User:Adsellers/Sandbox 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

 * First open these two links
 * Massachusetts Task List


 * Massachusetts



Step Two

 * Scroll down to Massachusetts Clickable Map
 * Choose a County from the Task List
 * This image shows Barnstable County

Step Three

 * On the your 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

Step Four

 * Barnstable City, Barnstable County was chosen
 * Go back to the Task List and choose Barnstable in the Town Column
 * Then click on the Insert Link tab

Step Five

 * After clicking in the Insert Link tab a box will open up to put the URL in
 * Copy the URL, paste 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 go to a new County, start over on Step Two
 * Click on the County link, then the Massachusetts link and go to the clickable map to choose a new County
 * Do not click on the State link if you are on a Town page, click on the County first, then the State
 * We are not updating any FamilySearch ResearchWiki pages, just getting the URL from the Town page and Inserting the Link to the Town on the Task List