Chapter 2

External links

1. Incoming Hypertext links from external sources (blog posts, social media, emails, websites, etc.) to...

   1. ...your gitbook landing page, article, heading, or anchor point.

2. OR

3. Outgoing Hypertext links from your gitbook to external sources.

Examples:

You create a Facebook post with a hyperlink to your new gitbook.
Depending on where you link to in your book, your link will take one of the following formats:

1. Link to your gitbook landing page

   • Syntax:

      [gitbook landing page](https://www.gitbook.com/book/seadude/linking/details)
     

   • Format:

      https://www.gitbook.com/book/<username>/<book-name>/details
     

2. Link to your gitbook root README.md file (and gitbook)

   • Syntax:

      [README.md file](https://seadude.gitbooks.io/linking/content)
     

   • Format:

      https://<username>.gitbooks.io/<bookname>/content/
     

3. Link to your gitbook root README.md file (and gitbook)

   • Syntax:

      [README.md file](https://seadude.gitbooks.io/linking/content/index.html)
     

   • Format:

      https://<username>.gitbooks.io/<bookname>/content/index.html 
     

4. Link to a header in your gitbooks root README.md file

   • Syntax:

      [README.md file](https://seadude.gitbooks.io/linking/content/index.html#test)
     

   • Format:

      https://<username>.gitbooks.io/<bookname>/content/index.html#<header-name> 
     

5. Link to specific article in your gitbook

   • Syntax:

      [your gitbook](https://seadude.gitbooks.io/linking/content/chapter1/internal.html)
     

   • Format:

      https://<username>.gitbooks.io/<bookname>/content/<chapter>/<article>.html
     

6. Link to specific heading in an article

   • Syntax:

     [specific heading](https://seadude.gitbooks.io/linking/content/chapter1/internal.html#important)
     

     *Format:

     https://<username>.gitbooks.io/<bookname>/content/<article>.html#<header-name> 
     

There is a random anchor tag above this line.

• Syntax:

  {# #random-tag}
  

PREVIOUSLY TRIED THIS SYNTAX: DIDN"T WORK

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