Help:How To Create Links
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In this section we provide the step by step guide on how to create internal and external links in wiki editing.
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Linking a Page Internally
1. To internally link a word to another internal page, one must be in edit mode.
2. It is by clicking the edit button one arrives at edit mode.
3. Highlight on the word you want to internally linked to a page.
4. Click the internal link icon, the third button after bold and italicize.
5. Click save.
Linking to an External Page
1. To link to an external page one must be in edit mode usually done by clicking edit.
2. Highlight the word you want to link to an external website.
3. Hit the external link button, the fourth button after internal link.
4. Insert the URL within the bracket before the word you want to put external link.
5. It would look like this.
6. Make sure there is a single space between URL and Words external linked.
7. Click save button.
Tips
- Make sure that there is a single character space between the URL and the word linked.
- A "red" word means page doesn't exist. A "blue" word means page existed.
- It will help if you read the guide to wiki editing at MediaWiki
Warning
- Internal Links in the WikiMusicGuide shall be limited only to Artist, Albums, and Song Pages. No internal linking to non-music articles please.
- No external linking to websites providing free illegal downloads.
