Editing EQ/howtohelp/Linking to a Page (section)

== Linking to a non-wiki page (also called External Page) ==
So there is a very good reference to something on another site and you would like to create a hyper link to it. Not a problem the wiki supports this too. The syntax is very similar to the internal wiki links. You can actually even use this method to link to things inside zoywiki which are for one reason or another difficult to link to. This tidbit of knowledge you will find useful.

Here is how you do it:
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[http://zoywiki.com]
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This will produce: [http://zoywiki.com]

So very similar the inside wiki link but it has some drawbacks so we will cover how to overcome those drawbacks, such as why does it say <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>? Let's first explain how to make a "external" link have a different link text which is basically required when using external links.

Here is how you do it:
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[http://zoywiki.com The Official zoywiki]
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This will produce: [http://zoywiki.com The Official zoywiki]

However this still looks like it is an external link, as it has a badge next to it indicating it is an external link. So how do we trick the wiki into not doing that? Well this is a bit more advanced, but entirely doable, just use the code below and it will work fine.

Here is an example with a plain link, but an external url
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<span class="plainlinks">[http://zoywiki.com/RoF Rain of Fear on zoywiki]</span>
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This will produce: <span class="plainlinks">[http://zoywiki.com/RoF Rain of Fear on zoywiki]</span>

'''What you should have learned so far''':
# How to link to any wiki page
# How to link to any wiki page and display alternate text
# How to create an external link
# How to create an external link with any text displayed
# How to create an external link with any text displayed and hide the external link badge
# '''Going further''': Learning the shortcut link templates is helpful and makes it so when changes are applied to the site your links will automatically work.