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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>'''</nowiki>'''bold text'''<nowiki>'''</nowiki>

For ''italictext'', enclose the text with two single quotes:

<nowiki>''</nowiki>''italic text''<nowiki>''</nowiki>

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

<nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[Anakao]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki>

The link will thereafter point to [[Anakao|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:

<nowiki>[http://www.examplepinterest.com exampe/madacamp MadaCamp Pinterest board]</nowiki> This will appear as:

This will result in [http://www.examplepinterest.com exampe/madacamp MadaCamp Pinterest board]

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

<nowiki>http://www.examplepinterest.com/madacamp</nowiki>

... will result in to display the link appearing as follows:

http://www.examplepinterest.com/madacamp

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

<pre><nowiki>

* item 3

Nested lists can be made are done as follows: ...

<pre><nowiki>

</nowiki></pre>

... which will appear as follows:

* item 1

etc.

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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]== 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.: [[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 links :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>

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... will appear as [[media:Big_fish.jpg]]

[[ImageOr 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:Big_fish.jpg#ff0000;"> |100px|link=Big_fish]]</span>)</code>, as follows:

<pre> [[Imagemedia:Big_fish.jpg<span style="color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">|100px|link=Big_fish]]</prespan>how to wear a fish]]

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]

== Skype button Maps ==

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 <b>Toolsdiv style="max-width:600px;">Options{{#display_map:->Privacy15.214232, 50.076107~[[Hotel Fitiavana]]~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=18|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|searchmarkers=al||copycoords=yes}}</bdiv>. Tick the checkbox ''Allow my status to be shown on the web'':

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

For further information, see http://wwwMore at [[Maps]].skype.com/intl/en/share/buttons/status.html

The following == Replace text example will create a button for which a call can be made when clicked on:==

<pre><nowiki><skype style="bigclassic" action="call">YourSkypeName<Use http:/skype></nowiki><www.madacamp.com/pre>Special:ReplaceText

Replace: <skype stylenowiki><googlemap version="0.9" (.*)></nowiki>with: <nowiki><googlemap version="bigclassic0.9" action$1 style="callwidth:100%;max-width:600px;">madacamp</skypenowiki>

The available styles are: balloon, bigclassic, smallclassic, smallicon, mediumiconSelect 'Use regular expressions' and namespaces 'Main'.

The available actions arePages which already contain the string will thereafter have duplicate style declarations: add, chat or call

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

To create new or edit existing Google maps on pages, click on the map button httpThereafter replace instances of://www.madacamp.com/extensions/GoogleMaps/images/button_map_open.gif above the edit box. style="width:100%;max-width:600px;" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"with: style="width:100%;max-width:600px;"

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.

Various display options include satellite view, map view, adding of place markers, drawing lines etc.

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--><!-- too technical: * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Maps/Syntax Google Maps Extension syntax] documentation. --> == Adding RSS news feeds to pages == 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: <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 terms ''penguins'' and ''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 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. 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 [[#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]].

== RSS feeds ==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.

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 A free graphics application to articles. For example, do a Google news search at scale images down is [http://newswww.gimp.googleorg The Gimp].com <!--Alternatively, try the Pixlr online photo editor at http://news.googlepixlr.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./editor/-->

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 Or to avoid using 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. Alternativelygraphic application altogether, the browser may display the raw RSS feed just upload your images in XML source code. Either way, copy the location of the page (URL) their original sizes and place it within dimensions as they come from the &lt;rss>camera...&lt;/rss> tags, like the following example:

<pre><rss>http://news.google.com/news?pz!--=1&cf=all&nedUploading more images via FTP =us&hl=en&q=%22madagascar+lemurs%22&cf=all&output=rss|short|date|max=20</rss></pre>

The output of thisTo batch upload even images, which is first transfer the the images via FTP to for a news search for the phrase ''madagascar lemurs'', becomes:example /tmp/import

<rss>httpLog in by shell, su root and set the environment variable to://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>

'''Note:''' Not only [http://newsSERVER_NAME=www.googlemadacamp.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<br>export SERVER_NAME

Within ~/wiki/maintenance/ run:  php importImages.php /tmp/import_images --user=CampMaster --comment= Images "MadaCamp photos" For more help, type php importImages.php --help--> == Displaying images ==

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

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

== Image galleries 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: <pre><nowiki>{| 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]]|}</nowiki></pre> Just add or remove rows as required. Example, as on the [[Tulear]] page: {| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Tulear 016.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Tulear 010.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Tulear 005.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Tulear 006.jpg|196px]]|-|[[File:Tulear 012.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Tulear 008.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Tulear 018.jpg|196px]]|} == Thumbnail gallery ==

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

<gallery>

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

</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.

