Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Links





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Importance of Links
Linking through hyperlinks is an important feature of the wiki. External links help the user find relevant resources in the external World Wide Web and Internal links help bind FamilySearch wiki into an interconnected whole.

Two Kinds of Links
There are two kinds of links in the Wiki: External and Internal.
 * External links are to sites outside of FamilySearch Wiki.
 * Internal links are to pages inside of FamilySearch Wiki.

Internal Links
 Missouri
 * Internal Links are created with double square brackets on either side of the page name in FamilySearch Wiki separated by a pipe from the name we want to give the link like so:
 * NOTICE double square brackets on either end of the link.
 * NOTICE pipe separating the page name and the name of the link.
 * NOTICE internal links do not require a name. The name defaults to the page title, however, you can change the name to one that you feel is shorter or more appropriate using the pipe separator.
 * NOTICE there is no little box with an arrow to the right of it. When you place your mouse over the word, the text turns blue and a line appears under the word. This lets you know it is an internal link.

This is how the internal link appears on the page: Missouri

Linking to Headers
You can link directly to a section of a page. If you want to link only to Additional Resources section on the Missouri, United States Genealogy page, for example, type a pound sign after the page name followed by the name of the section header:  Missouri Genealogy This is how it appears on a page: Missouri Genealogy
 * NOTICE the pound sign (#) between the page name and the name of the section.

E-mail links
One can request more information about a topic by sending an e-mail to a specific website. We can link to the e-mail address at that website using the following format:  [mailto: Sitename@Domain User-defined-Name ]
 * NOTICE the mailto: coding is an external link (inside of single square brackets with a space separating the link from the name).
 * NOTICE the Sitename@Domain is equivalent to an e-mail address like john.doe@familysearch.org.
 * NOTICE the User-defined-name is just a name one desires to display.

Here is an example of what a link might look like in the Wiki:  Email: [mailto:mhs1832@nktelco.net mhs1832@nktelco.net]

The Wiki Manual of Style shows us how it should be displayed and the Wiki Ohio Societies page provides an illustration.

Try these out


 Exercises Check your answers
 * Create a link to Wikipedia
 * Create a link to FamilySearch.org
 * Create a link to Kentucky Genealogy in the Wiki
 * Create a link to California Genealogy in the Wiki
 * Create a link to the section "Additional Resources" on the Missouri Genealogy page.
 * Create a link to the section "Topics" on the Glamorgan page.
 * Create a link to Ancestry.com

 Quick Quiz
 * How many square brackets for Internal Links?
 * A. One
 * B. Two


 * How many square brackets are necessary for external links?
 * A. One
 * B. Two


 * How do you separate the name of an Internal link from the page name?
 * A. Put a space between them.
 * B. Put a pipe between them.


 * How do you link to a section of a page?
 * A. Put a pipe between the page name and the section.
 * B. Put a pound sign between the page name and the section.

Check your answers

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