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Display an email address link
== Basic text editing ==

Some HTML tags are permitted in wikitext. The vast majority of fancy formatting seen on wikimedia 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]

== Display an email address link ==

Display an email address - such as [mailto:hello@example.com hello@example.com] - as follows:

<nowiki>[mailto:hello@example.com hello@example.com]</nowiki>

== Adding Google Maps ==

This wiki includes Google maps and an easy map editor to create and edit Google maps on any pages.

To launch the map creation tool, click on the map button http://www.madacamp.com/extensions/GoogleMaps/images/button_map_open.gif above the edit box.

Pan to the region to display, set the various size options and thereafter copy/paste the generated Google map code into the regular edit box and save the page.

* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Maps Introduction to Google Maps Extension]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Maps/Syntax Google Maps Extension syntax]

== Displaying images ==

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

<br clear="all">

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

<br clear="all"></nowiki></pre>


== Displaying image galleries ==

Using <nowiki><gallery> ... </gallery></nowiki> 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.

<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>


The code example of the above gallery is shown below:

<pre><nowiki>
<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>
</nowiki></pre>

== Supressing 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 <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki> anywhere in the page markup.

== CSS ==

Modify styles in http://www.madacamp.com/MediaWiki:Monobook.css

== Adding YouTube videos on pages ==

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=A45jv8uhZwo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<font color="#bd0000">OKICKjFecxs</font>&feature=related] and paste the relevant bit into the edit form as follows:

&lt;youtube><font color="#bd0000">A45jv8uhZwo</font>&lt;/youtube>

<youtube>A45jv8uhZwo</youtube>


== External Links (various manual pages etc.) ==

* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext HTML tags in wikitext]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax Displaying images]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Table 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wide_image