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The first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized 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).
 
The first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized 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).
  
== How to link ==
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>== How to link ==
{| border="1"
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{| border="1"
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Description'''
 
|'''Description'''
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|-
 
|-
 
|Internal link
 
|Internal link
|<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[Main Page]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[Main Page]]
 
|[[Main Page]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Piped link  
 
|Piped link  
|<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page|different text]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[Main Page|different text]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[Main Page|different text]]
 
|[[Main Page|different text]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|External link
 
|External link
|<tt><nowiki>http://mediawiki.org</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;http://mediawiki.org&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|http://mediawiki.org
 
|http://mediawiki.org
 
|-
 
|-
|External link,<br />
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|External link,&lt;br /&gt;
 
different title
 
different title
|<tt><nowiki>[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]
 
|[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]
 
|-
 
|-
|External link,<br />
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|External link,&lt;br /&gt;
 
numbered
 
numbered
|<tt><nowiki>[http://mediawiki.org]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[http://mediawiki.org]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[http://mediawiki.org]
 
|[http://mediawiki.org]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Anchor link  
 
|Anchor link  
|<tt><nowiki>[[#See also]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[#See also]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[#See also]]
 
|[[#See also]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Anchor link at another page
 
|Anchor link at another page
|<tt><nowiki>[[Help:Images#See also]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[Help:Images#See also]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[Help:Images#See also]]
 
|[[Help:Images#See also]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Category link
 
|Category link
|<tt><nowiki>[[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[:Category:Help]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[:Category:Help]]
 
|[[:Category:Help]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Internal link to image file
 
|Internal link to image file
|<tt><nowiki>[[media:example.jpg]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[media:example.jpg]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[media:example.jpg]]
 
|[[media:example.jpg]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Internal link to pdf file
 
|Internal link to pdf file
|<tt><nowiki>[[media:example.pdf]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[media:example.pdf]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[media:example.pdf]]
 
|[[media:example.pdf]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Interwiki link
 
|Interwiki link
|<tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]
 
|[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|mailto link
 
|mailto link
|<tt><nowiki>[mailto:info@example.org email me]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[mailto:info@example.org email me]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[mailto:info@example.org email me]
 
|[mailto:info@example.org email me]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|redirect
 
|redirect
|<tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
| &rarr; [[Main Page]]
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| &amp;rarr; [[Main Page]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|External link to video file (.avi, .mpg)
 
|External link to video file (.avi, .mpg)
|<tt><nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi .avi]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi .avi]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi .avi]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi .avi]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|External link to sound file (.mp3, .ogg, .wav)
 
|External link to sound file (.mp3, .ogg, .wav)
|<tt><nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav .wav]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav .wav]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav .wav]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav .wav]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|External link to a document (.doc, .pdf)
 
|External link to a document (.doc, .pdf)
|<tt><nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.doc .doc]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.doc .doc]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.doc .doc]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.doc .doc]
 
|}
 
|}
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=== More advanced ===
 
=== More advanced ===
  
{| border="1"
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{| border=&quot;1&quot;
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Description'''
 
|'''Description'''
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|'''You get'''
 
|'''You get'''
 
|-
 
|-
|Piped link,<br />
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|Piped link,&lt;br /&gt;
 
different title
 
different title
|<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page|<span title="different title">different text</span>]]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[Main Page|&lt;span title=&quot;different title&quot;&gt;different text&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
|[[Main Page|<span title="different title">different text</span>]]
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|[[Main Page|&lt;span title=&quot;different title&quot;&gt;different text&lt;/span&gt;]]
 
|-
 
|-
|External link,<br />
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|External link,&lt;br /&gt;
 
same host unnamed
 
same host unnamed
|<tt><nowiki>[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]
 
|[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]
 
|-
 
|-
|External link,<br />
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|External link,&lt;br /&gt;
 
other host, pass pagename
 
other host, pass pagename
|<tt><nowiki>[http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
 
|[http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]
 
|[http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|mailto named with subject line and body
 
|mailto named with subject line and body
|<tt><nowiki>[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]</nowiki></tt>
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|&lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&amp;body=Body%20Text info]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;
|[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]
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|[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&amp;body=Body%20Text info]
 
|}
 
|}
  
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</div>
  
 
== How to avoid auto-links ==
 
== How to avoid auto-links ==

Revision as of 03:50, 15 November 2010

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There are four sorts of links in MediaWiki:

  1. internal links to other pages in the wiki
  2. external links to websites
  3. interwiki links (links to other wikis)
  4. inter-language links to other language versions of the same wiki

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, empty pages are displayed in red. Selflinks to the current page are not transformed in URLs but displayed in bold.

The first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized 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).

>== How to link ==

Description You type You get
Internal link <tt><nowiki>Main Page</nowiki></tt> Main Page
Piped link <tt><nowiki>different text</nowiki></tt> different text
External link <tt><nowiki>http://mediawiki.org</nowiki></tt> http://mediawiki.org
External link,<br />

different title

<tt><nowiki>MediaWiki</nowiki></tt> MediaWiki
External link,<br />

numbered

<tt><nowiki>[1]</nowiki></tt> [2]
Anchor link <tt><nowiki>#See also</nowiki></tt> #See also
Anchor link at another page <tt><nowiki>Help:Images#See also</nowiki></tt> Help:Images#See also
Category link <tt><nowiki>Category:Help</nowiki></tt> Category:Help
Internal link to image file <tt><nowiki>media:example.jpg</nowiki></tt> media:example.jpg
Internal link to pdf file <tt><nowiki>media:example.pdf</nowiki></tt> media:example.pdf
Interwiki link <tt><nowiki>Wikipedia:MediaWiki</nowiki></tt> Wikipedia:MediaWiki
mailto link <tt><nowiki>email me</nowiki></tt> email me
redirect <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT Main Page</nowiki></tt> &rarr; Main Page
External link to video file (.avi, .mpg) <tt><nowiki>.avi</nowiki></tt> .avi
External link to sound file (.mp3, .ogg, .wav) <tt><nowiki>.wav</nowiki></tt> .wav
External link to a document (.doc, .pdf) <tt><nowiki>.doc</nowiki></tt> .doc

More advanced

Description You type You get
Piped link,<br />

different title

<tt><nowiki><span title="different title">different text</span></nowiki></tt> <span title="different title">different text</span>
External link,<br />

same host unnamed

<tt><nowiki>[3]</nowiki></tt> [4]
External link,<br />

other host, pass pagename

<tt><nowiki>[5]</nowiki></tt> [6]
mailto named with subject line and body <tt><nowiki>info</nowiki></tt> info


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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> start & end tags as in:

<nowiki>http://mediawiki.org</nowiki>

Interwiki links

Interwiki links are links from the local wiki to another wiki. For example you can link to the Sunflower article on wikipedia.org by typing [[wikipedia:Sunflower]]. This results in a link like this: wikipedia:Sunflower

Similar to internal page links, you can create piped links, with alternate link text. e.g. [[wikipedia: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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.

Some interesting things to note:

  • Interwiki links are displayed slightly differently to external links, without the little external link icon.
  • Complex page names with spaces and other characters are handled elegantly, just as they would be for an internal page link, making this more tidy than creating an external link to a full URL. For example [[wikipedia:Sunflower County, Mississippi]] is in some ways tidier and more elegant than the full URL : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_County%2C_Mississippi

See also