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 ====== 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. \\
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+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.
-. 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.
-. 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). \\
-. 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.
-. 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.
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+====== 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. \\
-. 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.
-. 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**: \\
-. 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|}} \\
-. 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|}} \\
-. 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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