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many internal links take the user to a search page
May 10 2008, 1:45 PM EDT | Post edited: May 10 2008, 1:45 PM EDT
What I want is for the link to take it to the page I want and it won't do that. It constantly has to search for pages and the internal links take it to the internal site search. I need the links to go to certain pages but no matter what I do, they don't work.

How can this be fixed? And if it can't, can a Wetpaint Administrator/programmer fix this error? Do you find this valuable?    
Madusha
Madusha
1. RE: many internal links take the user to a search page
May 10 2008, 8:30 PM EDT | Post edited: May 10 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
This is happening because you have a link that is leading to a page that does not exist on your wiki, when this happens you will be taken to the search page to search for a page with a similar name. Check the link and make sure it is leading to a page that exists. Do you find this valuable?    

wateradept24
2. RE: many internal links take the user to a search page
May 11 2008, 12:29 AM EDT | Post edited: May 11 2008, 12:29 AM EDT
I created the pages and copied the page name and made it a link on another page.

I've tried almost anything I can think of.

Also, another issue I am having is one in every five or ten pages I create, one of them searches for it and creates it all in one go. I then I have to go through the wiki pages expanding thing on the left to go find the page to add stuff to it. This happens on both wikis I started.

And for the internal links, I had been able to manage to fix it, but when administrators on the site have to add to-dos on numerous pages because the links aren't working, I have a problem. I even test the exact same page links and they work, but when you go to it again at a later time, it reverts back to searching for an already existing page. Do you find this valuable?    

Jason_wetpaint
3. RE: many internal links take the user to a search page
May 11 2008, 1:59 AM EDT | Post edited: May 11 2008, 1:59 AM EDT
What wiki? Do you find this valuable?    

wateradept24
4. RE: many internal links take the user to a search page
May 11 2008, 11:16 AM EDT | Post edited: May 11 2008, 11:16 AM EDT
http://gfmc.wetpaint.com

There a couple pages right now with to-dos to fix the links.

And another thing I should probably add, when creating links, unless pressed for time, I choose the link button, then I click find page and select the page from there.

So when finding each individual pages, it shouldn't really ave searched for them when I chose the exact page the link was to go to. Do you find this valuable?    

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