Help:Advanced Linking

Wiki Help Links and citations  Advanced Linking

Internal Link - A link from one page of the Family Search Wiki to another page of the Family Search Wiki
To create an internal links using the "Rich Editor", see Create an internal link:

To create an internal link using Wikitext, do the following:


 * 1) Type double square brackets [[
 * 2) Then type the name of the article you want to link to, without leaving any space. This is the title of the actual article you want the link to go to.
 * 3) If you want the link text to read differently from the actual article title, type the pipe symbol | and then type the text that you want to appear as the link. This step is optional.
 * 4) Finally type double square brackets ]] without leaving any space between the text and brackets.

Tip: To enter the pipe symbol (|), hold the "Shift" key down and then press the \ (the shift and the backslash keys).

Examples:

External Links - A link from a page on the Family Search Wiki to a website on the Internet
To create external links using the "Rich Editor" see Create an external link.

To create an external link using Wikitext, do the following:


 * 1) If you want the URL or web address visible on the page, type or paste it onto the page. Remember, the URL must begin with "http://" or "https://". This is not good editing practice. Instead, use the following steps to create link text different from the URL.
 * 2) Type a single right-facing square bracket [
 * 3) Type or paste the URL immediately after the single square bracket, without leaving a space. Remember, the URL must begin with "http://" or "https://" and include the actual path to the website wanted.
 * 4) Then type one space and the link text.
 * 5) Next type a single, left-facing square bracket ] without leaving a space.

Linking to a category
To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name. (Without this colon, it will add the current page to the category.)



To change the display text, write the text inside the link tag after a pipe.

DISPLAY TEXT

Redirected categories must also use the colon, otherwise they will be added to the category instead of redirecting.

Interlanguage Links
Links to other language versions of this wiki can be created using the H-langs template.

Interwiki Links
Interwiki links to other wikis are generally not used on this wiki. Links to other wikis are usually created by using the standard methods for creating external links or by using the templates listed below under Creating Links Using Templates.

Creating Links Using Templates
Templates for creating common links are available, each with their own set of instructions:

External links:


 * Family History Library Catalog (FHLC). Instructions: FHL
 * Record Search. Instructions: RecordSearch
 * WorldCat/OCLC (English Language). Instructions: WorldCat
 * Wikipedia (English Language) - Inline link. Instructions: Wpd
 * Wikipedia (English Language) - Wikipedia box. Instructions: Wikipedia
 * Internet Archive (Wayback machine). Instructions: Wayback

Creating Image Links
Single link

The text below will make a 100px width picture with a link to the page FamilySearch:





Multiple links from the same image

An image can also be used to link to different pages when a user clicks on different parts of the image. See Help:Image maps for more information.