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| - | This template is used to show a short ''alias'' for the given page. | + | This template is used to display a short ''alias'' for the given page. This template does NOT create the shortcut; it displays the shortcut in a standardized format on the destination page. The optional parameter is typically a link to the shortcut. |
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| - | This template does NOT create shortcuts; it just displays the shortcut in a standardized format on the desired page. The optional parameter is typically a link to a shortcut. Usage within other templates, with no parameter given, will result in no output. (Hence, the very reason the Shortcut box on this page does not have a shortcut listed, because there is no shortcut to this page. But, since the template's <code>code</code> resides within this page, the shortcut box displays here, too... just as it should.) | + | |
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| - | ===Instructions===
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| - | :'''Step 1:''' Determine the desired shortcut is not already in use. E.g., Enter <code>BSA</code> in the search box (to the left) and select '''Go''', not Search.
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| - | :'''Step 2:''' Create a REDIRECT page and place the following text therein:
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| - | ::<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[</nowiki>'''''PageName'''''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>— Where the '''''PageName''''' is the name of the page that you want the Shortcut to automatically go.
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| - | For example, [[MB:MB]] is a shortcut page that redirects to [[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Merit Badges]], the actual page where the desired information resides.
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| - | ===Notes===
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| - | *Shortcuts must be, well, ''short''.
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| - | *Shortcuts must be easy to remember.
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| - | End results:
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| - | *One, if somebody types <code>BSA</code> into the search box, they're automatically sent to the <code>Boy Scouts of America</code> page via the REDIRECT.
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| - | *Two, the shortcut is displayed on the
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| - | I know this seems like a long way to get from here to there; but, that's how the '''''wiki''''' works.
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Revision as of 13:34, April 10, 2007
This template is used to display a short alias for the given page. This template does NOT create the shortcut; it displays the shortcut in a standardized format on the destination page. The optional parameter is typically a link to the shortcut.
