Editing EQ/howtohelp/Creating a link to a NPC

== General ==
Creating links to NPCs can actually be done two ways.  One way is to create a link to the NPC using '''AbsLink'''.  The newer and easier way is to use the '''EQ/NPCLink''' template.  You can use which ever you prefer.  However You will find the EQ/NPCLink is easier.

== Using AbsLink to link to NPCs ==
Since this is identical to linking to Quests, I am going to refer you to the guide for making quests and provide a snippet of wiki markup and leave it at that.

Let's say I want to link to Master Hunter Jilare, in Shard's Landing.

<pre>
{{AbsLink|RoF/Zones/shardslanding|Master Hunter Jilare}}
</pre>

Done.  For more information on how AbsLink works see: [[RoF/misc/helping/Creating a link to a Quest|Creating a link to a Quest]]

There are a few edge cases where you might want to link to NPCs using AbsLink, but otherwise it is up to you to choose.

'''What you should have learned so far''':
# AbsLink is a versatile template and can be used to link to NPCs as well as Quests.
# For the most part AbsLink can be used, but there is a better way, '''EQ/NPCLink'''.

== Using EQ/NPCLink to link to NPCs ==
So I have worked on this sales pitch for 30 seconds for '''EQ/NPCLink'''.  What is so great about it.  Well the reason this exists is because I got tired of separating out my parameters to my template so I made the '''EQ/NPCLink''' template to speed up wiki editing.  Basically my wiki-fu improved, to make my life easier.

This template is similar to the AbsLink template, it still needs all the same info, except If I know the full page name of what NPC I want to link to, all I have to do is use 1 parameter for the pagename.  Let me show you by example.

So I want to link to the page: [[RoF/Zones/shardslanding/Master Hunter Jilare]], and I want it to look all pretty, linked up auto-magically.  So all I should really need is '''EQ/NPCLink'''.

<pre>
{{EQ/NPCLink|RoF/Zones/shardslanding/Master Hunter Jilare}}
</pre>

Outputs: {{EQ/NPCLink|RoF/Zones/shardslanding/Master Hunter Jilare}}

'''What you should have learned so far''':
# How to use '''EQ/NPCLink'''
# Why '''EQ/NPCLink''' is superior to '''AbsLink'''
# Even zoy is still learning wiki magic.