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Go to the Glossary in the left navigation, then edit page.
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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:  
 
Once there you can add a new line of content in the format:  
  
 
''';'''''ABBR''''':'''''Abbreviation Content Here''
 
''';'''''ABBR''''':'''''Abbreviation Content Here''
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so it looks like this
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;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
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After that, any time the abbreviation is used on another page, it will automatically be applied with the full description as a hover link.
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This will take half an hour or so to actually show up as it seems to search the pages and remember things!
  
 
[[File:Glossary Hover Effect.png]]
 
[[File:Glossary Hover Effect.png]]
  
 
<bs:pageaccess groups="sysop,bureaucrat,editor-phil-bendle-editor-news,editor-pages,editor-other" />
 
<bs:pageaccess groups="sysop,bureaucrat,editor-phil-bendle-editor-news,editor-pages,editor-other" />

Revision as of 15:48, 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 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

Access to this page is restricted to the groups sysop,bureaucrat,editor-phil-bendle-editor-news,editor-pages,editor-other.