Links
Links are the glue which makes the web work and Wiki Notation makes it easy to link to anything...
The Anatomy of Links
Pretty much everything on the Internet can be accessed by something known as a URL (Universal Resource Locator). For example, the URL to this page (as you can see at the page location text box in your web browser above) is:
URL's stitch the Internet together but they have a few downsides:
- They are a bit messy to look at - they can be quite long and aren't very friendly
- If whatever you are linking to gets moved or renamed, the link will stop working - you'll probably only notice when someone tells you that it's broken after clicking on it
While you'll still need to use URL's to link to things elsewhere on the Internet, you should use the more reliable Wiki Markup Editor links to link to content on your own site:
- They are a lot cleaner and easier to use
- It's easy to provide custom titles and even tooltips for Wiki links
- If you move or rename content on your site, the links will be automatically updated to point to the new location
- If you are linking to external sites that support USERGUIDE:Trackbacks, your external links are less likely to break
In Wiki Notation, links are enclosed by square brackets and can contain just a link, a link with custom on-screen text or a link with custom on-screen text and a tooltip:
Which results in the following links:
Home (a simple link)
Go to Home Page (link with custom on-screen text)
Go to Home Page (link with custom on-screen text and tooltip)
Trackbacks
Trackback is a mechanism that allows trackback-enabled websites to be notifed of links between them.
If enabled, trackbacks allow you to see which pages from other sites are linking to your own site and vice versa.
Related Tutorials
The following tutorials show you how to perform some common tasks:
- External Links
- Linking to Attachments — Pages, news articles and even user pofiles can have files attached to them. This tutorial shows you how to create links to those attachments...
- Linking to Comments
- Linking to Email and Email Archives — Email is a key feature of the Internet so it's important to incorporate it in to your sites. This tutorial shows you how to create email links and also link to messages in your email archive...
- Linking to Headings and Anchors — As well as linking to pages, you can also link to specific places within a page. This tutorial shows you how to link to headings and how to create and use anchors...
- Linking to News — You can create links to news on your own site and news on external sites. This tutorial shows you how to link directly to news items and provides details on linking to external news sites...
- Linking to Pages — The most common form of links are those that link web pages together. This tutorial shows you how to link to pages within Confluence and also on external sites...
- Linking to User Profiles — When users register an account on your site, a profile page is automatically created. This tutorial shows you how to link a profile page...
- Relative Links — Use three slashes to create a relative link to Confluence content.
Frequently Asked Questions
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