Inserting Links

There are three ways to link to other pages and sites using the EditMe editor.

Using the Insert Link Toolbar Button

To insert a page to another web site:

1. Select the text you want to make into a link
2. Click the Insert Link toolbar button (chain icon)
3. Select the page or attachment you want to link to from the Link List dropdown
   OR enter the full URL in the "Link URL" text box (i.e. http://www.editme.com)
4. Click the OK button.

Note that the Link List drop down includes all files attached to the current page at the top, followed by all the pages on your site that you have access to view. If your site contains more than 100 pages, the 100 most recently modified pages will be listed instead.

Using Double Brackets

You can link to other pages within your site (whether they exist yet or not), by entering a page name right in the editor, surrounded by two square brackets. The following example creates a link to this page, which is named InsertingLinks:

[[InsertingLinks]]

When you view the page, EditMe transforms this into Inserting Links.

Linking to New vs. Existing Pages

A benefit of using square brackets is that EditMe indicates whether the page exists yet. If the page exists, a normal link is displayed on the page. If the page does not exist yet, the link is surrounded by one set of square brackets. This makes it easy to leave behind a reminder to create new pages you have linked to while writing content.

[[ANewPage]] becomes [A New Page] (this page doesn't exist on this site)
[[InsertingLinks]] becomes Inserting Links (this page does exist on this site)

CamelCase Spacing

CamelCase refers to the convention of SmashingWordsTogether by capitalizing letters in a page name. The double-brackets linking mechanism inserts spaces before the capital letters and numbers in the page name, and is useful if you name your pages using CamelCase. Here are some examples of how EditMe processes CamelCase:

[[ABC]] becomes [ABC]
[[PageNames]] becomes Page Names
[[ANewPage]] becomes [A New Page]
[[1Elephant]] becomes [1 Elephant]
[[23Elephants]] becomes [23 Elephants]

You may also notice that EditMe spaces out CamelCase when you create a new page, using the spaced text as the new page's title.

Automatic Title Insertion

If you have specified a Title for a page that is different from the page name, EditMe will use the title in place of the page name in the link text. For example, the FAQ page on this site has its title set to "Frequently Asked Questions". Therefore:

[[FAQ]] becomes Frequently Asked Questions

Using Alternate Link Text

If you want to link to an EditMe page using double-brackets but don't want the link text to be the name of the page, you can specify different link text by following the page name with a space, followed by the alternate text you want displayed.

[[PageNames Click Here]] becomes Click Here
[[FAQ FAQ]] becomes FAQ

Note: you cannot have a single quote (') or double quote (") in your alternate link ext.

Using Brackets for Non-EditMe Pages

The double-brackets linking technique works for non-EditMe pages as well. Just include a fully qualified URL in place of a page name.

[[http://www.editme.com]] becomes http://www.editme.com
[[ftp://ftp.microsoft.com Microsoft FTP]] becomes Microsoft FTP

Bypassing Double-Bracket Processing

If you need to include text in your page that is surrounded in double-brackets, but do not want EditMe to process it as a link, insert a ~ before the page name or URL. EditMe will remove the ~ and display the text as you entered it.

[[~PageNames]] becomes [[PageNames]]

Automatic Linking

The EditMe editor automatically converts URLs into links when you type them into the editor. For example, if you type http://www.editme.com into the editor, it becomes a link right before your eyes.

The same is true for email links. Just type the email address, as in johndoe@yahoo.com.

Linking to Another Page with Anchor

See How do I make an anchor link?.

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