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


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''''':'''''full text of abbreviation''
so it looks like this
so it looks like this[[File:glossary list.jpg|thumb|500x500px]]
;GIS:Geographic Information Services
;GIS:Geographic Information Services
or
;GPS:Global Positioning System
[[Glossary|See the full Glossary here.]]


After that, any time the abbreviation is used on another page, it will automatically be applied with the full description as a hover link.
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!
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 view.jpg]]
 
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 24 August 2020

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

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

;ABBR:full text of abbreviation

so it looks like this

glossary list.jpg
GIS
Geographic Information Services

or

GPS
Global Positioning System

See the full Glossary here.

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 view.jpg