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Noticing Newbies: February 12, 2025 Issue [#12971]




 This week: Links are the Nuts and Bolts of the Site
  Edited by: Annette Author IconMail Icon
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Table of Contents

1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

"I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars." ~ Adam Carolla


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Letter from the editor

Links are the Nuts and Bolts of the Site


Finding Writing.Com may just be the best thing that happened to you on the internet. If you're a writer with aspirations to publish or want to play around with words, you're in the right place.

To show your writing to others, you first have to upload it here in your portfolio. But what then? You have to learn how to turn that short story, poem, or novel chapter into a clickable link so that you can advertise it in other places around the site.

Everything that you create here can be made into a link that guides others to it. That's not only written things but also images, badges and awards you received or gave out, trinkets, and more.

"Writing.Com 101" Open in new Window. has all of the explanations to everything on the site. It can be overwhelming to search through a whole book. Sometimes, you may not be sure what it is you're exactly looking for. That's why all of the links are shown with examples here: WritingML Help.

The essential parts to links on Writing.Com are the curly braces { and }. On the QWERTY keyboard, they are to the right of P. Using these curly braces, I can create links to everything within the site. To create a working link, image, show off a Merit Badge or Award, type the name of the item type right after the first curly brace. Add a colon : and then the ID number of the item.

Here are four examples of links to my Guest Book & Portfolio Guide. It's a forum that I created in which I used the text box to display some of my writing and also give members a place to leave a greeting for me.

Item link: {item:2316530} Clean and simple.

"Guest Book & Portfolio Guide" Open in new Window.

B-item link: {b-item:2316530} Informative.

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Guest Book & Portfolio Guide Open in new Window. (E)
Come on inside, find something to read, or say hi.
#2316530 by Annette Author IconMail Icon


R-item link: {r-item:2316530} Includes the item rating.

"Guest Book & Portfolio Guide" Open in new Window. [E]

Ld-item link: {ld-item:2316530} Includes the intro line to be more inviting.

"Guest Book & Portfolio Guide" Open in new Window. E: Come on inside, find something to read, or say hi.

Each of these links shows some different information. The most common ones are the item link and the b-item link because most contests want to see b-item links and the item link is neat and simple.

Next time to advertise your writing on the Newsfeed, try to add a link!


Editor's Picks

A brief overview of everything. With examples:

WritingML Help

Items about different links made by members:

 
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Task One: Linking  Open in new Window. (E)
For the Rising Stars Camp
#2252348 by LorenIsOneOfMyNames Author IconMail Icon

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Newbie Help & Support Writer's Hideaway Open in new Window. (E)
A discussion forum to help Newbies by answering questions about writing, reviewing & more
#1768032 by Tiggy Author IconMail Icon

 
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MADLIB
Create a Customized Link  Open in new Window. (E)
A utility "MadLib" that will create the WritingML for a customized hyperlink (an xlink).
#1658249 by ruwth Author IconMail Icon

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Use Your Words Open in new Window. (E)
Always remember the links to your items by attaching a logical keyword.
#2318942 by Annette Author IconMail Icon

 
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Have an opinion on what you've read here today? Then send the Editor feedback! Find an item that you think would be perfect for showcasing here? Submit it for consideration in the newsletter!
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Ask & Answer

Replies to my last Noticing Newbies newsletter "Plug Your Writing in the Right Places" Open in new Window. that asked Have any of your items been deleted from a Plug Page by a Moderator?

None.

To collect the trinket, reply to this newsletter through the reply box below with a working item, b-item, r-item, or ld-item link to something in your portfolio.


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