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__INDEX__
 
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'''This website can be edited within Madagascar only. If you would like editing permission from elsewhere, you need an invitation from an administrator of the site.'''
  
 
== Text editing ==
 
== Text editing ==
  
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The most basic text editing features, such as boldface, italics and links can be formatted with help of the buttons above the edit box. Alternatively, the syntax is simple. For bold text, enclose the word(s) within three single quotes:
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The most basic text editing features, such as boldface, italics and links can be formatted with help of the buttons above the edit box. Alternatively, the syntax is simple. For '''bold text''', enclose the word(s) within three single quotes:
  
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<nowiki>'''</nowiki>'''bold text'''<nowiki>'''</nowiki>
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<nowiki>'''bold text'''</nowiki>
  
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For italic, enclose the text with two single quotes:
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For ''italic text'', enclose the text with two single quotes:
  
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<nowiki>''</nowiki>''italic text''<nowiki>''</nowiki>
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<nowiki>''italic text''</nowiki>
  
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To link a text to another page within the wiki, enclose the word in square double brackets:
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To link a text to another page within the wiki, enclose the word in double square brackets:
  
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<nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[Anakao]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[Anakao]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki>
  
 
The link will thereafter point to [[Anakao|http://www.madacamp.com/Anakao]]
 
The link will thereafter point to [[Anakao|http://www.madacamp.com/Anakao]]
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To link to a page on another website, enclose the link location within single square brackets and the linked word(s) after the URL:
 
To link to a page on another website, enclose the link location within single square brackets and the linked word(s) after the URL:
  
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<nowiki>[http://www.example.com exampe]</nowiki>
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<nowiki>[http://pinterest.com/madacamp MadaCamp Pinterest board]</nowiki>
  
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This will result in [http://www.example.com exampe]
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This will appear as:
  
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Alternatively, typing out the full URL without the brackets: ...
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[http://pinterest.com/madacamp MadaCamp Pinterest board]
  
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<nowiki>http://www.example.com</nowiki>
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Alternatively, type a full URL without the brackets, e.g.:
  
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... will result in the link appearing as follows:
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<nowiki>http://pinterest.com/madacamp</nowiki>
  
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http://www.example.com
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... to display the link as follows:
  
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To make a listing, simply prefix the list items with asterixes: ...
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http://pinterest.com/madacamp
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To make a listing, prefix the list items with asterixes: ...
  
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<pre><nowiki>
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* item 3
 
* item 3
  
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Nested lists can be made as follows: ...
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Nested lists are done as follows: ...
  
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<pre><nowiki>
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</nowiki></pre>
 
</nowiki></pre>
  
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... which will appear as follows:
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... which will appear as:
  
 
* item 1  
 
* item 1  
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etc.
 
etc.
  
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Some HTML tags are permitted in wikitext. The vast of fancy formatting seen on wiki sites is acheived using these limited tags (e.g. tables with CSS styles). See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext HTML tags in wikitext]
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== Image links ==
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To link to a page from an image instead of an image leading to larger version of the file shown on a page, add the link parameter to the image markup, eg.:
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[[Image:Big_fish.jpg|200px|link=Big_fish]]
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[[Image:Madagascar_Coffee_001.jpg|200px|link=Madagascar_Coffee]]
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<pre>[[Image:Big_fish.jpg|200px|link=Big_fish]]
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[[Image:Madagascar_Coffee_001.jpg|200px|link=Madagascar_Coffee]]
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</pre>
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== Link to an image or other file ==
  
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Some HTML tags are permitted in wikitext. The vast majority of fancy formatting seen on wiki sites is acheived using these limited tags (e.g. tables with CSS styles). See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext HTML tags in wikitext]
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To link directly to an image or some other file that has previously been uploaded on this site use the <code>media:</code> prefix. For example: ...
  
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== Image links ==
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<nowiki>[[media:Big_fish.jpg]]</nowiki>
  
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To make an image link to a page instead of leading to the larger version of the same image which is clicked on, add the link parameter to the image markup, eg.:
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... will appear as [[media:Big_fish.jpg]]
  
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[[Image:Big_fish.jpg|100px|link=Big_fish]]
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Or to use other link word(s) than the filename, separate the file part and the linked word(s) with a vertical bar <code>(<span style="color:#ff0000;"> | </span>)</code>, as follows:
  
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<pre>[[Image:Big_fish.jpg|100px|link=Big_fish]]</pre>
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[[media:Big_fish.jpg<span style="color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">|</span>how to wear a fish]]
  
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The link will then appear as [[media:Big_fish.jpg|how to wear a fish]]
  
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== Display email address  ==
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== Displaying an email address  ==
  
 
The following code:
 
