Difference between revisions of "Anchors - Mediawiki"

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Anchors allow you to link to a specific portion of a page.

Setting anchors

Automatic anchors

Section headings automatically act as anchors, with the heading text as the "anchor_name". In the case of multiple sections with identical headings, the anchor name of each has "_2", "_3", etc. appended, starting from the second occurrence.

Using the {{anchor}} template

set your anchor anywhere in the page by using

{{anchor|anchorname}}

Manual anchors

Manually-set anchors are useful for linking to "unlinkable" things like a table (title or cell), a section of plain text, etc. There are a number of ways to set an anchor at an arbitrary position:

Generic anchor: <span id="anchor_name">some text</span>. For a hidden anchor, omit the text.

The reserved name [[#top]] always links to the top of a page.

On some wikis, a template called "anchor" exists, providing a simple, standardized method for that wiki. The Self Study wiki does use Template:Anchor.

Referencing anchors

Inside a regular wiki link [[page#anchor_name|shows_as]], include the hash sign (#) and the header name or the id tag name as you have written it.

Links of the form [[#anchor_name]] will link to the first anchor on the page matching that "anchor_name", usually the first identical section heading.

See also

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link#Anchors

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-It is possible to link to a specific portion of a page.
+__NOTOC__
-==Setting anchors==
+<div class="container-fluid">
-* Headers automatically become html anchors, which can be linked to.
+<div class="row">
-* The <a> tag is not allowed in Mediawiki, so we can't do the <a name="link here">, but we can do the "id" html attribute to almost any existing tag. For example, <nowiki><div id="what_to_link_to">text</div></nowiki> or <nowiki><div id="what_to_link_to"/>text</nowiki>.
+<div class="col-md-8">
+<div class="lead">
+Anchors allow you to link to a specific portion of a page.
+</div>
-===Automatic anchors===
+===Setting anchors===
+====Automatic anchors====
 Section headings automatically act as anchors, with the heading text as the "anchor_name".  In the case of multiple sections with identical headings, the anchor name of each has "_2", "_3", etc. appended, starting from the second occurrence.
-===Manual anchors===
+====Using the <nowiki>{{anchor}}</nowiki> template====
-Manually-set anchors are useful for linking to "unlinkable" things like a table (title or cell), a section of plain text, etc.  For example, in the [[#Wiki-link Tricks|Wikilink Tricks & Demos table]] above, though the "Wikilink Tricks & Demos" title-text appears like a (minor) heading, it is not, and the otherwise perfectly normal wikilink <code><nowiki>[[#Wikilink Tricks & Demos]]</nowiki></code> will not work.
+#set your anchor anywhere in the page by using
+<pre>{{anchor|anchorname}}</pre>
+====Manual anchors====
+Manually-set anchors are useful for linking to "unlinkable" things like a table (title or cell), a section of plain text, etc.
 There are a number of ways to set an anchor at an arbitrary position:
-* On some wikis, a [[Templates - Mediawiki|template]] called "anchor" exists, providing a simple, standardized method for that wiki.
 * Generic anchor: <code><nowiki><span id="anchor_name">some text</span></nowiki></code>.  For a hidden anchor, omit the text.
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 * The reserved name <code><nowiki>[[#top]]</nowiki></code> always links to the [[#top|top of a page]].
-===Index-style anchors===
+* On some wikis, a [[Templates - Mediawiki|template]] called "anchor" exists, providing a simple, standardized method for that wiki. The Self Study wiki does use [[Template:Anchor]].
-If anchor names have multiple components, it is useful to put the most significant component first, e.g. if anchors indicate months or dates, we could have the format YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD, or in a year page MM-DD  (see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date#Big_endian_forms.2C_starting_with_the_year]), with leading zeros (see also [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Date_formatting_and_linking#Link_to_date_content_other_than_required_for_autoformatting]). This applies also for page names, but since these are highly visible, as opposed to anchors, other considerations play a role too. In the case of sections, if for link targets another naming scheme is desired than for display of section headings, explicitly put anchors instead of using section names.
-==Referencing anchors==
+===Referencing anchors===
 Inside a regular wiki link <nowiki>[[page#anchor_name|shows_as]]</nowiki>, include the hash sign (#) and the header name or the id tag name as you have written it.
 Links of the form <code><nowiki>[[#anchor_name]]</nowiki></code> will link to the first anchor on the page matching that "anchor_name", usually the first identical section heading.
+;See also
+*http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link#Anchors
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 {{Template:Anchor}}
+<!-- end col-md-8 -->
+</div>
+<div class="col-md-1"></div>
+<div class="col-md-3 sidebar">
+{{GetHelp}}
+<!-- end col-md-3-->
+</div>
+<!-- end row-->
+</div>
+<!-- end container-->
+</div>
+<!-- Generator=Template:TwoColumn -->
+__NOTOC__
+__NOEDITSECTION__
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