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| Newer page: | version 10 | Last edited on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 10:47:54 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | |
| Older page: | version 6 | Last edited on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 5:17:36 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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-!!!Categories in this
Wiki
+!!! Introduction to
Wiki Categories
-Don't know where
to start? You might like to browse pages on
a particular topic. The following are all categories that exist within this WikiWikiWeb:
+!! Adding pages
to a category
-<?plugin BackLinks noheader||=1 include
_self||=?>
+Just add the page name of the category to the bottom of the page.
__Do not__ edit the category page.
+!! Creating category pages
-To add something to a category
page, add at the bottom of
the page a
link to the Category
page (for example as done
on this page) and use
the BackLinks plugin
. To link to a Category
page use "Category:categoryname" style links
.
+The marvellous thing about Wiki is that not only can you see all the things that this
page links to
, you can see all
the pages that
link to the page you're
on as well using
the BackLinks function
. By invoking the BackLinks plugin you can have the BackLinks listed right inside the category
page itself
.
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+Categories should be neither too specific nor too broad; there's little value in having categories with three items in them, but there's also hardly a point to a category that lists half the universe's topics.
-''Is there a good/standard way to do hierarchical categories? e.g.
!CategoryProgramming/
!CategoryDataStructures, or similar''
+!! Linking to categories (READ THIS)
-Pick something you don't think will be too specific, but isn't too vague (I've avoided making
a !CategorySystemAdministration for example
, but
!CategoryNetworking
is a pretty good idea
.)
+The ramification of the previous paragraph is that in pages not belonging to
a category
, __you must not link__ to that category page by using its name. __Instead of writing
!CategoryFoo you have to write !Category:Foo - note the extra colon.__ This creates a link to that category page without putting the linking page in its BackLinks. A corollary
is that pages which link to
a category page but do not belong to the category will not and cannot be backlinked from the category page
.
-''Why don't wiki links (
!Category:Category) work on backlinks?''
+!!!Categories in this Wiki
-Because then you could never link
to a category without actually making the page part of that category!
You'll note
that while there is a !Category
:Category link at the bottom of this page, !CategoryCategory isn't in the list above.
+Don't know where
to start?
You might like to browse pages on a particular topic. The following are all categories
that exist within this WikiWikiWeb
:
-''So... Use [WikiWord]s to link back to the parent Category, but when generally saying "Go here", use : links
?''
+<
?plugin BackLinks noheader||=1 include_self||=0 ?>
-Pretty much. Using a WikiWord will also make the parent category ''link back to you'', which is the important part.
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Part of Category:Category
