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# '''[[#Internal links|internal links]]''' to other pages in the wiki | # '''[[#Internal links|internal links]]''' to other pages in the wiki | ||
# '''[[#External links|external links]]''' to other websites | # '''[[#External links|external links]]''' to other websites | ||
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See also [[Help:Categories]] | See also [[Help:Categories]] | ||
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|Internal link to an image or a file of other types | |Internal link to an image or a file of other types | ||
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|External link | |External link | ||
| - | |<pre>http:// | + | |<pre>http://forwiki.eu</pre> |
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|External link with different label | |External link with different label | ||
| - | |<pre>[http:// | + | |<pre>[http://forwiki.eu FORwiki]</pre> |
| - | |[http:// | + | |[http://forwiki.eu FORwiki] |
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|External link numbered | |External link numbered | ||
| - | |<pre>[http:// | + | |<pre>[http://forwiki.eu]</pre> |
| - | |[http:// | + | |[http://forwiki.eu] |
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| - | Which protocols (like http:) are allowed for links is controlled by the | + | Which protocols (like http:) are allowed for links is controlled by the $wgUrlProtocols<!--Should these admin tips even be here? This is supposed to be end user help is it not? --> setting. |
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To avoid that effect, put the URL between <code><nowiki></code> tags as in: | To avoid that effect, put the URL between <code><nowiki></code> tags as in: | ||
| - | <nowiki><nowiki>http:// | + | <nowiki><nowiki>http://forwiki.eu</nowiki></nowiki> |
== Interwiki links == | == Interwiki links == | ||
| - | Interwiki links are links with the internal link markup to a website registered in advance. For example, you can link to the Sunflower article on http://forwiki.eu by typing <code><nowiki>[[ | + | Interwiki links are links with the internal link markup to a website registered in advance. For example, you can link to the Sunflower article on http://forwiki.eu by typing <code><nowiki>[[FORwiki:Sunflower]]</nowiki></code>, which will result in a link [[FORwiki:Sunflower]]. This is because <code><nowiki>http://forwiki.eu</nowiki></code> is registered to your wiki by default with the prefix of <code>forwiki</code>. ''This link may not work properly, if the admin of your wiki has changed the setting.'' |
| - | Similar to internal page links, you can create piped links, with alternate link label, e.g. <code><nowiki>[[ | + | Similar to internal page links, you can create piped links, with alternate link label, e.g. <code><nowiki>[[FORwiki:Sunflower|big yellow flower]]</nowiki></code>. |
Basically this is an abbreviation for longer URLs. A very similar link could be created as a normal external link by typing <code><nowiki>[http://forwiki.eu/Sunflower Sunflower]</nowiki></code>, but interwiki links allow you to type out an easy and compact link, almost as if you are linking to a page on your own wiki. | Basically this is an abbreviation for longer URLs. A very similar link could be created as a normal external link by typing <code><nowiki>[http://forwiki.eu/Sunflower Sunflower]</nowiki></code>, but interwiki links allow you to type out an easy and compact link, almost as if you are linking to a page on your own wiki. | ||
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If you want to make the interlanguage link to appear in the content of the page, you can add a colon before the language prefix, e. g. <code><nowiki>[[:en:Sunflower]]</nowiki></code>. | If you want to make the interlanguage link to appear in the content of the page, you can add a colon before the language prefix, e. g. <code><nowiki>[[:en:Sunflower]]</nowiki></code>. | ||
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Current revision as of 10:21, 9 December 2009
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There are four sorts of links in FORwiki:
- internal links to other pages in the wiki
- external links to other websites
- interwiki links to other websites registered to the wiki in advance
- Interlanguage links to other websites registered as other language versions of the wiki
Contents |
Internal links
To add an internal link, enclose the name of the page you want to link to in double square brackets. When you save the page, you'll see the new link pointing to your page. If the page exists already it is displayed in blue, if it does not, in red. Selflinks to the current page are not transformed in URLs but displayed in bold. (If you really want to link to the current page, use an anchor (see below), or [[#top|current page]] which always links to the top.)
The first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized, unless otherwise set by the admins, and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link will have a similar effect as typing a space, but is not recommended, since the underscore will also be shown in the text).
| Description | You type | You get |
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| Internal link | [[Main Page]] | Main Page |
| Piped link | [[Main Page|different text]] | different text |
| Redirect | #REDIRECT [[Main Page]] See also Help:Redirects | → Main Page |
| Internal link to an anchor | [[#See also]] Section headings and the top of the page are automatically anchored. | #See also |
| Internal link to an anchor at another page | [[Help:Images#See also]] | Help:Images#See also |
| Internal link to the current page's talk page | [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|Discussion]]
See also Help:Magic_words#Page_names | Discussion |
| Internal link to a subpage | [[/example]] Shortcut for [[Help:Links/example]]. See also Help:Subpages. | /example |
| Internal link to a category page |
See also Help:Categories | |
| Internal link to an image or a file of other types | [[media:example.jpg]] [[media:example.pdf]] See also Help:Images | media:example.jpg |
External links
| Description | You type | You get |
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| External link | http://forwiki.eu | http://forwiki.eu |
| External link with different label | [http://forwiki.eu FORwiki] | FORwiki |
| External link numbered | [http://forwiki.eu] | [1] |
| External link icons | video sound document External link icons may differ depending on the file type of the target. |
video sound document |
| External link to the same host | [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]
| [2] |
| External link to other host passing the pagename | [http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]
| [3] |
| Mailto link | [mailto:info@example.org email me] | email me |
| Mailto named with subject line and body | [mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info] | info |
| Tip for wiki admins: Which protocols (like http:) are allowed for links is controlled by the $wgUrlProtocols setting. |
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| Tip for wiki admins: To remove the “external link icons“ from next to each of the external links, add the following to the page located at MediaWiki:Monobook.css on your wiki.
<source lang="css">
background: none;
padding-right: 0;
} </source> |
How to avoid auto-links
By default, when you write a URL as is, it will be transformed to an external link.
To avoid that effect, put the URL between <nowiki> tags as in:
<nowiki>http://forwiki.eu</nowiki>
Interwiki links
Interwiki links are links with the internal link markup to a website registered in advance. For example, you can link to the Sunflower article on http://forwiki.eu by typing [[FORwiki:Sunflower]], which will result in a link FORwiki:Sunflower. This is because http://forwiki.eu is registered to your wiki by default with the prefix of forwiki. This link may not work properly, if the admin of your wiki has changed the setting.
Similar to internal page links, you can create piped links, with alternate link label, e.g. [[FORwiki:Sunflower|big yellow flower]].
Basically this is an abbreviation for longer URLs. A very similar link could be created as a normal external link by typing [http://forwiki.eu/Sunflower Sunflower], but interwiki links allow you to type out an easy and compact link, almost as if you are linking to a page on your own wiki.
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| Tip for wiki admins: See Manual:Interwiki for the management of interwiki links of your wiki. |
Interlanguage links
If your wiki has other language versions, you may find “interlanguage links” in the sidebar, just below toolbox in the box named “in other languages.”
Interlanguage links behave similar to interwiki links, except that they are listed in the sidebar. To create an interlanguage link from a page, just type [[language prefix:pagename]] wherever you like in the page; the language prefix is the prefix specified at your wiki for the other language version.
If you want to make the interlanguage link to appear in the content of the page, you can add a colon before the language prefix, e. g. [[:en:Sunflower]].
