User blog:Midnightbara/How to Add Links to Wiki Pages (Source Edit)

How to Switch to Source Editor
When editing a page, it will default to the Visual Editor if you click on "EDIT PAGE". However, if you click on the button with the 3 dots next to "EDIT PAGE", then it will open the "Source Editor".

1. Look at the top right of the page after clicking "EDIT PAGE", you will see "Visual Editor" button with an arrow next to it.

2. Click on it and choose "Source editing"

How to Link to Pages on the Stephen Wiki

 * This method is only used for linking to pages on the Stephen Wiki and cannot be used to link to other Wikis


 * This method is often used for listing Vlog days, game titles on the Let's Play page, Memorable Moments, First20s, and MalMakes paintings

1. Find the exact name of the Stephen wiki page that you want to link to.

2. Add double square brackets around the name of the wiki page you want to link to.


 * Example 1: Stephen & Friends


 * It will look like this: Stephen & Friends


 * Example 2: Present


 * It will look like this: Present


 * Example 3: Sometimes You Fall Down The Stairs (Day 3640 - 11/12/19)

" at the end. This makes it so that the vlog days appear on separate lines instead of all in the same line.
 * It will look like this: Sometimes You Fall Down The Stairs (Day 3640 - 11/12/19)
 * For vlog days, add "


 * Blue Text: The text is linked to existing page on the Stephen Wiki
 * Red Text: The text is linked to a page that has not been created yet
 * This is often used for when you are listing a page that you plan on creating or listing a page for someone else to create at some point


 * A good example would be to look at the list of Vlog days for 2020 Vlogs
 * Some of the vlog days are blue because some pages have been created while others are red because they have yet to be created


 * There are times where you might want to link to a Stephen Wiki page, but don't want use the name of the page.
 * You can do this: Text
 * Name of Page - the name of the wiki page you want to link to
 * Make sure to separate them with a "|" pipe symbol
 * Text - the text that will show up instead of the name of the page
 * Don't use square brackets in the text portion because the computer considers the square brackets to be the beginning and end of the link
 * It will still properly link to the page to the left of the "|" pipe symbol, but the text that appears will be the text on the right side of the "|" pipe symbol


 * Example: Jackbox Games
 * It will look like this: Jackbox Games

How to Link to Other Websites

 * This method is often used for listing YouTube links to specific episodes of a Let's Play, Breakfast Stream episodes, Nintendo Direct reactions, questions for Q&As, and gaming VODs

1. Copy the link of the website you want to link to.


 * This could be YouTube links or links to any other website

2. Add one square bracket and then paste the link afterwards.


 * Example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLtGR2ZEXc&t=11s

'''3. If the link is from YouTube, shorten it. (The only exception to this rule is if it's a link to a YouTube playlist)'''


 * Shortening a YouTube playlist link will make it so that the link won't work


 * The reason we shorten the link is to make the page look neater when listing them because all the links will be the same length


 * Before: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLtGR2ZEXc&t=11s
 * The bolded parts of the link are what have been shortened
 * www.youtube.com -> Delete the "www." and ".com", Add a period between "youtu" and "be" (youtu.be)
 * watch?v= -> Gets deleted


 * After: [https://youtu.be/XDLtGR2ZEXc&t=11s


 * Sometimes the link you have copied will contain something that looks like this at the end: &t=11s
 * This is just the time stamp you are currently at in the video you're looking at
 * The time stamps are only included for Q&A videos, so delete it for any other YouTube links


 * Before: [https://youtu.be/XDLtGR2ZEXc &t=11s
 * After: [https://youtu.be/XDLtGR2ZEXc

'''4. Determine what text you want to appear for the link and then add a square bracket at the end. Make sure there is a space between the link and the text.'''


 * Be careful with text that has square brackets in them. The computer will mistake it as the end of the link. You can instead replace them with parentheses.
 * Bad Example: PIKMIN 3: MISSIONS [Co-op #22 | "Battle Enemies: Garden of Hope Remix"]
 * It will look like this: PIKMIN 3: MISSIONS [Co-op #22 | "Battle Enemies: Garden of Hope Remix"]


 * Example: Pikmin 3 Deluxe


 * It will look like this: Pikmin 3 Deluxe