Connecting+Wikis+through+Redirect

If you are managing multiple Wikis, the "Page Redirect" feature is a must! This tool will allow you to connect your wiki pages easily. Here's how to do it:

1) Create a new page by using the "+ New Page" tab. It can be found at the top of your navigation bar, usually with "Recent Changes" and "Manage Wiki." 2) When prompted for the new page name, type in the name of the Wiki Page that you'd like to link. (For example, on this Wiki, I have created a page for WHHHS Media Center that connects to Connie Spurlock's fabulous Wiki with a warehouse of resources.)

3) When your new page opens, you are automatically in "Edit" mode. Don't bother typing anything, just click "Save."

4) You'll see your new page listed in the navigation column.

5) Now, click "Manage Wiki." (you'll find it typically above the "Search" bar on you WIki page).

6) Under the "Content" field, click "Pages" (it's the first option). A new screen will open with all of your pages listed alphabetically.

7) Mouse over the name of the page you've just created (for example, I would be looking for "WHHHS Media Center").

8) After the title of each page, you will get 2 options when you mouse over - "rename" and "redirect." Click "redirect."



9) A new page will open asking you where you'd like to redirect - type in the name of the Wiki (if you forgot what you named the Wiki, just look at the URL - it's whatever comes before .wikispaces.com).

10) You can either link to the home page of that wiki or a specific page from the wiki. For example - on this SLSD wiki, I redirected to "home" on the WHHHS Media Center wiki, but on the Foreign Language Department Page, I redirected specifically to the "Just Foreign Languages" page of the WHHHS Media Center wiki. The Home page is the default page that opens when you open your Wiki. In the field for "Page Name" type the wiki page to which you want to redirect (no quotation marks).

11) Click "redirect."

12) Check your redirect - from the navigation column, click the title of your new page. It should automatically go to the other wiki. You can also redirect from THAT wiki page back to the original one (for example, I could link from the WHHHS Media Center wiki to the SLSD Wiki) by following the same directions listed above. That way you can seamlessly navigate from one wiki to another without ever having to hit your "back" button on your browser or typing in a wiki address.