Difference between revisions of "Help:Add to Glossary"

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so it looks like this
 
so it looks like this
 
;GIS:Geographic Information Services
 
;GIS:Geographic Information Services

Revision as of 15:52, 5 December 2019

Go to the Glossary in the left navigation, then edit page using 'source editing'.

Once there you can add a new line of content in the format:

;ABBR:Abbreviation Content Here

editing a glossary item.jpg

so it looks like this

GIS
Geographic Information Services

After that, any time the abbreviation is used on another page, it will automatically be applied with the full description as a hover link.

This will take half an hour or so to actually show up as it seems to search the pages and remember things!

Glossary Hover Effect.png

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