The following code:
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[mailto:hello@madacamp.com hello@madacamp.com]
 
[mailto:hello@madacamp.com hello@madacamp.com]
  
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== Skype button ==
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== Maps ==
  
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To display a Skype button that will launch Skype and call or start a chat to a specified Skype address as well as indicate its online or offline status, first configure your Skype application to allow its status be shown online (if it has not already been configured as such). This is done within the Skype application section <b>Tools->Options->Privacy</b>. Tick the checkbox ''Allow my status to be shown on the web'':
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<div style="max-width:600px;">
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{{#display_map:
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-15.214232, 50.076107~[[Hotel Fitiavana]]~~;
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|type=satellite
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|service=google
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|width=auto
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|height=400
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|zoom=18
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|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale
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|searchmarkers=al|
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|copycoords=yes
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}}
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</div>
  
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<!--[[File:Skype_configuration.jpg]]-->
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<pre><nowiki><div style="max-width:600px;">
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{{#display_map:
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-15.214232, 50.076107~[[Hotel Fitiavana]]~~;
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|type=satellite
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|service=google
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|width=auto
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|height=400
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|zoom=18
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|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale
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|copycoords=yes
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}}
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</div></nowiki></pre>
  
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The following example will create a button for which a call can be made when clicked on:
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More at [[Maps]].
  
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<pre><nowiki><skype style="bigclassic" action="call">YourSkypeName</skype></nowiki></pre>
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== Replace text example ==
  
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<skype style="bigclassic" action="call">madacamp</skype>
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Use http://www.madacamp.com/Special:ReplaceText
  
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The available styles are: balloon, bigclassic, smallclassic, smallicon, mediumicon
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Replace:
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<nowiki><googlemap version="0.9" (.*)></nowiki>
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with:
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<nowiki><googlemap version="0.9" $1 style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"></nowiki>
  
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See examples at http://www.skype.com/intl/en/share/buttons/status.html
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Select 'Use regular expressions' and namespaces 'Main'.
  
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The available actions are: add, chat or call
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Pages which already contain the string will thereafter have duplicate style declarations:
  
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== '''Google maps''' ==
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style="width:100%;max-width:600px;" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"
  
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To create new or edit existing Google maps on pages, click on the map button http://www.madacamp.com/extensions/GoogleMaps/images/button_map_open.gif above the edit box.
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Thereafter replace instances of:
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style="width:100%;max-width:600px;" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"
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with:
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style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"
  
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Find the region to display, set the various size and display options and thereafter copy the resulting &lt;googlemap>...&lt;googlemap> code into the edit box and save the page.
 
  
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Various display options include satellite view, map view, adding of place markers, drawing lines etc.
 
  
 
<!--''Additional information:'' -->
 
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== Adding RSS news feeds to pages ==
 
== Adding RSS news feeds to pages ==
  
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RSS means Really Simple Syndication. It's a standard code format for feeding various news reader applications (including web browsers) with news summaries and corresponding links to articles. For example, do a Google news search at [http://news.google.com http://news.google.com] for any given keyword or phrase. Thereafter scroll to the bottom of the page and find the RSS symbol [[File:RSS_icon.png|14px]]. Follow the link to the URL of the raw RSS feed.
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows importing summaries and corresponding links to news articles. For example, a Google [https://news.google.com news search] for any keyword or phrase can be imported. HOwever, Google does not include RSS feed URLs directly on their search result pages but it's not complicated to piece together the relevant feed URLs. For example, a search for the phrase "madagascar lemurs" can be included on a page as follows:
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<pre><rss template="Google-feed" filterout="movie penguins">https://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22madagascar+lemurs%22&cf=all&output=rss</rss></pre>
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The output of this news search for the phrase ''madagascar lemurs'', filtering out results with the terms ''penguins'' and ''movie'', becomes:
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<rss template="Google-feed" filterout="movie penguins deprecated">https://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22madagascar+lemurs%22&cf=all&output=rss</rss>
  
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The web browser may automatically display the news items of the raw RSS feed in a tidy HTML format as well as offer to add the newsfeed to a browser's [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks.html Live Bookmarks] and various social bookmarking applications, such as Google Reader, My Yahoo, Bloglines etc. Alternatively, the browser may display the raw RSS feed in XML source code. Either way, copy the location of the page (URL) and place it within the &lt;rss>...&lt;/rss> tags, like the following example:
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Other non-Google RSS feeds may include a feed icon [[File:RSS_icon.png|14px]] to indicate the whereabouts of RSS feeds.
  
