Difference between revisions of "Clicklaw Wikibooks Contributor Guide"

Examples of external links include any link to another website, or even a PDF or DOC file available somewhere online. Cases on CanLII, for instance, require external links. The simplest way to insert an external link is to just type the full URL, including the <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki></code> prefix.  

Typing:

Will look like this when you save or preview the page:

:For more information on the Court of Appeal process, visit http://www.courtofappealbc.ca.  

Much of the time, you won't want the link to appear so obvious. To have other words appear with links to online resources, select the text you want to contain the link, then click button #4. You will see  

Replace <code><nowiki>www.example.com</nowiki></code> with the correct URL you want to send readers to (e.g.<code><nowiki>www.courtofappealbc.ca</nowiki></code>). Now replace <code>link title</code> with the words you want to contain the link (e.g.<code>Court of Appeal BC Online Help Guide</code>.  

Typing:

Will look like this when you save or preview the page:

:For more information, visit the Court of Appeal BC's [http://www.courtofappealbc.ca Online Help Guide].