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5. Text styling

6. Links

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Links

Links

Click "Edit source" and highlight text you want to make either an internal or external link. The following drop down menu appears. (Note: this menu might list possible links you may want to use depending on what you highlighted.) Internal links "Search pages" tab is for selecting links to articles within the Wiki. Suggested articles might be shown. Otherwise, enter name of article you want to link to. (No double square brackets required as with Wikitext coding.) Section of a page with Internal links If you want to link to a particular place on a page rather than the whole page, place a pound sign (#) after the title of the article and the exact name of the header as entered on the page after the pound sign. For example: McDonald County, Missouri Genealogy#County Courthouse. Again, no double square brackets are required as in wikitext. External links "External link" tab is for entering the URL of the external link. (No single square brackets required as with Wikitext coding). To save links Click "Done" when finished Click "Save page" in the VisualEditor tool bar. Fill in "Summary" on panel that appears and then "Save page."

Try these out

Quick Quiz

• The "Search pages" tab is for entering external links.

A. True

B. False

• The "External link" tab in the drop down menu is for external links.

A. True

B. False

• You can only use one of the suggested internal links when you click "Search pages"

A. True

B. False

Check your answers

Exercises

Create the following links using the Visual Editor:

• Create an external link to "Wikipedia" using the word "Wikipedia."
• Create an external link to "w3Schools.com" using the word "w3Schools."
• Create an internal link to "Kentucky, United States Genealogy" using the word "Kentucky."
• Create an internal link to "Kentucky, United States Genealogy" and to the section "Kentucky Information" using the words "Genealogical information for Kentucky."

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