Preparing To Live God’s Purpose
Are you tired of the status quo? Are you looking for something more exciting than a 9-5 job? Do you feel like your life is going in the wrong direction, or that God has something else in mind?
If so, then preparing to live God’s purpose may be just what you need! In this post, we explore how to prepare for a big change by focusing on God's word and taking practical steps.
Introduce a piece of helpful content posted on an external site. The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button is often used for this.
Add a reference to the full text of an article. This will add an entry to the "References" section of your blog, with a link to the article.
The following example shows how you can use both these methods in one post:
Example of external reference with an inline citation:
1.<nowiki>http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2013/09/03/the-next-billion-entrepreneurs-are-coming-from-china/#5cab3f9e4ca4</nowiki>
2.<nowiki>http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/13/googles-darren benton-amazon/#aacb64a8ad0b</nowiki>
<strong>References:</strong>
1. <nowiki>http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2013/09/03/the-next-billion-entrepreneurs-are-coming-from-china/#5cab3f9e4ca4</nowiki>
2. <nowiki>http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/13/googles-darren benton-amazon/#aacb64a8ad0b</nowiki>
The following example shows how you can include a reference to an external site that does not have a free full text version available:
1.<nowiki>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20266875</nowiki>
<strong>References:</strong><ref name="BBC News Business">
1. <nowiki>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20266875</nowiki>
2. <ref name="BBC News Business">
When it comes to sources, you need to preserve the context of your source material and place it in a way that is relevant to your article without sounding too obvious or clumsy when you reference it later on.
USEFUL:
Example of using external links to make a point that is of more relevance to the reader:
1.<nowiki>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/29/facebook-security-hack-breach</nowiki>
2.<nowiki>http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-security-problems-error-message--privacy--preferences--settings--july2013</nowiki>
<strong>References:</strong><ref name="Social Media Seeding">
1. <nowiki>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/29/facebook-security-hack-breach</nowiki>
2. <nowiki>http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-security-problems-error-message--privacy--preferences--settings--july2013</nowiki>
USEFUL:
Example of a more subtle and ambiguous use of external links:
1.<nowiki>http://www.satokage.com/?p=2</nowiki>
2.<nowiki>http://yuuhikari17.blog39.fc2.com/?no=13</nowiki>
<strong>References:</strong><ref name="personal">
1. <nowiki>http://www.satokage.com/?p=2</nowiki>
2. <nowiki>http://yuuhikari17.blog39.fc2.com/?no=13</nowiki>
USEFUL:
Example of using external links to provide interesting or useful information that helps support the point you are making:
1.<nowiki>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/bill-gates-billionaire-richest_n_3243308.html</nowiki>
2.<nowiki>http://www.tuaw.
Conclusion:
This is the first post in a series that develops this example, looking at how to introduce an external link and then how to use external links effectively.
In the next post we look at how to create an entry in your "References" section as well as examples of useful external links.
Other posts in this series are: External Links – References (Part 2) and External Links – Useful Content (Part 3 ).
Introduction: Linking is used for several reasons.