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    Posted by warsoul posts: 9
    I was wondering how do you gte the Tiki engine to auto-link wiki-words once defined... lets say I make a page called "Spam" how do i get it so everytime "Spam" is used on any page in the Wiki it wikilinks to the "Spam" page? Is this possible am I missing something here?
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    Posted by warsoul posts: 9
    > I was wondering how do you gte the Tiki engine to auto-link wiki-words once defined... lets say I make a page called "Spam" how do i get it so everytime "Spam" is used on any page in the Wiki it wikilinks to the "Spam" page? Is this possible am I missing something here?

    Posted by Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties posts: 3665 United States

    > I was wondering how do you gte the Tiki engine to auto-link wiki-words once defined... lets say I make a page called "Spam" how do i get it so everytime "Spam" is used on any page in the Wiki it wikilinks to the "Spam" page? Is this possible am I missing something here?


    Two ways:

    1. Make your pages with WikiWords
    2. Surround your page name with (( and ))


    HTH,

    -Rick


    Posted by jamesoftopiya posts: 175 Canada

    Hi warsoul;

    Yes Rick is right about the two ways to do what you want.

    Two ways:

    1. Make your pages with WikiWords.

    which means having two or more words with Capital letters and no space. I do not like the look of that but it is the easiest way to make it work. This is a good choice on a site where you have folk that may remember to do the double cap thing but will not remember to bracket the words.

    2. Surround your page name with and

    The double bracket method is my choice but you have to make sure that every one that wants a link on a page remembers to do it. This is a good choice if you are working with a site that has editors that will insure that existing pages are being linked to.

    One neat advantage to this is that you could have a page linked or not depending on if you bracket it or not.

    But there is a third way


    On some sites We may want some word to always create a link. TW has a neat feature to allow you to do this. it is called "HotWords" and can be found under the admin section in the main menu.

    if you use method one or two you can still use three.

    Hotwords work well if you have a word that is not a WikiWord and you want to be linked even if you are use the double bracket method and some one forgets to add the brackets.

    3. Hotwords

    go main menu, admin, hotwords

    add the word and the link, now that was easy. Unfortunatly it takes a bit of time if you have a lot of words.

    This is a good way to have key words always bring up relevent pages or out side web sites.

    humm I should put that in the empty HotWords page.

    later, James


    Posted by warsoul posts: 9

    Yeah I got that but it doesnt do it on new pages... Lets say I make a Home page and in the text I have Spam (in double brackets) once in the text... and i build the Spam page... if on a THIRD page I simply type Spam in the text of the page.. it doesnt auto-link to the Spak Wiki Page...

    Did I break something?



    > Hi warsoul;
    >
    > Yes Rick is right about the two ways to do what you want.
    >
    > Two ways:
    >
    > 1. Make your pages with WikiWords.
    >
    > which means having two or more words with Capital letters and no space. I do not like the look of that but it is the easiest way to make it work. This is a good choice on a site where you have folk that may remember to do the double cap thing but will not remember to bracket the words.
    >
    > 2. Surround your page name with and
    >
    > The double bracket method is my choice but you have to make sure that every one that wants a link on a page remembers to do it. This is a good choice if you are working with a site that has editors that will insure that existing pages are being linked to.
    >
    > One neat advantage to this is that you could have a page linked or not depending on if you bracket it or not.
    >

    >
    But there is a third way

    >
    > On some sites We may want some word to always create a link. TW has a neat feature to allow you to do this. it is called "HotWords" and can be found under the admin section in the main menu.
    >
    > if you use method one or two you can still use three.
    >
    > Hotwords work well if you have a word that is not a WikiWord and you want to be linked even if you are use the double bracket method and some one forgets to add the brackets.
    >
    > 3. Hotwords
    >
    > go main menu, admin, hotwords
    >
    > add the word and the link, now that was easy. Unfortunatly it takes a bit of time if you have a lot of words.
    >
    > This is a good way to have key words always bring up relevent pages or out side web sites.
    >
    > humm I should put that in the empty HotWords page.
    >
    > later, James
    >
    >
    >

    Posted by jamesoftopiya posts: 175 Canada

    > Yeah I got that but it doesnt do it on new pages... Lets say I make a Home page and in the text I have Spam (in double brackets) once in the text... and i build the Spam page... if on a THIRD page I simply type Spam in the text of the page.. it doesnt auto-link to the Spak Wiki Page...
    >
    > Did I break something?

    No you did not break anything. The problem is that the word Spam is not a wiki word. You must have two caps to make it work. So you could call your page SpamPage for example and it would always link.

    I think you are thinking that once you create a link that word should then always be a link? That would be a realy nice feature but is not one TW has.

    So if you wish to keep it just Spam with no brackets I would say go hot words. This is a spot where the hot word feature gets around that problem.

    Put the word spam in your hot word list and it will show up as a link in your TW.

    James



    > > Hotwords work well if you have a word that is not a WikiWord and you want to be linked even if you are use the double bracket method and some one forgets to add the brackets.
    > >
    > > 3. Hotwords
    > >
    > > go main menu, admin, hotwords
    > >
    > > add the word and the link, now that was easy. Unfortunatly it takes a bit of time if you have a lot of words.
    > >
    > > This is a good way to have key words always bring up relevent pages or out side web sites.
    > >
    > > humm I should put that in the empty HotWords page.
    > >
    > > later, James
    > >
    > >
    > >

    Posted by warsoul posts: 9

    > > Yeah I got that but it doesnt do it on new pages... Lets say I make a Home page and in the text I have Spam (in double brackets) once in the text... and i build the Spam page... if on a THIRD page I simply type Spam in the text of the page.. it doesnt auto-link to the Spak Wiki Page...
    > >
    > > Did I break something?
    >
    > No you did not break anything. The problem is that the word Spam is not a wiki word. You must have two caps to make it work. So you could call your page SpamPage for example and it would always link.
    >
    > I think you are thinking that once you create a link that word should then always be a link? That would be a realy nice feature but is not one TW has.
    >
    > So if you wish to keep it just Spam with no brackets I would say go hot words. This is a spot where the hot word feature gets around that problem.
    >
    > Put the word spam in your hot word list and it will show up as a link in your TW.

    So even if i use brackets and make the page... everytime I use a word I still have to WikiWord or use double brackets on it? Hotwords doesnt seem to work either for the record..