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<pre><rss>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22madagascar+lemurs%22&cf=all&output=rss|short|date|max=20</rss></pre>
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For additional usage and customisation of the output, see: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS
  
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The output of this, which is a news search for the phrase ''madagascar lemurs'', becomes:
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== Uploading images  ==
  
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<rss>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22madagascar+lemurs%22&cf=all&output=rss|short|date|max=20</rss>
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To add your own images, first [[Special:Userlogin| sign up]] and thereafter click on the [[Special:Upload|Upload file]] link in the toolbox on the left, which allows uploading a single image at the time. Note that the link does not appear to site visitors who are not logged in.
  
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'''Note:''' Not only [http://news.google.com Google News] offer RSS feeds but many major as well as niche portals do. Wherever you see the familiar RSS button, it should be for a compatible news feed that can be displayed on any page as described above. For additional usage and customisation of the output of news items on a page, see: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS#Usage
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You can repeat the procedure for more than one image or chose to upload multiple images via the [[Special:MultipleUpload|Upload multiple files]] function which allows uploading up to five images at the time.
  
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== Images ==
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== Image size ==
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A recommended image size for this site is minumim 1500 pixels height or width.
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Many digital cameras produce images with a 4:3 aspect ratio and which are usually larger than 1500 pixels in width or height.
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Images which has a 4:3 aspect ratio will automatically fit into the [[#Image_gallery|standard image gallery]].
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When scaling a 4:3 aspect ratio image from some larger size down to 1500 pixels width it becomes 1125 pixels in height. In case of a taller than wide image, i.e. in portrait format, it becomes 1125 width and 1500 pixels in height.
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Example of an 4:3 aspect ratio, 1500 pixels wide and 1125 pixels tall image: [[media:Diego_Suarez_150.jpg|Diego_Suarez_150.jpg]].
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However, many cameras output different aspect ratios and size settings.  Depending on your internet connection speed, size and number of images, you may prefer to scale your images down before uploading them onto this site.
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A free graphics application to scale images down is [http://www.gimp.org The Gimp]. <!--Alternatively, try the Pixlr online photo editor at http://pixlr.com/editor/-->
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Or to avoid using a graphic application altogether, just upload your images in their original sizes and dimensions as they come from the camera.
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== Uploading more images via FTP ==
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Log in by shell, su root and set the environment variable to:
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SERVER_NAME=www.madacamp.com<br>
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export SERVER_NAME
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php importImages.php /tmp/import_images --user=CampMaster --comment="MadaCamp photos"
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For more help, type php importImages.php --help
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== Displaying images ==
  
 
[[Image:Nahampoana_Main_Building.jpg|left|70px|]] Align an image to the left of the text...
 
[[Image:Nahampoana_Main_Building.jpg|left|70px|]] Align an image to the left of the text...
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<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Image:Ilakaka 001.jpg
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Ilakaka 001.jpg
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Image:Ilakaka 002.jpg
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Ilakaka 002.jpg|link=Ilakaka|Image links to a page
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Image:Ilakaka 003.jpg
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Ilakaka 003.jpg
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Image:Ilakaka 004.jpg|[[Help:Contents/Links|Links]] can be put in captions.
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Ilakaka 004.jpg|[[Help:Contents/Links|Links]] can be put in captions.
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Image:Ilakaka 005.jpg
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Ilakaka 005.jpg
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Image:Ilakaka 006.jpg|Full [[MediaWiki]]<br />[[syntax]] may now be used...
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Ilakaka 006.jpg|Full [[MediaWiki]]<br />[[syntax]] may be used...
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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The code example of the above gallery is shown below:
 
The code example of the above gallery is shown below:
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<pre><nowiki>
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Ilakaka 001.jpg
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Image:Ilakaka 002.jpg
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Ilakaka 003.jpg
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Image:Ilakaka 004.jpg|[[Help:Contents/Links|Links]] can be put in captions.
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Ilakaka 004.jpg|[[Help:Contents/Links|Links]] can be put in captions.
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Ilakaka 005.jpg
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Image:Ilakaka 006.jpg|Full [[MediaWiki]]<br />[[syntax]] may now be used...
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Ilakaka 006.jpg|Full [[MediaWiki]]<br />[[syntax]] may now be used...
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</nowiki></pre>
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<nowiki><gallery></nowiki> parameters:
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caption="Caption above gallery"
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widths=''n'' - image widths in pixels
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heights=''n'' - image heights in pixels
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perrow=''n'' - number of images per row
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mode=''n'' - can be used with the following paramenters:
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* traditional - the default gallery display
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* nolines - like traditional but without border lines.
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* packed - all images will have the same height but different widths, with minimal space between images. The rows will organise themselves according to the screen width.
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* packed-overlay - shows captions on the image in a semi-transparent white overlay.
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* packed-hover - similar to packed-overlay but with the caption and box showing on hover.
  
