Thread:Lilac11/@comment-30414587-20161015233147/@comment-27294075-20161102221329

Lilac11 wrote: Hi Julie. Yes, Rich Text Format (RTF). On my drop down, it's called "Classic Editor," but yep, same thing. I'm not sure where you are seeing "Edited by ..." but it should be fine. You did "edit a page" by adding your name - congrats :)  The first rule of editing on this wiki is "It can be undone" so never worry!

Okay, links. I was hoping to make a pictorial about this but haven't had the time (read: procrastinating). Making a link is why your name isn't blue. Links show up as blue in the text you you know that you can click on it to lead you to another page. Okay, let's try links with your name in the preferences list Step 1: find the page that you want to link to (i.e. your home page). Step 2: double tap on the address of the page in the address bar. Select "copy". Step 3: go to the place where you want the link to originate (the preferences page). Step 4: Select edit (RTF) and go to the place you want to link (to your name).

Step 5, option A: hold down on your name so it highlights and click the chain link button. A box will pop up. Again, hold down on your name so it highlights in the top line of the box. Click paste. The second line of the box should already say your name. Select external link and save. Your name is now blue! Click publish on the right side of the page.

Step 5, option B: typically you would use this option if you didn't already have text in place. Go to the place where you want to insert the link. Click the chain link button. A box will pop up. Click on the empty top link of the box and click paste. The second line of the box will be empty so you put the text that you want linked here (i.e. your name). Select external link and save. The text is now blue! Click publish on the right side of the page.

Step 6: Double-check your link to make sure it goes to the right place. If it doesn't, don't panic. Try to fix it by re-doing the steps. If that doesn't work, just let me know.

It sounds (and looks) complicated but it only takes a second once you know how. Really.

There are ways to do this differently. For instance, there's a way so you can say it's a wiki page, but I don't know how to do that (yet!). And others may have different instructions but these should work. When I get the "Links" pictorial done, I'll let you know. It will probably help a great deal.

I will leave your name black so you can practice on that. But, you can use the same method to get links on your profile page. I really hope this helps!

I did check the preview first, but the entire post copied instead of only the one line or section I wanted. 🤔😎