Thread:Project:Forum/How do I edit the sidebar? Which file should I look at?/reply (12)

The last three examples do not look as though they could work. The red 'software' indicates that there is no page called 'Software' to link to. 'Shoping' is not the correct way to make a link. I am not sure about the last (third) example it will depend if there is a page called 'Url-Project_Stages'. I don't suppose all that makes much sense to you! I will try to explain!

(1)To make a link to a page there has to be a page in exisistence.

(2) the link can be made by using the page name or by using the url to the page. Examples:


 * Interesting articles | Rubish

This would show a link in the sidebar 'Rubish' that would link to the page Interesting articles You could use an url


 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Interestingarticles | Rubish

Of course you would not want a link called rubish and would probably use 'Articles'.

If the page name is short that is fine. I have made a page called 'Sand box' where I mess about trying things out. I have made a link in the sidebar thus:


 * Sidebar | Sidebar

But if it was a long page name I would make a lot short link in the sidebar thus:


 * Big long page name | Page

In conclusion (I hope)

You need to use the page name or url to the page followed a | and the name of the link you want to show in the sidebar.

PS You can make a page by entering the page name you wish to create in the search box and clicking on 'Go'. That will take you a page with the suggesting 'do you want to crate this page. If by chance there already a page by that name you will be taken to that page name. If you click on that red 'Software' above it will take you to a page called 'Software' if you edit the page the page 'software' will be created. If you place double brackets round any word it will create a red link which you can create a new page thus: New Page what I have done is [[New page (leaving off the last two brackets)