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:1. Copy and paste the link from your browser '''(don't forget the <nowiki>http://</nowiki>)'''
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:2. Leave a space after the pasted link and add the name of the site
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:3. Put [ at the beginning of the line and ] at the end
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:4. If the hyperlink is being added to a list, put * at the beginning of the line to give a bullet point.
  
  
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'''EXAMPLE:''' <nowiki> '''[http://www.ancestry.co.uk Ancestry]''' </nowiki> will give '''[http://www.ancestry.co.uk Ancestry]'''
  
==Help Pages for The Wiki==
 
  
====Adding content====
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* Hyperlinks relevant to multiple pages should be placed in a location common to all of them and not on each page. This will help in maintaining the wiki if the hyperlink changes.
  
* [[Help:Notes for Users|Help for Users]] being rewritten
 
  
* [[Help:Notes for Editors|Help for Editors]] being rewritten
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'''NOTE:'''
  
* [[Authoring|Formatting Text]]
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Descriptive text following a hyperlink is allowed provided the following conditions are met:-
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* the link plus its descriptive text will occupy no more than two lines
  
* [[Style and Presentation in The Wiki]]
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* the descriptive text must add value to the link.
  
* [[Help:Hyperlink Code|Coding a Hyperlink for The Wiki]]
 
  
* [[Adding Content to The Wiki ~ New Pages]]
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'''For example:'''
  
* [[Adding Content to The Wiki ~ Images and Tables]]
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* '''[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ Maps of England]''' - many English maps can be found here
  
* [[Adding Content to The Wiki ~ Images and Tables 2]]
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''is not acceptable, whereas''
  
* [[Adding Content to The Wiki ~ Mixing Text and Images]]
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* '''[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ Maps of England]'''
  
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''on its own is adequate''.
  
====Visual Reference====
 
  
* [[Navigating the Wiki|Navigating The Wiki]]
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'''Any links not confirming to this will be edited.'''
  
* [[Searching the Wiki|Searching The Wiki]]
 
  
* [[Uploading images to The Wiki]]
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'''Any links and descriptive text which can be shortened without changing their meaning or impact will be edited.'''
  
* [[Editing Your User Page]]
 
  
* [[Surname Help|Adding Surnames to The Surname Directory]]
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[[image:hypercode2.jpg|center]]
  
* [[County model|Template for County Pages]]
 
  
* [[Examples of useful code|Miscellaneous Code]]
 
  
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==Other Help Pages==
  
*[[Main Page]]
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[[image:minibad.jpg]] '''[[:Category:Help|The Wiki Guide]]'''

Latest revision as of 10:20, 23 April 2008



Hypercode.jpg

1. Copy and paste the link from your browser (don't forget the http://)
2. Leave a space after the pasted link and add the name of the site
3. Put [ at the beginning of the line and ] at the end
4. If the hyperlink is being added to a list, put * at the beginning of the line to give a bullet point.


EXAMPLE: '''[http://www.ancestry.co.uk Ancestry]''' will give Ancestry


  • Hyperlinks relevant to multiple pages should be placed in a location common to all of them and not on each page. This will help in maintaining the wiki if the hyperlink changes.


NOTE:

Descriptive text following a hyperlink is allowed provided the following conditions are met:-

  • the link plus its descriptive text will occupy no more than two lines
  • the descriptive text must add value to the link.


For example:

is not acceptable, whereas

on its own is adequate.


Any links not confirming to this will be edited.


Any links and descriptive text which can be shortened without changing their meaning or impact will be edited.


Hypercode2.jpg


Other Help Pages

Minibad.jpg The Wiki Guide