Creating a Wiki Page by
Creating a Link from an Existing Page

1. Click Home in the Menu module to return to Home page.
   

   Note: Be sure to click the Edit icon () at the top of the page — this allows you to edit the entire page. The other Edit buttons () will edit only the specific section. See the TikiWiki Documentation for more information on this feature. Figure: Be sure to select the correct Edit button.

   
   
   The Edit page appears.
   
   

   Tip: You can also edit a wiki page by clicking the Edit button at the bottom of the page.

   
   
   
2. Delete all of the text in the Edit Page tab, then type: ((MyNewPage))
   

   Note: The use of parenthesis around a word, tells Tiki to make that word a link. You'll learn more, later, about adding links

   
   
   
   

   Figure: Editing the HomePage page.

   
   
   
3. In the Edit Comment field, enter a short description of your edit such as:
   Testing the wiki.
   This information is helpful when viewing the page history?.
4. Click Save. Tiki saves the page and reloads the Home page.
   

   Figure: The HomePage with a newly created link.

   
   

   Note: The Note that appears at the top of the page is for information only and will not display for the next visitor who views the page.

   
   

Because there is no actual page named MyNewPage, it is a broken link. Tiki indicates broken links by the ? (question mark).

Oh no! Your brand new website already has a broken link! It is a good thing that it is easy to fix.

Click the ? on the Home page. Tiki automatically creates a page named MyNewPage and displays its Edit page.

Type some text in the Edit area and click Save. Tiki saves the page and reloads the MyNewPage page.

Figure: The newly created page: MyNewPage.

Note: Creating new wiki pages by using this method (creating links from exiting pages) avoids the problem of orphan pages. An orphan is a wiki page that is not linked to any other page.

Backlinks

Remember the Backlinks option that you enabled when configuring the Wiki options?

"Backlinks" are exactly what they sound link — links back to different wiki pages. Tiki automatically keeps track of every wiki link.

See the Backlinks drop-down list at the top of the MyNewPage page?

Figure: The Backlinks button is maintained automatically by Tiki.

From this Backlinks list, select HomePage. Tiki loads the HomePage page. Notice that the red question mark is gone. Since you created the page, the link is no longer broken.

Figure: The link to MyNewPage is no longer broken; the question mark is gone.