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[hide]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, enclose the text with two single quotes:
''italic text''
To link a text to another page within the wiki, enclose the word in square double 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://www.example.com exampe]
This will result in exampe
Alternatively, typing out the full URL without the brackets: ...
http://www.example.com
... will result in the link appearing as follows:
To make a listing, simply 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 can be made as follows: ...
* item 1 * item 2 ** item 2.2 *** item 2.3 * item 3
... which will appear as follows:
- item 1
- item 2
- item 2.2
- item 2.3
- item 2.2
- item 3
etc.
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 HTML tags in wikitext
Image links
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.:
[[Image:Big_fish.jpg|100px|link=Big_fish]]
Display email address
The following code:
[mailto:hello@madacamp.com hello@madacamp.com]
... will display as:
Skype button
To display a Skype 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 account to allow its status be shown online. This is done within the Skype application itself in Tools->Options->Privacy. Tick the checkbox Allow my status to be shown on the web:
For further information, see http://www.skype.com/intl/en/share/buttons/status.html
The following example will create a button for which a call can be made when clicked on:
<skype style="bigclassic" action="call">YourSkypeName</skype>
<skype style="bigclassic" action="call">madacamp</skype>
The available styles are: balloon, bigclassic, smallclassic, smallicon, mediumicon
The available actions are: add, chat or call
Google Maps
To create new or edit existing Google maps on pages, click on the map button 
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.
Additional information:
- 3 minute instructions video in Quicktime format (part 1).
- 3.5 minute instruction video in Quicktime format (part 2).
- Google Maps Extension syntax documentation.
RSS feeds
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 for any given keyword or phrase. Thereafter scroll to the bottom of the page and find the RSS symbol 
. Follow the link to the URL of the raw RSS feed.
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 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 <rss>...</rss> tags, like the following example:
<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>
The output of this, which is a news search for the phrase madagascar lemurs, becomes:
- Madagascar’s lemurs live with the threat of cyclones – has this shaped their behaviour? - The Conversation
- Madagascar’s lemurs live with the threat of cyclones – has this shaped their behaviour? The Conversation
- 05-Mar-2025 08:00
- Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar - Nature
- Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar Nature
- 27-Dec-2024 08:00
- Madagascar lemurs, tortoises seized in Thai bust reveal reach of wildlife trafficking - Mongabay
- Madagascar lemurs, tortoises seized in Thai bust reveal reach of wildlife trafficking Mongabay
- 28-Jun-2024 07:00
- Historic operation returns almost 1,000 trafficked animals to Madagascar - Al Jazeera
- Historic operation returns almost 1,000 trafficked animals to Madagascar Al Jazeera
- 19-Dec-2024 08:00
- How insects are helping to save the lemur in Madagascar - fao.org
- How insects are helping to save the lemur in Madagascar fao.org
- 13-Dec-2024 08:00
- Endangered lemurs: Millions of years of diversity at risk - Earth.com
- Endangered lemurs: Millions of years of diversity at risk Earth.com
- 13-Jan-2025 08:00
- Meet The Lemurs Who Rub Toxic Millipedes Across Their Genitals. Hint: It Also Gets Them High - Forbes
- Meet The Lemurs Who Rub Toxic Millipedes Across Their Genitals. Hint: It Also Gets Them High Forbes
- 29-Jan-2025 08:00
- Distinguished Evolutionary Biologist Anne Yoder to Deliver Annual Biodiversity Day Lecture - Vanderbilt University
- Distinguished Evolutionary Biologist Anne Yoder to Deliver Annual Biodiversity Day Lecture Vanderbilt University
- 12-Sep-2024 07:00
- U of G Researchers Helping to Protect Lemurs, World’s Most Endangered Animals - U of G News
- U of G Researchers Helping to Protect Lemurs, World’s Most Endangered Animals U of G News
- 07-Nov-2024 08:00
- From Serengeti Safaris to Madagascar’s Lemurs: Africa’s Ultimate Wild Escapes - Africa.com
- From Serengeti Safaris to Madagascar’s Lemurs: Africa’s Ultimate Wild Escapes Africa.com
- 05-Mar-2025 08:00
- “Escape from Madagascar": lemurs found on the border with Poland - Оперативні новини України та Світу
- “Escape from Madagascar": lemurs found on the border with Poland Оперативні новини України та Світу
- 05-Jan-2025 08:00
- Lemur Hunting in Madagascar’s Present and Past (Chapter 15) - World Archaeoprimatology - Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- Lemur Hunting in Madagascar’s Present and Past (Chapter 15) - World Archaeoprimatology Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- 03-Jul-2024 07:55
- Crossword Blog & Answers for November 14, 2024 by Sally Hoelscher - USA Today
- Crossword Blog & Answers for November 14, 2024 by Sally Hoelscher USA Today
- 14-Nov-2024 08:00
- Nearly 1,000 endangered animals to be returned to Madagascar after Thailand trafficking raid - Indy100
