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| ====== How To Link to Sportsterpedia Pages or Images ====== | ====== How To Link to Sportsterpedia Pages or Images ====== | ||
| Occasionally, when searching through the Sportsterpedia, you might find something you would like to share with others. \\ | Occasionally, when searching through the Sportsterpedia, you might find something you would like to share with others. \\ | ||
| - | Some of the pages have so much information that starting from the top and reading to the bottom gets cumbersome. \\ | ||
| - | That's where the page menu come in handy. \\ | ||
| - | * Links are really just different web addresses. | + | ====== Link to Sportsterpedia Pages ====== |
| - | * **Each page in the Sportsterpedia has it's own URL (web address)**. | + | Links are really just different web addresses. \\ |
| - | * Go to a page in the Sportsterpedia. | + | Each page in the Sportsterpedia has it's own URL (web address). |
| - | * Copy the URL from the current search box in your web browser. | + | |
| - | * Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms. | + | |
| - | * **Each section in the different page menus have their own URL**. | + | |
| - | * Most pages in the Sportsterpedia have a navigational menu on the top right of each page. | + | |
| - | * This menu can be used to quickly find sections within a page and bypass information you don't need at the moment. | + | |
| - | * Use the page menu to select a section / heading within it. | + | |
| - | * This menu also assigns a separate URL for each of the items listed in it. | + | |
| - | * Click on a section in the menu and it's address will be in your browser's search box. | + | |
| - | * Copy the URL from the 'current search box' in your web browser. | + | |
| - | * Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms. | + | |
| - | * **Internal links in the Sportsterpedia act the same as the menu as mentioned above**. | + | |
| - | * Some pages have internal links (these are the blue colored wording you'll see from time to time). | + | |
| - | * Clicking on the words lit up in blue will take you somewhere else in the Sportsterpedia. | + | |
| - | * Each time you do, the 'current address' in the search box of your browser changes. | + | |
| - | * This new address is the web link to where you were taken. | + | |
| - | * Copy the URL from the current search box in your web browser. | + | |
| - | * Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| + | * Go to a page in the Sportsterpedia. | ||
| + | * Copy the URL from the current search box in your web browser. | ||
| + | * Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms. | ||
| + | ====== Link to Sportsterpedia Menu Topics ====== | ||
| + | Some of the pages have so much information that starting from the top and reading to the bottom gets cumbersome. \\ | ||
| + | That's where the page menu comes in handy. \\ | ||
| + | Most pages in the Sportsterpedia have a navigational menu on the top right of each page. \\ | ||
| + | This menu can be used to quickly find sections within a page and bypass information you don't need at the moment. \\ | ||
| + | Each section in the different page menus have their own URL. \\ | ||
| + | Use the page menu to select a section / heading within it. \\ | ||
| + | This allows you to link directly to the heading / section of pertinent information. \\ | ||
| + | And the recipient of the link doesn't have to read thru many headings to find where you originally sent them. | ||
| + | - Click on a section in the menu and it's address will be in your browser's search box. | ||
| + | - Copy the URL from the 'current search box' in your web browser. | ||
| + | - Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms. | ||
| + | * **Example**: Use the menu to the right to test with. | ||
| + | * Click on a heading in the menu. | ||
| + | * Look at the URL in the search box of your browser. | ||
| + | * Now click on a different heading in the menu. | ||
| + | * Notice the URL address is different now in your browser. | ||
| + | * Each of these two addresses can be linked to. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Internal Links Can Be linked Also ===== | ||
| + | Internal links in the Sportsterpedia act the same as the menu as mentioned above. \\ | ||
| + | Some pages have internal links (these are the blue colored wording you'll see from time to time). \\ | ||
| + | Clicking on the words lit up in blue will take you somewhere else in the Sportsterpedia. \\ | ||
| + | Each time you do, the 'current address' in the search box of your browser changes. \\ | ||
| + | This new address is the web link to where you were taken. | ||
| + | - Copy the URL from the current search box in your web browser. | ||
| + | - Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms. | ||
| + | ====== Link to Pictures in the Sportsterpedia ====== | ||
| - | + | ===== Link to a Page Containing Pictures ===== | |
| + | Links to a page of pictures are done just as described above. \\ | ||
| + | - Copy the link from your browser window. | ||
| + | - Paste the URL in in your post messages. | ||
| + | ===== Display a picture in your XLFORUM posts from the Sportsterpedia ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | - Click on a picture in the Sportsterpedia to open it as a separate web page. | ||
| + | - Copy the URL from the search box of your browser. | ||
| + | - Click the “Insert Image” icon in the upper 'tools' section of the XLF message box. | ||
| + | - Paste the URL of the picture in the pop-up text box. | ||
| + | * Click "review" post and you'll see the pic display on the screen. | ||
| + | **Example**: \\ | ||
| - | ---- | + | **Select picture you want to display**: {{:common:how_to_link_to_pics_from_sportsterpedia.1.jpg?direct&500|}} \\ |
| - | To post images from the Sportsterpedia: | + | **Copy the picture's URL address**: {{:common:how_to_link_to_pics_from_sportsterpedia.2.jpg?direct&500|}} \\ |
| - | 1. Click on a picture in the Sportsterpedia to open it as a separate web page. | + | **Paste URL into message box**: {{:common:how_to_link_to_pics_from_sportsterpedia.3.jpg?direct&500|}} \\ |
| - | 2. Copy the URL from the search box of your browser. | + | ===== Use the IMG code on either side of the picture URL address ===== |
| + | Example: [IMG]<wrap hi>Insert Picture URL</wrap>[/IMG] \\ | ||
| + | This simply adds instruction to the forum mechanicals to display the address as an image. | ||
| - | 3. Click the “Insert Image” icon in the text box of the XLF | + | - Copy this code: \\ [IMG][/IMG] |
| + | - Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF. | ||
| + | - Click on a picture in the Sportsterpedia to open it as a separate web page. | ||
| + | - Copy the pic's web address from your browser. | ||
| + | - Paste that address in the middle of the IMG code. \\ [IMG]<wrap hi>HERE</wrap>[/IMG] | ||
| + | * **Example**: \\ Copy and paste the entire link below (including the IMG code) into one of your posts, click "review" post and you'll see the pic display on the screen. | ||
| - | 4. Paste the URL of the picture in the pop-up text box | + | [IMG]http://sportsterpedia.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/techtalk:ref:tools:torque_wrench_extension_4_by_hopper.jpg [/IMG] |
| - | 5. Or paste the URL between the IMG code like this: | ||
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| - | [IMG] Insert URL [/IMG] | ||
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