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Creating a Wiki Page by
Wiki pages are all about links — it is one of the primary ways of navigating a website: hyperlinks. You can create new wiki pages simply by creating a link from any existing page. |
![]() | Note: Be sure to click the Edit icon ( Be sure to select the correct Edit button.
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The Edit page appears.
![]() | Tip: You can also edit a wiki page by clicking the Edit button at the bottom of the page. |
((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 |
Editing the HomePage page.
Testing the wiki.
This information is helpful when viewing page history.
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. |
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.
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?
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.
The link to MyNewPage is no longer broken; the question mark is gone.
![]() | Note: The style of the link is determined by the theme. See Changing Themes for more information. |
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Page last modified on Thursday, April 22, 2010 08:51:13 pm EDT by Rick Sapir.
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