 
== Wide images ==
 
== Wide images ==
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<pre><nowiki>{{wide image|Bezavona_pano2.jpg|1800px|Fort Dauphin panorama|250px|right}}</nowiki></pre>
 
<pre><nowiki>{{wide image|Bezavona_pano2.jpg|1800px|Fort Dauphin panorama|250px|right}}</nowiki></pre>
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== Random image display ==
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'''A random image can be displayed along with various optional parameters, such as size, left or right aligned and a pre-defined array of named images to limit the selection from.'''
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<randomimage float="left" />
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This code can be used to display a random image from the complete repository of images on the site:<br>
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<span style="background:#f6f6f6;"><nowiki><randomimage float="left" /></nowiki></span><br>
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An caption will automatically be pulled from the image descripion page if one exists or if added when the image was originally uploaded on the site.
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<br clear="all">
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<randomimage float="left">Random image</randomimage>
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This example code can be used to display a random image with a pre-defined caption, eg. 'A random image', for all images:<br>
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<span style="background:#f6f6f6;"><nowiki><randomimage float="left">A random image</randomimage></nowiki></span>
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<br clear="all">
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* size - set the image width (default is the user's thumbnail width).
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* float - float the image; valid values are 'left', 'center' and 'right'.
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* choices - limits the image selection to a list of images separated by a vertical bar. For example:
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<randomimage size="150" float="left" choices="Chocolaterie_Robert_024.jpg|Chocolaterie_Colbert_01.jpg|Cinagra_066.jpg" />
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This example is a 150 pixels width image, aligned to the left and with a pre-defined array of named images to choose from:<br>
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<span style="background:#f6f6f6;"><nowiki><randomimage size="150" float="left" choices="Chocolaterie_Robert_024.jpg|Chocolaterie_Colbert_01.jpg|Cinagra_066.jpg" /></nowiki></span>
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<br clear="all">
  
 
== Table of Contents ==
 
== Table of Contents ==
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== YouTube and Google videos ==
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== Displaying YouTube videos ==
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To display a video from YouTube on this site, extract and copy the relevant video ID that is part of a YouTube URL, e.g.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OKs7qpJvRI&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<font color="#bd0000">vDYzsT3d06I</font>&feature=related] and place in the edit form as follows:
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<nowiki><HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">vDYzsT3d06I</HTML5video></nowiki>
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<HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">vDYzsT3d06I</HTML5video>
  
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To embed a video from YouTube onto this wiki, simply copy the video ID from a YouTube URL, e.g.
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The ''width'' and ''height'' parameters are optional.
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OKs7qpJvRI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<font color="#bd0000">FChpJY59iD8</font>&feature=related] and paste the relevant bit into the edit form as follows:
 
  
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<pre><nowiki><youtube>_OKs7qpJvRI</youtube></nowiki></pre>
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<HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">caODxMEUq1w</HTML5video>
  
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<youtube>_OKs7qpJvRI</youtube>
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== Uploading videos MadaCamp ==
  
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To add a Google video on a page retrieve the ID by clicking the '''Embed video''' link next to the video screen or extract the ID from the URL if one is part of it. For example:
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To upload a video on MadaCamp, firstly make the video available in three formats: .mp4, .ogg and .webm. This can easily be done via an online video conversion tool such as [https://cloudconvert.com cloudconvert.com]. Thereafter save the three versions on your system before uploading them with identical fileames but with the different file extensions, e.g.:
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[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7281432690466273651&hl=en http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=<font color="#ff0000">7281432690466273651</font>&hl=en]
 
  
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Dragonfile.mp4
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<pre><nowiki><googlevideo>7281432690466273651</googlevideo></nowiki></pre>
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Dragonfile.ogg
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Dragonfile.webm
  
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<googlevideo>7281432690466273651</googlevideo>
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Thereafter include the video on the page without the file suffix:
  
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<nowiki><HTML5video width="520" height="320" autoplay="true" loop="true">Dragonfly</HTML5video></nowiki>
  
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== Editing and adding Flash videos ==
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Different browsers will automatically select the suitable format for their individual systems.
  
