User:Ccsmith/sandbox/tabs2

RecordSearch is a template
It is used whenever you want to create a link to a specific collection, book, etc in the Family History Library.
 * It consists of three parameters.
 * Collection number
 * Name of Collection
 * To browse the collection

Linking to a specific collection

 * Enter the template coding in the usual manner with curly brackets, being sure to type "RecordSearch" this way:
 * Enter the record number or file number in "record number" after the pipe.
 * For example:


 * This is how the template looks on the page:
 * Notice the little box with the arrow at the top right hand corner at the end of the link which shows it being an external link.
 * notice there is only one parameter "record #"
 * Click on the link and it will take you to the collection.

Linking to a specific collection with a name
or:
 * When you see this link with just the one parameter, it has no name so you will not know what the collection is about.
 * Here is where the second parameter comes in to play.
 * After the collection number, enter another pipe and copy and paste the collection name.
 * For example:
 * You can enter the template on one line or as shown above.
 * This is how the template looks on the page:

Browsing

 * When you click on the above link, you go to the entire collection. Then you need to enter the name you are looking for in the search boxes.
 * If you would like to see all the records in the collection, you add the next parameter "access=browse"
 * For example:

or: The links on the browse page will eventually lead you to be able to see the actual image of the record so you can see if other details are present that the indexer did not see or was not allow to enter. Often times, additional information might be in the record but there was no place to enter it during indexing.