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***The tops of Contents and the Infobox are even with each other. | ***The tops of Contents and the Infobox are even with each other. | ||
**Topic headings—wording and heading levels are the same. | **Topic headings—wording and heading levels are the same. | ||
*Consistency in presentation of information: | *Consistency in presentation of information: | ||
**Introductory statements are standardized paragraphs (templates) for most topics. | **Introductory statements are standardized paragraphs (templates) for most topics. | ||
***If a topic is unique for a county, copy the wording from the template, paste it to the appropriate place, then adapt it to that county. | ***If a topic is unique for a county, copy the wording from the template, paste it to the appropriate place, then adapt it to that county. | ||
** | **Use bullets for each of the specific collections or links described under a topic heading. | ||
**Explain links briefly to help the user know what to expect, such as ($) after a for-fee site. | |||
**Image, table, or template positions or size; prefer sharp images relevant to the topic on the page<br> | **Image, table, or template positions or size; prefer sharp images relevant to the topic on the page<br> | ||
**Italic for titles of published books<br> | **Italic for titles of published books<br> | ||
**image, table, or template style<br> | **image, table, or template style<br> | ||
'''FYI: Links in Wikitext:''' | |||
*Internal links go to another wiki page or to a specific heading on a page. | |||
**Style: left and right square brackets <nowiki>[[ and ]]</nowiki> at each end of the link. | |||
**Option: use a pipe | to display the only the words you want the user to see. Example: <nowiki>[[Okanogan County, Washington#History Timeline|History Timeline]]</nowiki> displays as [[Okanogan County, Washington#History Timeline|History Timeline]]. | |||
**The # sends the search to the specific section on that page. | |||
*External links go to another web site. | |||
**Internal link style: [[ square brackets at each end around name of wiki page. Option: use a pipe | for shorter display for the link.<br> | **Internal link style: [[ square brackets at each end around name of wiki page. Option: use a pipe | for shorter display for the link.<br> | ||
**External link style including brief annotation. Prefer http:// links over http'''''s''''':// links. (take out the "s" from FamilySearch.org urls) | **External link style including brief annotation. Prefer http:// links over http'''''s''''':// links. (take out the "s" from FamilySearch.org urls) | ||