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While Google and YouTube offers an easy conversion process from an original video file format to FLV (streaming Flash video) by simply uploading videos on their portals and thereafter embedding them on any page of this site, Google or YouTube videos will automatically display links to other and usually irellevant videos at the end of the stream, often in combination wtih advertising. To avoid such irellavant content from being appended to your video, upload your video directly on MadaCamp instead. But first you need to know how to convert the video into FLV (Flash video) format.
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<HTML5video width="520" height="320" autoplay="true" loop="true">Dragonfly</HTML5video>
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<!--Bug: Thumbs does not show up on Ipad, which affects autoplay="false" mode. https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=2285855 -->
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== Editing and publishing videos ==
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While a quick and easy way to publish a video is by uploading it into a YouTube account and thereafter including it on a page, videos can also be uploaded directly on MadaCamp after having converted it into FLV format. Your original may be an Mpeg, AVI, Quicktime or some other format. The conversion into FLV format can then be done using a video editor such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux Avidemux], which is available for free download on all operating systems:
  
 
[[File:Avidemux.jpg|600px]]
 
[[File:Avidemux.jpg|600px]]
  
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If your video has been shot with a digital camera, it is most likely not in the necessary FLV format to begin with. Your original may be Mpeg, AVI, Quicktime or some other standard format. The conversion to FLV can be done using an advanced video editor, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux Avidemux]. Avidemux is a video editor available for free download on all operating system. Using Avidemux, open the video file, select FLV format via the ''Video'', ''Audio'' and ''Format'' selectors. Optionally add filters. Give the new video file an .flv extension and ''Save Video''. Thereafter upload the newly created FLV file and add it onto a page, as follows:
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Within Avidemux, open the video file, select FLV format via the ''Video'', ''Audio'' and ''Format'' selectors. Optionally add filters. Give the file an '''.flv''' extension and ''Save Video''. Thereafter upload the FLV file onto this site and simply add it on a page, as follows:
  
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<nowiki>[[File:Video.flv]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki>[[File:Video.flv]]</nowiki>
  
 
The size and aspect ratio can be tweaked like a normal on-page image by defining the pixel display values, as follows:
 
The size and aspect ratio can be tweaked like a normal on-page image by defining the pixel display values, as follows:
  
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<nowiki>[[File:Video.flv|300x375px]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki>[[File:Video.flv|300x375px]]</nowiki>
  
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Alternatively, [http://ffmpeg.org FFmpeg] is an n excellent and free video editing tool, but which requires command line editing. This is usually only done by Linux and OSX Mac expert users.
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Alternatively, [http://ffmpeg.org FFmpeg] is an excellent and free video editing tool, but requires command line editing, which is mainly done on Linux and OSX systems.
  
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For Windows users, an easy-to-use FLV creation tool is the [http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm Mobile Media Converter]. While Mobile Media Converter lacks advanced video editing features, its simplicity makes the conversion process very easy for beginners.
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For Windows users, a simple FLV conversion tool is [http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm Mobile Media Converter]. While Mobile Media Converter lack various advanced editing features that exists in Avidemux, if all you need is to convert a video into FLV format without special editing, Mobile Media Converter is a perfectly good tool for the purpose. Various pre-configured size, bandwidth and quality level options are available in the conversion process.
  
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[[File:Chocolaterie_Robert_320x240_low.flv|320x240px]]
 
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This 13-minute video about [[Chocolaterie Robert]]'s bean-to-bar chocolate production in Madagascar (in French) has been converted from Quicktime into FLV format using the Mobile Media Converter and thereafter uploading the video and displaying it by the following markup:<br>
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Click the screen on the left to see an example of a video that has been converted from a Quicktime (.mov) file into FLV format using ''Mobile Media Converter'' and thereafter uploaded and displayed here via the following code:<br>
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<div style="border:1px dashed #296dad; background: #fffbff; padding:10px; display:table;margin-bottom:8px;">
 
<nowiki>[[File:Chocolaterie_Robert_320x240_low.flv|320x240px]]</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>[[File:Chocolaterie_Robert_320x240_low.flv|320x240px]]</nowiki>
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''The video is 13 minutes and features [[Chocolaterie Robert]]'s bean-to-bar chocolate production in Madagascar, in French language.''
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For tips a tricks on editing video in Windows or Mac OSX or using various cloud based (online) tools, watch BBC's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9484842.stm The essential guide to video editing] webcast from 13 May 2011.
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Note: Language switches are currently deactivated.
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To add language switches for French and Malagasy versions to appear in the left column of any content page is simple. For example, the following code was added in the edit box of the page [[Lemur|http://madacamp.com/Lemur]]:
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<nowiki>[[fr:Lémurien]]</nowiki>
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The Français and Malagasy link therefore appears on the English version of the page, which lead to [http://fr.madacamp.com/Lémurien http://fr.madacamp.com/Lémurien] and [http://mg.madacamp.com/Maki http://mg.madacamp.com/Maki] respectively
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On the French page, adding links to the English and Malagasy versions is done by:
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<nowiki>[[mg:Maki]]</nowiki>
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<nowiki>[[en:Big_island]]</nowiki><br>
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== Further manuals ==
 
== Further manuals ==

Revision as of 03:31, 20 April 2024


This website can be edited within Madagascar only. If you would like editing permission from elsewhere, you need an invitation from an administrator of the site.

