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==InterWiki Links== | ==InterWiki Links== | ||
An interwiki link links a page to a page on another website. Unlike the name suggests, the target site need not be a wiki. These are in the same form as wikilinks, but takes a prefix which specifies the target site. The prefix can be hidden using the same piped syntax as wikilinks. | An interwiki link links a page to a page on another website. Unlike the name suggests, the target site need not be a wiki. These are in the same form as wikilinks, but takes a prefix which specifies the target site. The prefix can be hidden using the same piped syntax as wikilinks. | ||
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+ | Usage: <nowiki>[[interwikilink:page|name of link]]</nowiki> | ||
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+ | Example: <nowiki>[[Google:AboutUs]]</nowiki> = [[Google:AboutUs]] | ||
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+ | From a developer's view, interwiki links can be easily added using the instructions on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Interwiki MediaWiki]]. | ||
==Current interwiki map== | ==Current interwiki map== |
Revision as of 15:37, 10 May 2007
InterWiki Links
An interwiki link links a page to a page on another website. Unlike the name suggests, the target site need not be a wiki. These are in the same form as wikilinks, but takes a prefix which specifies the target site. The prefix can be hidden using the same piped syntax as wikilinks.
Usage: [[interwikilink:page|name of link]]
Example: [[Google:AboutUs]] = Google:AboutUs
From a developer's view, interwiki links can be easily added using the instructions on MediaWiki].