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Zoycite moved page RoF/misc/helping/Creating a link to a NPC to EQ/howtohelp/Creating a link to a NPC

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== 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.

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Zoycite: Zoycite moved page RoF/misc/helping/Creating a link to a NPC to EQ/howtohelp/Creating a link to a NPC

Zoycite: Created page with "== 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/..."