Help:Links, images, and files
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Here's a link to CurriculumWiki's Home page. The first letter of a page is automatically capitalized, so home is the same Home. Capitalization matters after the first letter. | Here's a link to CurriculumWiki's [[Home]] page. The ''first letter'' of a page is automatically capitalized, so [[home]] is the same [[Home]]. Capitalization matters after the first letter. |
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You can put formatting around a link. Example: Home. | You can put formatting around a link. Example: ''[[Home]]''. |
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Red indicates a link to a page that doesn't exist. You can create it by clicking on the link. | Red indicates a link to a [[page that doesn't exist]]. You can create it by clicking on the link. |
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You can link to a page section by its title: If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section". | You can link to a page section by its title: *[[Delving into the Delphi#Task]]. If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the third section named "Example section". |
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The pipe character "|" allows you to give a link a label different than the page title. Example: A great resource for teachers | The pipe character "|" allows you to give a link a label different than the page title. Example: [[Home|A great resource for teachers]] |
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You can make an external link just by typing a URL: http://en.wikipedia.org Or enclosing the URL in brackets: [1] You can give it a label by leaving a space between the URL and the label: English Wikipedia |
You can make an external link just by typing a URL: http://en.wikipedia.org Or enclosing the URL in brackets: [http://en.wikipedia.org] You can give it a label by leaving a space between the URL and the label: [http://en.wikipedia.org English Wikipedia] |
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Here is the logo for CurriculumWiki (roll over the image to see alternate text): | Here is the logo for CurriculumWiki (roll over the image to see alternate text): [[Image:cwlogo.gif|The logo for CurriculumWiki]] | |
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You can center the image: | You can center the image: [[Image:cwlogo.gif|center|The logo for CurriculumWiki]] |
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You can put the image in a frame with a caption: | You can put the image in a frame with a caption: [[Image:cwlogo.gif|frame|The logo for CurriculumWiki]] |
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And make the frame align to the left: | And make the frame align to the left: [[Image:cwlogo.gif|frame|left|The logo for CurriculumWiki]] |
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A link to CurriculumWiki's page for the image: Image:cwlogo.gif Or a link directly to the image itself: Media:cwlogo.gif | A link to CurriculumWiki's page for the image: [[:Image:cwlogo.gif]] Or a link directly to the image itself: [[Media:cwlogo.gif]] |
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Use the "Media:" prefix to link directly to non-image files, such as a word processing document. | Use the "Media:" prefix to link directly to non-image files, such as a [[Media:Test document.doc|word processing document]]. |


