Common Wiki Fixes: Difference between revisions

*'''Cause''': A space has been placed between the first word of a text and the left side of the page.  

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'''Problem''': Links that are blue but don't work.<br> '''Cause''': In this case it is '''not a missing''' <nowiki></div></nowiki> tag but a '''misplaced''' <nowiki></div></nowiki> tag. Sometimes they are in the wrong place. Sometimes a misplaced <nowiki></table></nowiki> can also cause problems.<br> '''Cure''': First, look for opening div tags by typing "<nowiki><div</nowiki>" without the &gt; under Ctrl F. This search will show you all the beginning div tags.  

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*'''Problem''': An external link that looks something like this:

*'''Cause''': Patron tried to install an external link in HTML style rather than in Wikitext style.  

:*Change the &lt;/a&gt; to a ]  

:*It should look like this in Wikitext:  

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*'''Problem'''

*'''Cause''': Patron tried to install an external link in HTML style rather than in Wikitext style.  

:*The code the code should look like this:

Citizenship#On_the_Internet_one_two_three_four_five_six_seven_eight_nine_ten United States Naturalization and Citizenship]</nowiki></font>  

*The link will look this in the article:

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*'''Cause''': Check to see if a space is missing between the URL and the name of the link:

::The link looks like this:

The link should be ''FamilySearch Wiki Main Page'' not ''Wiki Main Page''. The name of the link is ''Wiki Main Page'' instead of ''FamilySearch Wiki Main Page'' because there is no space between '''Page''' (the ''last word'' of the URL)  and '''FamilySearch''' (the ''first word'' in the name of the link). The result is clicking on "Wiki Main Page" leads nowhere.  

*'''Cure''': Add the missing space. The link should look like this:

This link works and has the proper spacing between the URL and link.

Here is the coding:

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*'''Problem''': External link shows as a number in brackets, which does not tell what the link is for or the source.  

*'''Cure''': Place a name in the external link. We want the link to look like this:

The code should look like this:

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*In this example the amp; is injected into the link after the &amp; symbol.

*'''Cure''': First you need to check that the link works. It is easier to copy and paste onto another tab as you check the link. Use this page as your reference. After checking the link, the quickest way to solve this problem is to delete <nowiki>"&st=airmyn",</nowiki> this will leave a usable link and stop the amp injection problem. If you deleted just the <nowiki>''amp;st=airmyn''</nowiki> and not the <nowiki>"&"</nowiki> Symbol, the amps will come back.

*In this example the <nowiki>&</nowiki> has been added into a link, which should also be a reference.

*'''Problem''': Fck can be injected onto a page instead of [[ ]], <nowiki>< ></nowiki>. The page can become a mess of Fck's where reference and internal and external links should be. This will inject the Fck from where the error was made up the page.

*'''Cause''': This type of problem is normally caused by missing a closing reference, <nowiki> <ref/></nowiki>, or missing a <nowiki> > </nowiki> of the reference.

*'''Cure''': The easiest way to solve this problem is a rollback or undo, but first its always best to go into the page history and look over the edits. To see when and where the mistake was made on the page. Then do an undo from that point .The other way is much harder and that is to replace the links and references by hand.