- Nearly 1,000 endangered animals to be returned to Madagascar after Thailand trafficking raid Indy100
- 03-Dec-2024 08:00
- Hope for Madagascar and its lemurs - IUCN
- Hope for Madagascar and its lemurs IUCN
- 21-Feb-2019 08:00
- 9 Largest Islands in the World - HowStuffWorks
- 9 Largest Islands in the World HowStuffWorks
- 22-Jul-2024 07:00
- Cacao plantations: Home sweet home for Madagascar’s lemurs? - conservation.org
- Cacao plantations: Home sweet home for Madagascar’s lemurs? conservation.org
- 21-Dec-2017 08:00
- Parasites of Madagascar's Lemurs Expanding With Climate Change - Duke Today
- Parasites of Madagascar's Lemurs Expanding With Climate Change Duke Today
- 23-Jan-2013 08:00
- Almost a third of lemurs now Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List - IUCN
- Almost a third of lemurs now Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List IUCN
- 10-Jul-2020 07:00
- In Madagascar, Endangered Lemurs Find a Private Refuge (Published 2020) - The New York Times
- In Madagascar, Endangered Lemurs Find a Private Refuge (Published 2020) The New York Times
- 27-Oct-2020 07:00
- Can Firebreaks Help Save Madagascar’s Lemurs? - Forbes
- Can Firebreaks Help Save Madagascar’s Lemurs? Forbes
- 23-Jul-2023 07:00
- Madagascar's lemurs cling to survival - BBC
- Madagascar's lemurs cling to survival BBC
- 25-Jun-2015 07:00
- Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection - Mongabay
- Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection Mongabay
- 31-Jul-2020 07:00
- Thailand to return nearly 1,000 trafficked lemurs, tortoises to Madagascar - NST Online
- Thailand to return nearly 1,000 trafficked lemurs, tortoises to Madagascar NST Online
- 27-Nov-2024 08:00
- Fossil lemurs from Egypt and Kenya suggest an African origin for Madagascar’s aye-aye - Nature
- Fossil lemurs from Egypt and Kenya suggest an African origin for Madagascar’s aye-aye Nature
- 21-Aug-2018 07:00
- Notes from the field: Protecting Panama’s waters, conserving Malagasy lemurs and more - conservation.org
- Notes from the field: Protecting Panama’s waters, conserving Malagasy lemurs and more conservation.org
- 15-Jul-2021 07:00
- How illegal mining is threatening imperiled lemurs - National Geographic
- How illegal mining is threatening imperiled lemurs National Geographic
- 19-Dec-2017 08:00
- Thailand returns trafficked lemurs and tortoises to Madagascar - The Star
- Thailand returns trafficked lemurs and tortoises to Madagascar The Star
- 02-Dec-2024 08:00
- Saving Madagascar's lemurs - The Ecologist
- Saving Madagascar's lemurs The Ecologist
- 25-Mar-2014 07:00
- Madagascar’s Lemurs May Never Recover from Covid-19 - Earth Island Institute
- Madagascar’s Lemurs May Never Recover from Covid-19 Earth Island Institute
- 30-Oct-2020 07:00
- Saving Endangered Lemurs and Their Habitats in Madagascar - SBU News
- Saving Endangered Lemurs and Their Habitats in Madagascar SBU News
- 05-Dec-2018 08:00
- 91% of Madagascar’s lemurs threatened with extinction - Mongabay
- 91% of Madagascar’s lemurs threatened with extinction Mongabay
- 13-Jul-2012 07:00
Note: Not only 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
Images
[[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 galleries
Using <gallery> ... </gallery> tags to display a thumbnail gallery with images which link to the larger versions of the uploaded images.
Images can also be individually captioned and wiki-markup can be used within captions.
Links can be put in captions.
The code example of the above gallery is shown below:
<gallery> Image:Ilakaka 001.jpg Image:Ilakaka 002.jpg Image:Ilakaka 003.jpg Image:Ilakaka 004.jpg|[[Help:Contents/Links|Links]] can be put in captions. Image:Ilakaka 005.jpg Image:Ilakaka 006.jpg|Full [[MediaWiki]]<br />[[syntax]] may now be used... </gallery>
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}}
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}}
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.
YouTube and Google videos
To embed a video from YouTube onto this wiki, simply copy the video ID from a YouTube URL, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FChpJY59iD8&feature=related and paste the relevant bit into the edit form as follows:
<youtube>_OKs7qpJvRI</youtube>
<youtube>_OKs7qpJvRI</youtube>
To add a Google video on a page retrieve, the ID number 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?docid=7281432690466273651&hl=en
Then simply place the ID in the following googlevideo tag:
<googlevideo>7281432690466273651</googlevideo>
<googlevideo>7281432690466273651</googlevideo>
Article comments
To add a blog style comments field below an article, such as this one: ...
<comments hideForm="false" />
... insert the following at the end of the article:
<comments hideForm="false" />
The comments are added to the discussion section of each page.
Further manuals
- User's Guide
- HTML tags in wikitext
- Configuration settings list
- MediaWiki FAQ
- MediaWiki release mailing list
- Displaying images
- How to edit a page
- Wikitable syntax
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:AllPages/Manual:
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:AllPages/Extension:
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Layout_customization
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ
