WikiIndex:Wikilink
Internal Links (Linking to a Page within this Wiki)
While editing a wiki page, put double square brackets around the text you wish to become a link. Example:
- [[Brand New Page]]
will create a new link that will function like this:
If you want to display a different phrase than the page name, you can use a pipe (|). The text before the pipe (|) is the page name. The text after the pipe is the label for that particular link. For example:
- [[Brand New Page|My Page]]
will display like this: My Page
- 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" link, but in a wiki, it is simply an invitation for someone to create that needed article by clicking on the red link. Check the Wanted Pages for a list of articles that the wiki needs.
External Links (Linking to a page on another website)
While editing a wiki page, put square brackets around the URL and the description text you wish to become a link. Example:
- [http://www.wikiindex.com Official This Wiki]
will create a new link that will function like this:
Redirects
Sometimes there may be two or more names for the same article. For example, ISOC and Internet Society. One of them should redirect to the other. To create a redirect, type #REDIRECT followed by a link to the page to be redirected to in a blank page. Redirects are automatically created when pages are moved using the "move" tab.