<br clear="all">

 

<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>

<br clear="all">

 

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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== 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=_OKs7qpJvRI&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<font color="#bd0000">vDYzsT3d06I</font>&feature=related] and Google 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.:  Dragonfile.mp4 Dragonfile.ogg Dragonfile.webm Thereafter include the video on the page without the file suffix:   <nowiki><HTML5video width="520" height="320" autoplay="true" loop="true">Dragonfly</HTML5video></nowiki> Different browsers will automatically select the suitable format for their individual systems. <HTML5video width="520" height="320" autoplay="true" loop="true">Dragonfly</HTML5video> <!--Bug: Thumbs does not show up on Ipad, which affects autoplay="false" mode. https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=2285855 --> <!--== Editing and publishing videos == 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]] 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:  <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:  <nowiki>[[File:Video.flv|300x375px]]</nowiki> 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 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. <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> 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> <div style="border:1px dashed #296dad; background: #fffbff; padding:10px; display:table;margin-bottom:8px;"><nowiki>[[File:Chocolaterie_Robert_320x240_low.flv|320x240px]]</nowiki></div> ''The video is 13 minutes and features [[Chocolaterie Robert]]'s bean-to-bar chocolate production in Madagascar, in French language.'' <br clear="all"> 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. --> <!--

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=_OKs7qpJvRI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?vAdding language switches =<font color="#bd0000">FChpJY59iD8</font>&feature=related] and paste the relevant bit into the edit form as follows:

<pre><nowiki><youtube>_OKs7qpJvRI</youtube></nowiki></pre>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 example, the following code was added in the edit box of the page [[Lemur|http://madacamp.com/Lemur]]: <nowiki>[[fr:Lémurien]]</nowiki> <youtubenowiki>_OKs7qpJvRI[[mg:Maki]]</youtubenowiki>

To add a Google video The Français and Malagasy link therefore appears on a the English version of the page retrieve, the ID number by clicking the '''Embed video''' link next which lead to the video screen, or extract the ID from the URL if one is part of it[http://fr.madacamp. For examplecom/Lémurien http: //fr.madacamp.com/Lémurien] and [http://videomg.googlemadacamp.com/videoplay?docid=7281432690466273651&hl=en Maki http://videomg.googlemadacamp.com/videoplay?docid=<font color="#ff0000">7281432690466273651</font>&hl=enMaki]respectively (note: Maki means lemur in Malagasy).

Then simply place the ID in the following googlevideo tag[[File:<pre><nowiki><googlevideo>7281432690466273651</googlevideo></nowiki></pre>Language switch example.gif]]

On the French page, adding links to the English and Malagasy versions is done by: <googlevideonowiki>7281432690466273651[[en:Lemur]]</googlevideonowiki> <nowiki>[[mg:Maki]]</nowiki> And on the Malagasy page, 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, the words are separated by underscores or spaces, for example: <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="border:1px dashed #296dad; background: #fffbff; padding:10px;width:48%;"><nowiki>[[fr:Grande_Île]]</nowiki><br><nowiki>[[en:Big_island]]</nowiki><br><nowiki>[[mg:Nosy_be]]</nowiki></td><td align="center" style="width:4%;">or</td><td style="border:1px dashed #296dad; background: #fffbff; padding:10px;width:48%;"><nowiki>[[fr:Grande Île]]</nowiki><br><nowiki>[[en:Big island]]</nowiki><br><nowiki>[[mg:Nosy be]]</nowiki></td></tr></table> The language swith codes can be added anywhere in the editing box, for example at the end. --> <!-- This feature has been removed due to comment spam

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