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 ====== How To Link to Sportsterpedia Pages or Images ====== ====== How To Link to Sportsterpedia Pages or Images ======
  
-XLForum users want:+Occasionally, when searching through the Sportsterpedia, you might find something you would like to share with others.
  
-From: “I searched the Sportsterpedia the other day and…” 
  
-To: This (linked) picture shows what you are looking for.+====== Link to Sportsterpedia Pages ====== 
 +Links are really just different web addresses. \\ 
 +Each page in the Sportsterpedia has it's own URL (web address).
  
-Or: Here’s a link to a ‘how to’.+    * Go to a page in the Sportsterpedia.  
 +    * Copy the URL from the current search box in your web browser. 
 +    * Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms.
  
 +====== Link to Sportsterpedia Menu Topics ======
 +Some of the pages have so much information that starting from the top and reading to the bottom gets cumbersome. \\
 +That's where the page menu comes in handy. \\
  
-----+Most pages in the Sportsterpedia have a navigational menu on the top right of each page. \\ 
 +This menu can be used to quickly find sections within a page and bypass information you don't need at the moment. \\ 
 +Each section in the different page menus have their own URL. \\
  
-To link to an individual section of a Sportsterpedia page:+Use the page menu to select a section / heading within it. \\ 
 +This allows you to link directly to the heading / section of pertinent information. \\ 
 +And the recipient of the link doesn't have to read thru many headings to find where you originally sent them.
  
-1. All searchable sections of a page are listed in the menu on the top right-hand side of each page in the Sportsterpedia.+  - Click on a section in the menu and it's address will be in your browser's search box. 
 +  - Copy the URL from the 'current search box' in your web browser. 
 +  - Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms.
  
-2. Click on any section listed.+  * **Example**: Use the menu to the right to test with. 
 +    * Click on a heading in the menu. 
 +      * Look at the URL in the search box of your browser. 
 +    * Now click on a different heading in the menu. 
 +      * Notice the URL address is different now in your browser. 
 +    * Each of these two addresses can be linked to. 
 +  
 +===== Internal Links Can Be linked Also ===== 
 +Internal links in the Sportsterpedia act the same as the menu as mentioned above. \\ 
 +Some pages have internal links (these are the blue colored wording you'll see from time to time). \\
  
-3. Copy the URL from the search box of your browser.+Clicking on the words lit up in blue will take you somewhere else in the Sportsterpedia. \\ 
 +Each time you do, the 'current address' in the search box of your browser changes. \\ 
 +This new address is the web link to where you were taken.
  
-4. Paste the URL in the posing text box of the XLF.+      - Copy the URL from the current search box in your web browser. 
 +      - Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF or other email / social media platforms.
  
-----+====== Link to Pictures in the Sportsterpedia ======
  
-To post images from the Sportsterpedia:+===== Link to a Page Containing Pictures ===== 
 +Links to a page of pictures are done just as described above. \\
  
-1. Click on a picture in the Sportsterpedia to open it as a separate web page.+        - Copy the link from your browser window. 
 +        - Paste the URL in in your post messages.
  
-2. Copy the URL from the search box of your browser.+===== Display a picture in your XLFORUM posts from the Sportsterpedia ===== 
 +  
 +      - Click on a picture in the Sportsterpedia to open it as a separate web page. 
 +      - Copy the URL from the search box of your browser. 
 +      - Click the “Insert Image” icon in the upper 'tools' section of the XLF message box. 
 +      - Paste the URL of the picture in the pop-up text box. 
 +        * Click "review" post and you'll see the pic display on the screen. 
 +**Example**: \\
  
-3. Click the “Insert Image” icon in the text box of the XLF+**Select picture you want to display**: {{:common:how_to_link_to_pics_from_sportsterpedia.1.jpg?direct&500|}} \\
  
-4. Paste the URL of the picture in the pop-up text box+**Copy the picture's URL address**: {{:common:how_to_link_to_pics_from_sportsterpedia.2.jpg?direct&500|}} \\
  
-5. Or paste the URL between the IMG code like this:+**Paste URL into message box**: {{:common:how_to_link_to_pics_from_sportsterpedia.3.jpg?direct&500|}} \\
  
-[IMG] Insert URL [/IMG]+===== Use the IMG code on either side of the picture URL address ===== 
 +Example: [IMG]<wrap hi>Insert Picture URL</wrap>[/IMG] \\ 
 +This simply adds instruction to the forum mechanicals to display the address as an image.
  
 +        - Copy this code: \\  [IMG][/IMG]
 +        - Paste this into the posting text box of the XLF.
 +        - Click on a picture in the Sportsterpedia to open it as a separate web page.
 +        - Copy the pic's web address from your browser.
 +        - Paste that address in the middle of the IMG code. \\ [IMG]<wrap hi>HERE</wrap>[/IMG]
 +      * **Example**: \\ Copy and paste the entire link below (including the IMG code) into one of your posts, click "review" post and you'll see the pic display on the screen.
 +
 +[IMG]http://sportsterpedia.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/techtalk:ref:tools:torque_wrench_extension_4_by_hopper.jpg [/IMG]
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