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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 ==
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:
<nowiki>'''bold text'''</nowiki>
For ''italic text'', enclose the text with two single quotes:
<nowiki>''italic text''</nowiki>
To link a text to another page within the wiki, enclose the word in double square double brackets:
<nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[Anakao]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki>
To link to a page on another website, enclose the link location within single square brackets and the linked word(s) after the URL:
<nowiki>[http://www.examplepinterest.com example/madacamp MadaCamp Pinterest board]</nowiki> This will appear as:
Alternatively, type a full URL without the brackets, eg: .e.g.:
<nowiki>http://www.examplepinterest.com/madacamp</nowiki>
... to display the link as follows:
http://www.examplepinterest.com/madacamp
To make a listing, prefix the list items with asterixes: ...
== Image links ==
To make an image link to a page from an image instead of an image leading to the larger version of the same image which is clicked file shown ona page, add the link parameter to the image markup, eg.: [[Image:Big_fish.jpg|200px|link=Big_fish]][[Image:Madagascar_Coffee_001.jpg|200px|link=Madagascar_Coffee]] <pre>[[Image:Big_fish.jpg|200px|link=Big_fish]][[Image:Madagascar_Coffee_001.jpg|200px|link=Madagascar_Coffee]]</pre> == 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 <code>media:</code> prefix. For example: ... <nowiki>[[media:Big_fish.jpg]]</nowiki> ... will appear as [[media:Big_fish.jpg]]
The link will then appear as [[media:Big_fish.jpg|how to wear a fish]]
== Display Displaying an email address ==
The following code:
[mailto:hello@madacamp.com hello@madacamp.com]
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== Skype button ==
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'':
The following example will create a button for which a call can be made when clicked on:
The available actions are: add, chat or call
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To create new or edit existing Google maps on pages, click on the map button httphttps://www.madacamp.com/extensions/GoogleMaps/images/button_map_open.gif above the edit box.
Find the region to display, set the various size and display options and thereafter copy the resulting <googlemap>...<googlemap> code into the edit box and save the page.
Various display options include satellite view, map view, adding of place markers, drawing lines etc.
== Google paths ==
Go to maps.google.com
Click menu in top left corner -> Your places -> MAPS
Click CREATE MAP (bottom left of screen)
Click Import
Select a track on the computer (eg. Track_AMBOHIMANGA-IVATO.gpx) and
drag and drop into the Upload space
Click on the upper three dots
Export to KML/KMZ
Select "Export to a .KML file (full icon support use .KMZ)."
Download
Click Save File, to eg. FILENAME.gpx
In the file, there is a list of coordinates:
<pre><nowiki><coordinates></nowiki>
50.1606086176,-14.2578310333,12.63
50.1606914308,-14.2576493975,11.67
etc.
</coordinates></pre>
Run geoconvert.sh FILENAME.gpx to change format to:
<pre>
-14.2578310333, 50.1606086176
-14.2576493975, 50.1606914308
etc.
</pre>
Copy into a new Google map, eg.:
<pre><nowiki><googlemap version="0.9" lat="-19.105844" lon="47.33697" height="750"
controls="large" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;">
</nowiki>
2#B2FCFF00
-14.2578310333, 50.1606086176
-14.2576493975, 50.1606914308
etc.
<nowiki></googlemap></nowiki></pre>
Placemarker icons are done separately above the path code
== Scalable maps ==
Modify markup on all pages containing maps to include <code>style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"</code>, e.g.:<br>
<nowiki><googlemap version="0.9" lat="-12.243119" lon="49.345264" type="satellite" zoom="16" controls="large" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"></nowiki>
Use http://www.madacamp.com/Special:ReplaceText
Replace:
<nowiki><googlemap version="0.9" (.*)></nowiki>
with:
<nowiki><googlemap version="0.9" $1 style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"></nowiki>
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;"
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== Adding RSS news feeds to pages ==
RSS means (Really Simple Syndication. It's a standard code format for feeding various news reader applications (including web browsers) with news allows importing summaries and corresponding links to news articles. For example, do a Google news search at [httphttps://news.google.com http://news.google.comsearch] for any given keyword or phrasecan be imported. Thereafter scroll 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 bottom phrase "madagascar lemurs" can be included on a page as follows: <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> The output of this news search for the phrase ''madagascar lemurs'', filtering out results with the page terms ''penguins'' and find the ''movie'', becomes: <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> Other non-Google RSS symbol feeds may include a feed icon [[File:RSS_icon.png|14px]]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 [[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. Follow 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 [[Special:MultipleUpload|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 URL [[#Image_gallery|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: [[media:Diego_Suarez_150.jpg|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 [http://www.gimp.org The Gimp]. <!--Alternatively, try the Pixlr online photo editor at http://pixlr.com/editor/--> Or to avoid using a graphic application altogether, just upload your images in their original sizes and dimensions as they come from the raw RSS feedcamera. <!--== Uploading more images via FTP == To batch upload even images, first transfer the the images via FTP to for example /tmp/import
== Images Displaying images ==
[[Image:Nahampoana_Main_Building.jpg|left|70px|]] Align an image to the left of the text...
