IUT 2009 MediaWiki Workshop/Activities/New Pages and Links/External links

There are a few ways to create links to external web sites in the wiki. You may simply type in the full URL for the URL page you wish to link to:

http://www.iutconference.org/

The wiki will automatically treat this text as a link (as has been done with the URL above) and will display the raw web address, including the "http://" part. It is recommended that you don't use this format much, as raw URLs are ugly and often give no clue to what the site actually is.

The best type of link for most situations includes a description after the address. This description appears as the title of the link e.g. IUT Web Site. To create a link like this just type a link and the description, separated by a space and enclosed in single square brackets:

IUT Web Site

This will create a link to the IUT Web Site that appears like this: IUT Web Site

Enclosing the link in single square brackets without providing a description...



...will display the link as a number in brackets, like this:. This format is mostly used for citing sources within an article. It looks like a footnote, so it's best to use it only as such (for example, following a direct quote or a statement which requires a source).