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| − | Wikis provide the opportunity to link a word in your current article with any other existing wiki article, other external links, and documents.
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| − | '''Note''': To link a word with another article (within the same wiki) be sure this article really exists. If it does not exist the link will be displayed red. This is also a way to create a new article (see "[[Create a New Article#Option 2|Create a New Article]]").
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| − | To link to another internet page the best is to only copy the URLfrom the browser.
| + | On energypedia, you can link words from your current article to any other existing article, other external sites, or documents. To create links: |
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| + | 1. Highlight the word(s) that will later on make up the link. |
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| − | 1. Highlight the word(s) that will build the link later and click the Edit/Insert Link symbol in the toolbar.
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| | + | 2. Click on the "Insert Link" symbol in the toolbar. |
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| | + | 3. A dialog window will appear. For the option, ”Define the wiki page for the link:”, include the article/external site which you wish to link to. If you are linking to an energypedia articles, you can simply type in the article's title. For external sites, please include a complete URL. For information on how to link to an article heading, see [[Link to a Headline|Linking to an Article Headline]] |
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| − | 2. A dialog window appears. Search either for an existing article by typing its title or first few letters into the panel ”Link” or insert the URL. Highlight the title of the preferred article in the list below and confirm with <u>OK</u>.<br/>[[File:Link a word.JPG|551px|Link a word.JPG|alt=Link a word.JPG]]
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| − | 3. All links are displayed in blue and underlined in the editor.<br/>[[File:Verlinktes wort.JPG|408px|RTENOTITLE]]
| + | 4. Successfully linked words will appear in blue color whereas links without a valid target will appear in red color. Words linking to external website have a small arrow next to them. |
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| − | 4. Make sure to save your changes by clicking <u>Save page</u> at the bottom of the page. | + | |
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| − | 5. In the article- view successfully linked words are displayed in blue. Links with no existing target are displayed in red.
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| − | 6. Click a blue link to get to the linked article.
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| − | '''Note''': If you click on a link with no existing target (red) you can create the article for that link. This is a way to create a new article (''see ''[[Edit|Edit Article]]).
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| | + | 5. Save your changes by clicking "Save page" at the bottom of the page. |
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 8 June 2016
[edit] Instructions
On energypedia, you can link words from your current article to any other existing article, other external sites, or documents. To create links:
1. Highlight the word(s) that will later on make up the link.
2. Click on the "Insert Link" symbol in the toolbar.
3. A dialog window will appear. For the option, ”Define the wiki page for the link:”, include the article/external site which you wish to link to. If you are linking to an energypedia articles, you can simply type in the article's title. For external sites, please include a complete URL. For information on how to link to an article heading, see Linking to an Article Headline
4. Successfully linked words will appear in blue color whereas links without a valid target will appear in red color. Words linking to external website have a small arrow next to them.
5. Save your changes by clicking "Save page" at the bottom of the page.