<gallery>
</gallery>
The code example of the above gallery is shown below:
<pre><nowiki>
<gallery>
</gallery>
</nowiki></pre>
<nowiki><gallery></nowiki> 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 ==
<pre><nowiki>{{wide image|Bezavona_pano2.jpg|1800px|Fort Dauphin panorama|250px|right}}</nowiki></pre>
== 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.'''
<randomimage float="left" />
This code can be used to display a random image from the complete repository of images on the site:<br>
<span style="background:#f6f6f6;"><nowiki><randomimage float="left" /></nowiki></span><br>
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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<randomimage float="left">Random image</randomimage>
This example code can be used to display a random image with a pre-defined caption, eg. 'A random image', for all images:<br>
<span style="background:#f6f6f6;"><nowiki><randomimage float="left">A random image</randomimage></nowiki></span>
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The <nowiki><randomimage></nowiki> 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:
<randomimage size="150" float="left" choices="Chocolaterie_Robert_024.jpg|Chocolaterie_Colbert_01.jpg|Cinagra_066.jpg" />
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>
<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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== Table of Contents ==
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.
[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OKs7qpJvRI&feature=related httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<font color="#bd0000">_OKs7qpJvRIvDYzsT3d06I</font>&feature=related] and paste it into place in the edit form as follows: <nowiki><HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">vDYzsT3d06I</HTML5video></nowiki> <HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">vDYzsT3d06I</HTML5video> The ''width'' and ''height'' parameters are optional. <HTML5video type="youtube" width="600" height="338">caODxMEUq1w</HTML5video> == 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 [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.:
<!-- Google officiall stops hosting videos in May 2011: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: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docidnowiki><HTML5video width=7281432690466273651&hl"520" height=en http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid"320" autoplay=<font color"true" loop="#ff0000true">7281432690466273651Dragonfly</fontHTML5video></nowiki>&hl=en]
<googlevideoHTML5video width="520" height="320" autoplay="true" loop="true">7281432690466273651Dragonfly</googlevideo>--HTML5video>
<!--Bug: Thumbs does not show up on Ipad, which affects autoplay="false" mode. https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid= Editing and adding Flash videos ==2285855 -->
<!--== Editing and publishing videos == While YouTube offers an a quick and easy conversion process from any original way to publish a video file format into website compatible Flash video (FLV) format is by simply uploading your video onto it into a YouTube accountand thereafter including it on a page, YouTube will display links to other user's YouTube hosted videos at the end of your video, often in combination with Google syndicated advertising. To prevent this mostly irrelevant information from being displayed with your video, you can upload your video also be uploaded directly on MadaCamp, after having converted it into FLV format. If your video has bee shot with a digital camera, it is likely Your original may be an Mpeg, AVI, Quicktime or some other format. The conversion into FLV format can then be done using an advanced 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]]
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.
For Windows user'susers, a nice and simple FLV conversion tool is the [http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm Mobile Media Converter]. While Mobile Media Converter lack various advanced video editing features that otherwise exists in Avidemux, if all you need is to simply convert a video into FLV format without fancy special editing, Mobile Media Converter is a perfectly good tool to convert a video into FLV formatfor the purpose. Mobile Media Converter offers various Various pre-configured size , bandwidth and bandwidth quality level optionsare available in the conversion process.
<table cellpadding="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border:1px solid #cccccc; float:left; margin-right:10px; width:328px;"><tr>
<td style="padding:3px 3px 3px 3px;">
[[File:Chocolaterie_Robert_320x240_low.flv|320x240px]]
</td></tr></table>
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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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== Adding language switches ==
Note: Language switches are currently deactivated. To add language switches for French and Malagasy versions to appear in the left column of any content page is simple. For exampeexample, the following code was added in the edit box of the page [[Lemur|http://madacamp.com/Lemur]]:
<nowiki>[[fr:Lémurien]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>[[mg:Maki]]</nowiki>
[[File:Language switch example.gif]]
<nowiki>[[mg:Maki]]</nowiki>
And on the Malagasy page, reflecting add the links to the English and French pages by:
<nowiki>[[en:Lemur]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>[[fr:Maki]]</nowiki>
If a page title contains two or more words, separatate the words are separated by underscores or spaces, for example:
<table width="100%" border="0" celpaddingcellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr>
<td style="border:1px dashed #296dad; background: #fffbff; padding:10px;width:48%;">
<nowiki>[[fr:Grande_Île]]</nowiki><br>
The language swith codes can be added anywhere in the editing box, for example at the end.
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== Article comments ==
The comments are added to the discussion section of each page.
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