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[[{{help location}}/Formatting/Links/Internal|<span>'''Internal links'''<br />
How to link to other pages on Citizendium.</span>]]
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[[{{help location}}/Formatting/Links/External|<span>'''External links'''<br />
How to link to websites other than Citizendium.</span>]]
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You can create links to other Citizendium pages by simply putting double square brackets around the name of the page. For example:
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* To link to the Dog page you put <nowiki>[[Dog]]</nowiki> which will produce this link: [[Dog]]
* To link to the World of Warcraft page you put <nowiki>[[World of Warcraft]]</nowiki> which will produce this link: [[World of Warcraft]]
These are often referred to as "wiki links" to distinguish them from hyperlinks to an external website.


You can create a hyperlink to an external website by putting single square brackets around the URL of the website. For example:
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* To link to Google page you put <nowiki>[http://www.google.com]</nowiki> which will produce this link: [http://www.google.com]
 
If you wish to make that external link have a more descriptive link, put a space after the URL and type the text of the link before the closing square bracket. For example:
* To link to Google page you put <nowiki>[http://www.google.com Google's homepage]</nowiki> which will produce this link: [http://www.google.com Google's homepage]
This is the preferred format for links in the "External Links" subpage.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 05:49, 10 August 2010

Help for Authors and Readers Help for expert Editors Help for Moderators Index

Link help
Please look through the topics below and select the option that fits your question.

Internal links
How to link to other pages on Citizendium.

External links
How to link to websites other than Citizendium.

Return to the main menu
Return to the list of help topics for authors.

My question is not answered here
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