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How to Create Mylinks on wikiHow

Mylinks is a customizable box that appears on the right column of every wikiHow page that you go to when you're logged in. It's useful for many wikiHow contributors because they can add text and links to frequently accessed pages. In order for it to show up, the user must create the user subpage associated with it. This article will teach you how to set up Mylinks.

Steps

  1. 1
    Ensure you're logged in to your wikiHow account. You won't be able to perform these steps if you aren't logged in to wikiHow.
    • Also, the Mylinks list will only appear on the sidebar to the right when you are logged in.
  2. 2
    Navigate to your user subpage with the name "/Mylinks". This can be done by adding "/Mylinks" right after'User:YOUR-USERNAME-HERE in the address bar of your browser. Example: https://www.wikihow.com/User:wikiHowLuva822/Mylinks
    • You can also click this quick link, which will instantly take you to the subpage.
  3. 3
    Start the subpage by going to edit mode. Click the "Edit" link at the top of the page to create the subpage.
  4. 4
    Add links in the form of bullet point as well as any text that you want to remember. Keep in mind that bullet points will appear as gray arrows.
    • Certain links you might want quick access to are Logs, Policy or specific policy pages, Admin Notice Board, and Upload Image.
    • To add a bullet point, type * on a new line.
    • To link a wikiHow page, follow the following format: "[[Link-to-page|Display text]]".
    • For more info on how to format text, see wikiHow:Use Advanced Wiki Syntax Formatting.
  5. 5
    Write an edit summary to clarify the application of Mylinks (optional).
  6. 6
    Preview your changes (optional). Click on Preview at the bottom of the editor to review how your changes will look.
    • It's a good idea to preview so that you don't waste time going back and forth to the editor fixing mistakes.
  7. 7
    Save your edit. Click Publish.

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    Tips

    • Use {{temp}} within a template. This will create a link to that template.
      • Example: Use {{temp|accuracy}} to create {{accuracy}}.
    • Here's an example of a mylinks page: User:Tderouin/Mylinks.
    • Provide yourself a quick link to the My Links page on the page itself, so you can get back to it faster in case you want to edit it.
    • Add a footer to your Mylinks. This will appear at the bottom of most wikiHow pages.

    Warnings

    • Do not add headers to Mylinks. They break the user interface and another editor will have to revert it.

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