I suspect this will not be accepted because, as I understand it, page names on Wikidot are stored in Unix format which has problems with spaces. This is why the dash is inserted in place of the space.

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking… but does this help?

[[[ category:page | ]]]

That will automatically pick up the title of the page and show that for the link.

The page still gets renamed to category1:page-title but when it fixes links on other pages, it does it like this:

[[[category:Page Title]]]

I know of that way of putting up links leiger, but unless all the links that are getting fixed were like that, this doesn't help much. Also, I find it redundant to write links like this the following example just so that I can rename them properly.

[[[Page Title | Page Title]]]
or
[[[[page-title | Page Title]]]

I find it acceptable that in the process of fixing the links they are done in the above format. This could be an extra input box where we write how we will want our links to be displayed. Pages that already have an alternative displayed text should get the new one though, not unless wished by the user.

Anything but having links with dashes and small letters is ok. Capitalization is also important.

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Hmm. North, if you know how each of the links are written in the page at the moment, I can go through all of your pages using the Wikidot API and automatically convert them into whatever syntax you need.

You'd still have to do it manually for future links though.

Would that help?

To be honest I'm still struggling to understand your problem without seeing it first-hand. A link to your site, and a page showing some of these links, would be helpful :)

But on that page1 and page2 you've not told it what text to display, so by default it will display the unix pagename which on Wikidot doesn't permit spaces.

You won't get Wikidot to change the way it handles unix page names, but I don't see the problem you have with adding your own text to display. With the "Try to Fix" it will change the unix page but leave the text to display unaltered.

So what I think you are requesting is a way to simultaneously change the page name and the text that is displayed, but for it to display just the text to be displayed rather than the underlying unix pagename. That could be a time-saving enhancement.

To make this clearer.
Go to: http://sandbox.wikidot.com/north:page-name

I have added links to this page on page1 and page2.
You will see I used this format:

[[[north:Page Name]]]

• I want to write the new name like this: north:Page Name 2
• The page will be renamed to north:page-name-2
• To fix the links the system would use north:Page Name 2

I find this natural.
You haven't restructured any wiki to know the amount of work there is just to fix links. It isn't any fun. And I'm not talking about using links that have a display value here. The links are already on the pages, and I won't go through hundreds of pages to change that.

I think I'll look into the wikidot API. Maybe I could write something to help me deal with this better. The wikidot API lacks. I'm far better off writing an User Script (JS) and using the JS functionality provided for the actual web interface. This is actually a great idea. Still, making it work better by default would be nice.

Thanks for the links and the explanation - much easier to understand what the issue is now!

The links are already on the pages, and I won't go through hundreds of pages to change that.

The wikidot API lacks.

The API can do this. You say that the API "lacks" … what do you mean by that? I'm pretty sure I can find a way to do whatever you want to do with it ;-)

I'm far better off writing an User Script (JS) and using the JS functionality provided for the actual web interface. This is actually a great idea.

I'm pretty sure what you are suggesting is against the Terms of Service.

Still, making it work better by default would be nice.

Agreed.

But you can solve your issues now easily enough. Now that I understand your problem, I am confident that the API can fix it for you.

I can write a program that will look at all of your pages, and any links that use the [[[pagename]]] syntax can be automatically converted to [[[pagename|Page Title]]].

You can even mass-move pages into a different category (pages are always in a category - the main one is the _default category, which is where your start/homepage is usually located. The _default part doesn't appear in the URL in that case.

Thanks leiger. I think I'll write a program to use the API to fix this.

What I was thinking isn't anything automated. It's a one time thing. But I think I'll stick to using the API. It's easier than writing the UserScript.

don't know why you hang on to the thought that unix names must be changed.

I am merely pointing out what Wikidot actually does and why it does it. That you want it to do something else is fine and is why you have posted this wish.

But I am not going to comment any further on this,(unless other ill-informed comments are made like "You haven't restructured any wiki to know the amount of work there is just to fix links").

I didn't want to imply anything. I'm sorry I got carried away.

Still, I expect constructive criticism. You'll see I've changed my example and I haven't used any unix names nor a different display value.