Text editing

The most basic text editing features, such as boldface, italics and links can be formatted with help of the buttons above the edit box. Alternatively, the syntax is simple. For bold text, enclose the word(s) within three single quotes: 

'''bold text'''

For italic text, enclose the text with two single quotes: 

''italic text''

To link a text to another page within the wiki, enclose the word in double square brackets: 

[[Anakao]]

The link will thereafter point to http://www.madacamp.com/Anakao

To link to a page on another website, enclose the link location within single square brackets and the linked word(s) after the URL: 

[http://pinterest.com/madacamp MadaCamp Pinterest board]

This will appear as:

MadaCamp Pinterest board

Alternatively, type a full URL without the brackets, e.g.: 

http://pinterest.com/madacamp

... to display the link as follows:

http://pinterest.com/madacamp

To make a listing, prefix the list items with asterixes: ... 

* item 1 
* item 2
* item 3

... which will appear as follows:

  • item 1
  • item 2
  • item 3

Nested lists are done as follows: ... 

* item 1 
* item 2
** item 2.2
*** item 2.3
* item 3

... which will appear as:

  • item 1
  • item 2
    • item 2.2
      • item 2.3
  • item 3

etc.


Image links

To link to a page from an image instead of an image leading to larger version of the file shown on a page, add the link parameter to the image markup, eg.:

Big fish.jpg Madagascar Coffee 001.jpg 

[[Image:Big_fish.jpg|200px|link=Big_fish]]
[[Image:Madagascar_Coffee_001.jpg|200px|link=Madagascar_Coffee]]

Link to an image or other file

To link directly to an image or some other file that has previously been uploaded on this site use the media: prefix. For example: ... 

[[media:Big_fish.jpg]]

... will appear as media:Big_fish.jpg

Or to use other link word(s) than the filename, separate the file part and the linked word(s) with a vertical bar ( | ), as follows: 

[[media:Big_fish.jpg|how to wear a fish]]

The link will then appear as how to wear a fish

Displaying an email address

The following code:

[mailto:hello@madacamp.com hello@madacamp.com]

... will display as:

hello@madacamp.com

Maps

Loading map...
<div style="max-width:600px;">
{{#display_map:
-15.214232, 50.076107~[[Hotel Fitiavana]]~~;
|type=satellite
|service=google
|width=auto
|height=400
|zoom=18
|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale
|copycoords=yes
}}
</div>

More at Maps.

Replace text example

Use http://www.madacamp.com/Special:ReplaceText

Replace: 

<googlemap version="0.9" (.*)>

with: 

<googlemap version="0.9" $1 style="width:100%;max-width:600px;">

Select 'Use regular expressions' and namespaces 'Main'.

Pages which already contain the string will thereafter have duplicate style declarations: 

style="width:100%;max-width:600px;" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"

Thereafter replace instances of: 

style="width:100%;max-width:600px;" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"

with: 

style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"



Adding RSS news feeds to pages

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows importing summaries and corresponding links to news articles. For example, a Google news search for any keyword or phrase can be imported. HOwever, Google does not include RSS feed URLs directly on their search result pages but it's not complicated to piece together the relevant feed URLs. For example, a search for the phrase "madagascar lemurs" can be included on a page as follows: 

<rss template="Google-feed" filterout="movie penguins">https://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22madagascar+lemurs%22&cf=all&output=rss</rss>

The output of this news search for the phrase madagascar lemurs, filtering out results with the terms penguins and movie, becomes:

Madagascar lemurs, tortoises seized in Thai bust reveal reach of wildlife trafficking - Mongabay.com
28-Jun-2024 07:00
U of G Researchers Helping to Protect Lemurs, World’s Most Endangered Animals - University of Guelph News
07-Nov-2024 08:00
Dwarf bush baby | primate - Britannica
05-Nov-2024 08:00
Distinguished Evolutionary Biologist Anne Yoder to Deliver Annual Biodiversity Day Lecture - Vanderbilt University
12-Sep-2024 07:00
9 Largest Islands in the World - History | HowStuffWorks
22-Jul-2024 07:00
Hope for Madagascar and its lemurs - IUCN
21-Feb-2019 08:00
Can Firebreaks Help Save Madagascar’s Lemurs? - Forbes
23-Jul-2023 07:00
In Madagascar, Endangered Lemurs Find a Private Refuge (Published 2020) - The New York Times
27-Oct-2020 07:00
Perspective | Madagascar’s lemurs face a grim future because of human activity. A solution? Planting trees. - The Washington Post
04-Jan-2020 08:00
Notes from the field: Protecting Panama’s waters, conserving Malagasy lemurs and more - Conservation International
15-Jul-2021 07:00
How illegal mining is threatening imperiled lemurs - National Geographic
19-Dec-2017 08:00
The Lure of Lemurs - Virginia Living
14-Feb-2020 08:00
Madagascar's lemurs close to extinction after population crash - New Scientist
28-Nov-2017 08:00
Madagascar’s ‘swamp lemurs’ have been documented for the first time - The Conversation
10-Jun-2016 07:00
Fossil lemurs from Egypt and Kenya suggest an African origin for Madagascar’s aye-aye - Nature.com
21-Aug-2018 07:00
Beyond the myths: Anthropologist Alison Richard on Madagascar's environmental realities and future - Mongabay.com
03-Jan-2024 08:00
Almost a third of lemurs now Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List - IUCN
10-Jul-2020 07:00
Cacao plantations: Home sweet home for Madagascar’s lemurs? - Conservation International
21-Dec-2017 08:00
Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection - Mongabay.com
31-Jul-2020 07:00
91% of Madagascar’s lemurs threatened with extinction - Mongabay.com
13-Jul-2012 07:00
Madagascar group aims to protect wildlife from stray cats & dogs - Mongabay.com
21-Nov-2023 08:00
Madagascar's lemurs cling to survival - BBC.com
25-Jun-2015 07:00
How lessons from past extinctions can help save Madagascar’s lemurs - The Conversation
23-May-2016 07:00
Conservation genomic analysis reveals ancient introgression and declining levels of genetic diversity in Madagascar’s hibernating dwarf lemurs - Nature.com
21-Aug-2019 07:00
Nearly All of Madagascar's Lemurs Critically Endangered - Newsweek
01-Aug-2018 07:00
Back from the brink: Lemurs of Madagascar - CNN
27-Aug-2015 07:00
Madagascar lemurs find refuge in private sanctuary - Phys.org
20-Oct-2016 07:00
Madagascar’s endangered lemurs are being killed during pandemic lockdowns - National Geographic
15-May-2014 07:00
Madagascar's lemurs use millipedes for their tummy troubles - Phys.org
30-Jul-2018 07:00
Lemurs, Tuberculosis and Spillover, Oh My! - American Lung Association
21-Feb-2023 08:00
Poachers threaten precious Madagascar forest and lemurs - Phys.org
22-Apr-2019 07:00
Lemurs Named World's Most Endangered Mammals - Livescience.com
13-Jul-2012 07:00


Other non-Google RSS feeds may include a feed icon RSS icon.png to indicate the whereabouts of RSS feeds.

For additional usage and customisation of the output, see: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS

Uploading images

To add your own images, first sign up and thereafter click on the Upload file link in the toolbox on the left, which allows uploading a single image at the time. Note that the link does not appear to site visitors who are not logged in.

You can repeat the procedure for more than one image or chose to upload multiple images via the Upload multiple files function which allows uploading up to five images at the time.

Image size

A recommended image size for this site is minumim 1500 pixels height or width.

Many digital cameras produce images with a 4:3 aspect ratio and which are usually larger than 1500 pixels in width or height.

Images which has a 4:3 aspect ratio will automatically fit into the standard image gallery.

When scaling a 4:3 aspect ratio image from some larger size down to 1500 pixels width it becomes 1125 pixels in height. In case of a taller than wide image, i.e. in portrait format, it becomes 1125 width and 1500 pixels in height.

Example of an 4:3 aspect ratio, 1500 pixels wide and 1125 pixels tall image: Diego_Suarez_150.jpg.

However, many cameras output different aspect ratios and size settings. Depending on your internet connection speed, size and number of images, you may prefer to scale your images down before uploading them onto this site.

A free graphics application to scale images down is The Gimp.

Or to avoid using a graphic application altogether, just upload your images in their original sizes and dimensions as they come from the camera.


Displaying images

Nahampoana Main Building.jpg
Align an image to the left of the text... 


[[Image:Nahampoana_Main_Building.jpg|left|70px|]]  Align an image to the left of the text...

