Help:Getting Started in Proteopedia: Difference between revisions
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*Internal links, to other pages within Proteopedia, are made by enclosing the exact title of the page within double square brackets. For example, <nowiki>[[Help:Contents]]</nowiki> generates the link [[Help:Contents]], while <nowiki>[[Help contents]]</nowiki> produces the red link [[Help Contents]] because the colon was omitted. When a link is red, it means that the page does not exist. | *Internal links, to other pages within Proteopedia, are made by enclosing the exact title of the page within double square brackets. For example, <nowiki>[[Help:Contents]]</nowiki> generates the link [[Help:Contents]], while <nowiki>[[Help contents]]</nowiki> produces the red link [[Help Contents]] because the colon was omitted. When a link is red, it means that the page does not exist. | ||
:If you forget the double square brackets, <nowiki>[[ ... ]]</nowiki>, you can simply type (or paste) the title, block it, and then click the convenience button <b><u>Ab</u></b> at the top of the wikitext box. | ::If you forget the double square brackets, <nowiki>[[ ... ]]</nowiki>, you can simply type (or paste) the title, block it, and then click the convenience button <b><u>Ab</u></b> at the top of the wikitext box. | ||
If you want to change the label of the link, put a vertical bar "|" after the page title followed by the new label. For example, you could link to Help:Contents but label the link "list of help pages": <nowiki>[[Help:Contents|list of help pages]]</nowiki> appears as [[Help:Contents|list of help pages]]. | ::If you want to change the label of the link, put a vertical bar "|" after the page title followed by the new label. For example, you could link to Help:Contents but label the link "list of help pages": <nowiki>[[Help:Contents|list of help pages]]</nowiki> appears as [[Help:Contents|list of help pages]]. | ||
*External links to pages outside Proteopedia are made by enclosing the http address within single square brackets, | *External links to pages outside Proteopedia are made by enclosing the http address within single square brackets, | ||