Fixed #17638 -- Added crosslinks between topic and reference guides.

Thanks oinopion for the suggestion and jarus for the initial patch.

11 files changed, 42 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
index 6aae0b0847..fa4288a035 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Built-in Class-based views API
 ==============================
 
-Class-based views API reference. For introductory material, see
-:doc:`/topics/class-based-views/index`.
+Class-based views API reference. For introductory material, see the
+:doc:`/topics/class-based-views/index` topic guide.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt b/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt
index 449e7bf33a..f613b87201 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-====================
+=================
 Formset Functions
-====================
+=================
+
+Formset API reference. For introductory material about formsets, see the
+:doc:`/topics/forms/formsets` topic guide.
 
 .. module:: django.forms.formsets
    :synopsis: Django's functions for building formsets.
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/index.txt b/docs/ref/forms/index.txt
index e6edc88ca1..618c705b92 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/index.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 Forms
 =====
 
-Detailed form API reference. For introductory material, see :doc:`/topics/forms/index`.
+Detailed form API reference. For introductory material, see the
+:doc:`/topics/forms/index` topic guide.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/models.txt b/docs/ref/forms/models.txt
index 99ff9911f1..259dce79f4 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/models.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/models.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Model Form Functions
 ====================
 
+Model Form API reference. For introductory material about model forms, see the
+:doc:`/topics/forms/modelforms` topic guide.
+
 .. module:: django.forms.models
    :synopsis: Django's functions for building model forms and formsets.
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt b/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt
index c55ad0afb8..2c5c1bb980 100644
--- a/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ output incorrect code.
 All of the core Django operations are available from the
 ``django.db.migrations.operations`` module.
 
+For introductory material, see the :doc:`migrations topic guide
+</topics/migrations>`.
+
 Schema Operations
 =================
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index aa246125cc..6f2cfefb4b 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Core settings
 
 Here's a list of settings available in Django core and their default values.
 Settings provided by contrib apps are listed below, followed by a topical index
-of the core settings.
+of the core settings. For introductory material, see the :doc:`settings topic
+guide </topics/settings>`.
 
 .. setting:: ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/index.txt b/docs/ref/templates/index.txt
index 0aa4798a94..0e70b7326f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/index.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Templates
 Django's template engine provides a powerful mini-language for defining the
 user-facing layer of your application, encouraging a clean separation of
 application and presentation logic. Templates can be maintained by anyone with
-an understanding of HTML; no knowledge of Python is required.
+an understanding of HTML; no knowledge of Python is required. For introductory
+material, see :doc:`/topics/templates` topic guide.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
diff --git a/docs/topics/db/models.txt b/docs/topics/db/models.txt
index c19893f536..a134a94073 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/models.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/models.txt
@@ -1374,3 +1374,9 @@ different database tables).
 
 Django will raise a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.FieldError` if you override
 any model field in any ancestor model.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :doc:`The Models Reference </ref/models/index>`
+        Covers all the model related APIs including model fields, related
+        objects, and ``QuerySet``.
diff --git a/docs/topics/migrations.txt b/docs/topics/migrations.txt
index ce30e0b477..65ae6ac0da 100644
--- a/docs/topics/migrations.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/migrations.txt
@@ -667,3 +667,9 @@ your Django migrations in the ``migrations`` directory.
 
 More information is available in the
 `South 1.0 release notes <http://south.readthedocs.org/en/latest/releasenotes/1.0.html#library-migration-path>`_.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :doc:`The Migrations Operations Reference </ref/migration-operations>`
+        Covers the schema operations API, special operations, and writing your
+        own operations.
diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.txt b/docs/topics/settings.txt
index 2024d88a0f..edec6c5ad5 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.txt
@@ -267,3 +267,8 @@ It boils down to this: Use exactly one of either ``configure()`` or
 ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE``. Not both, and not neither.
 
 .. _@login_required: ../authentication/#the-login-required-decorator
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :doc:`The Settings Reference </ref/settings>`
+        Contains the complete list of core and contrib app settings.
diff --git a/docs/topics/templates.txt b/docs/topics/templates.txt
index bd59c1a33e..083c0c9a10 100644
--- a/docs/topics/templates.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/templates.txt
@@ -693,3 +693,9 @@ access to the humanize template tags and filters. The child template is
 responsible for its own ``{% load humanize %}``.
 
 This is a feature for the sake of maintainability and sanity.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    :doc:`The Templates Reference </ref/templates/index>`
+        Covers built-in tags, built-in filters, using an alternative template,
+        language, and more.