<br clear="all">

For further info on image display, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_markup

Image gallery

To display a collection of images without captions in a standard size that wlll work well in conjuction with a Google map display on the same page and in the the size of 600 pixels width, copy the following wiki-markup and replace the image names with the images to be dislayed. This example will display one large image on top, spanning three colums with two rows of images below it: 

{| class="imageTable"
|-
|colspan="3" | [[File:Photo 001.jpg|600px]]
|-
|[[File:Photo 002.jpg|196px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Photo 003.jpg|196px]]
|align="right"|[[File:Photo 004.jpg|196px]]
|-
|[[File:Photo 005.jpg|196px]]
|align="center"|[[File:Photo 006.jpg|196px]]
|align="right"|[[File:Photo 007.jpg|196px]]
|}

Just add or remove rows as required. Example, as on the Tulear page:

Tulear 016.jpg
Tulear 010.jpg Tulear 005.jpg Tulear 006.jpg
Tulear 012.jpg Tulear 008.jpg Tulear 018.jpg

Thumbnail gallery

Using <gallery> ... </gallery> tags to display a thumbnail gallery with images which link to the larger versions of the uploaded images. This is useful for creating quick and easy thumbnail galleries with many images.

Images can also be individually captioned and wiki-markup can be used within captions.

The code example of the above gallery is shown below: 

<gallery>
Ilakaka 001.jpg
Ilakaka 002.jpg|link=Ilakaka|Image links to a page
Ilakaka 003.jpg
Ilakaka 004.jpg|[[Help:Contents/Links|Links]] can be put in captions.
Ilakaka 005.jpg
Ilakaka 006.jpg|Full [[MediaWiki]]<br />[[syntax]] may now be used...
</gallery>

<gallery> parameters:

caption="Caption above gallery"

widths=n - image widths in pixels

heights=n - image heights in pixels

perrow=n - number of images per row

mode=n - can be used with the following paramenters:

  • traditional - the default gallery display
  • nolines - like traditional but without border lines.
  • packed - all images will have the same height but different widths, with minimal space between images. The rows will organise themselves according to the screen width.
  • packed-overlay - shows captions on the image in a semi-transparent white overlay.
  • packed-hover - similar to packed-overlay but with the caption and box showing on hover.

Wide images

To display an image that is generally wider than most screens in a sideways scrollable box, typically a panorama, the syntax is:

{{Wide image|name|image width|caption|box width|alignment}}

Examples:

The below example is done by the following code: 

{{wide image|Bezavona_pano2.jpg|1800px|Fort Dauphin panorama}}
Fort Dauphin panorama
Fort Dauphin panorama

To display the same image but without a caption, simply omit the caption: 

{{wide image|Bezavona_pano2.jpg|1800px}}

To right-align the image while taking up 45% of the paragraph width: 

{{wide image|Bezavona_pano2.jpg|1800px|Fort Dauphin panorama|45%|right}}

Or define a fixed width for the scrollbox, eg. 250 pixels: 

{{wide image|Bezavona_pano2.jpg|1800px|Fort Dauphin panorama|250px|right}}

Random image display

A random image can be displayed along with various optional parameters, such as size, left or right aligned and a pre-defined array of named images to limit the selection from.


Ambanja - Sambirano region - Madagascar


This code can be used to display a random image from the complete repository of images on the site:

<randomimage float="left" />

An caption will automatically be pulled from the image descripion page if one exists or if added when the image was originally uploaded on the site.


Random image


This example code can be used to display a random image with a pre-defined caption, eg. 'A random image', for all images:
<randomimage float="left">A random image</randomimage>

The <randomimage> tag supports the following attributes:

  • size - set the image width (default is the user's thumbnail width).
  • float - float the image; valid values are 'left', 'center' and 'right'.
  • choices - limits the image selection to a list of images separated by a vertical bar. For example:


Chocolaterie Colbert, Antananarivo, Madagascar


This example is a 150 pixels width image, aligned to the left and with a pre-defined array of named images to choose from:
<randomimage size="150" float="left" choices="Chocolaterie_Robert_024.jpg|Chocolaterie_Colbert_01.jpg|Cinagra_066.jpg" />


Table of Contents

The table of contents (TOC) is automatically shown at the top of a page if there are four or more headings in an article. To hide this on a page, add the string __NOTOC__ anywhere in the page markup.


Displaying YouTube videos

To display a video from YouTube on this site, extract and copy the relevant video ID that is part of a YouTube URL, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDYzsT3d06I&feature=related and place in the edit form as follows: 

<HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">vDYzsT3d06I</HTML5video>

The width and height parameters are optional.

Uploading videos MadaCamp

To upload a video on MadaCamp, firstly make the video available in three formats: .mp4, .ogg and .webm. This can easily be done via an online video conversion tool such as cloudconvert.com. Thereafter save the three versions on your system before uploading them with identical fileames but with the different file extensions, e.g.: 

Dragonfile.mp4
Dragonfile.ogg
Dragonfile.webm

Thereafter include the video on the page without the file suffix: 

<HTML5video width="520" height="320" autoplay="true" loop="true">Dragonfly</HTML5video>

Different browsers will automatically select the suitable format for their individual systems.



Further manuals

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