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====Link - going to an non-existent article==== | ==== Link - going to an non-existent article ==== | ||
*'''Problem''': Link going to an non-existent page but the link is in <font color="blue">blue</font> not <font color="red">red</font>. | |||
*'''Cause''': Check to see if a space is missing between the URL and the name of the link: | *'''Problem''': Link going to an non-existent page but the link is in <font color="blue">blue</font> not <font color="red">red</font>. | ||
*'''Cause''': Check to see if a space is missing between the URL and the name of the link: | |||
::<nowiki>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_PageFamilySearch Wiki Main Page]</nowiki> which link looks like this: | ::<nowiki>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_PageFamilySearch Wiki Main Page]</nowiki> which link looks like this: | ||
:::[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_PageFamilySearch Wiki Main Page]. | :::[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_PageFamilySearch Wiki Main Page]. | ||
The link should be ''FamilySerach WIki Main Page'' not ''Wiki Main Page''. | |||
The link should be ''FamilySerach WIki Main Page'' not ''Wiki Main Page''. Because their is no space between the word FamilySearch and the ''last word of the URL'' the name of the link is ''Wiki Main Page'' instead of "FamilySearch Wiki Main Page." The result is clicking on "Wiki Main Page" leads nowhere. | |||
::<nowiki>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page FamilySearch Wiki Main Page]</nowiki> | ::<nowiki>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page FamilySearch Wiki Main Page]</nowiki> | ||
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*'''Amp Injection Problems''' | *'''Amp Injection Problems''' | ||
A common problem with links is the & symbol in the link. In this | A common problem with links is the & symbol in the link. In this example the & is amp injecting into the link.<br> | ||
*bad | *bad | ||
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The quickest way to solve this problem is to delete "&st=airmyn", this will leave a usable link and stop the amp injection problem.If you deleted just the amps "amp;amp;st=airmyn' and not the "&" Symbol, the amps will come back. | The quickest way to solve this problem is to delete "&st=airmyn", this will leave a usable link and stop the amp injection problem.If you deleted just the amps "amp;amp;st=airmyn' and not the "&" Symbol, the amps will come back. | ||
Another | Another example is when a link is infected with amps and should be a reference. | ||
*Bad | *Bad | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
In this example we have added <nowiki><ref> start and finish of the reference. | In this example we have added <nowiki><ref> start and finish of the reference. We have taken out the URL and made it into a external link and deleted "&strquery=matching" to get rid of the amp problem. We have also added "British History" so we know what the reference is.</nowiki> | ||