FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Inserting Links into the MA Town Pages Task List

Purpose

 * Updating the Massachusetts Town Pages Task List by inserting the URL link to each Town on the list

Contact

 * Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task List

 * The tab of the Massachusetts Task List is labeled Part 31
 * Massachusetts Task List

Step One

 * We are not updating any FamilySearch ResearchWiki pages, just getting the URL from the Town page and inserting the URL link to the Town on the Task List
 * First open these two links
 * Massachusetts Task List


 * Massachusetts



Step Two

 * Choose a County from the Massachusetts Town Pages Task List
 * This image shows Barnstable County


 * On the Massachusetts, United States Genealogy page, scroll down to Massachusetts Clickable Map
 * Then click on Barnstable County on the Massachusetts Clickable Map

Step Three

 * On the County, Massachusetts Genealogy page choose 1.6 Populated Places
 * This will take you to the list of Cities and Towns and the clickable map
 * "Only use the clickable map"
 * If you click on a Town link and not the clickable map it will take you to the Wikipedia page, which is the wrong page


 * Click on the map for the Town that was chosen on the Task List
 * For these instructions Barnstable City was chosen on the map

Step Four

 * This image shows the page for Barnstable City, Barnstable County
 * Go back to the Task List and choose Barnstable in the Town Column
 * Then click on the Insert Link button

Step Five

 * After clicking in the Insert Link button a box will open up to put the URL in
 * Copy the URL link from the City or Town page
 * Paste it into the box and click Apply
 * When it is finished the Town will be in blue with a line underneath, and when you hover over the Town name it will show you the link
 * Click on this to make sure it takes you to the Town you were working on

Step Six

 * If you are working in the same County, go to the top of the Town page and click on the County link
 * Then start over with Step Three

Step Seven

 * If you need to choose a "new" County
 * Click on the County link at the top of the Town page you are on, then from the County page click on the Massachusetts State link
 * Do not click on the State link if you are on a Town page, click on the County first, then the State
 * Then start over on Step Two
 * Go to the Task List to choose the new County
 * Then on the Massachusetts State page scroll down to the clickable County map and choose the new County