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This page has been adapted from Wikipedia.
 
This page has been adapted from Wikipedia.
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== Internal Links ==
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To make a link to another OutHistory.org page in edit mode, write the name of the page you want to link to within double brackets. For example:
 
To make a link to another OutHistory.org page in edit mode, write the name of the page you want to link to within double brackets. For example:
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Which will look like this on your web page:
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This is how it will appear on your web page:
  
 
[[Lesbians in the Twentieth Century | Lesbians]]
 
[[Lesbians in the Twentieth Century | Lesbians]]
  
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It is even possible to link to a specific section of an article. To do so, separate the title of the exhibit from the title of the section you want to link to with a number sign #, like this:
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<nowiki>[[Lesbians and Cultural Issues in the 20th Century#Lesbians and Performance|Lesbians and Performance]]</nowiki>
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This is how it will appear on your web page:
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[[Lesbians and Cultural Issues in the 20th Century#Lesbians and Performance|Lesbians and Performance]]
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== External Links ==
  
 
If you want to create a link to an external website you must type the entire URL on your web page:
 
If you want to create a link to an external website you must type the entire URL on your web page:
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<nowiki>http://www.actuporalhistory.org/</nowiki>
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This is how it will appear on your web page:
  
 
http://www.actuporalhistory.org/
 
http://www.actuporalhistory.org/
  
  
If you don't want to display the URL on your web page do the same thing you would for an internal link, separating the URL from the word you want to show by a pipe | and placing the entire thing within double brackets:
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If you don't want to display the URL on your web page, simply write the word you want to serve as the link after the URL and encase both within single brackets like this:
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<nowiki>[http://www.actuporalhistory.org/  ACT UP]</nowiki>
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This is how it will appear on your web page:
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[http://www.actuporalhistory.org/  ACT UP]
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[[http://www.actuporalhistory.org/|ACT UP]]
 
  
  
  
 
[[Category: Help Pages]]
 
[[Category: Help Pages]]

Latest revision as of 18:29, 2 August 2008

This page has been adapted from Wikipedia.


Internal Links

To make a link to another OutHistory.org page in edit mode, write the name of the page you want to link to within double brackets. For example:

[[Lesbians in the Twentieth Century]]


This is how it will appear on your web page:

Lesbians in the Twentieth Century


If you want don't want to write the name of the OutHistory page in your article, simply add your new title preceded by a pipe | after the link but within the brackets like this:

[[Lesbians in the Twentieth Century | Lesbians]]


This is how it will appear on your web page:

Lesbians


It is even possible to link to a specific section of an article. To do so, separate the title of the exhibit from the title of the section you want to link to with a number sign #, like this:


[[Lesbians and Cultural Issues in the 20th Century#Lesbians and Performance|Lesbians and Performance]]


This is how it will appear on your web page:

Lesbians and Performance


External Links

If you want to create a link to an external website you must type the entire URL on your web page:

http://www.actuporalhistory.org/


This is how it will appear on your web page:

http://www.actuporalhistory.org/


If you don't want to display the URL on your web page, simply write the word you want to serve as the link after the URL and encase both within single brackets like this:

[http://www.actuporalhistory.org/  ACT UP]


This is how it will appear on your web page:

ACT UP