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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:
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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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>
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 ==
<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>
Replace: <skype stylenowiki><googlemap version="0.9" (.*)></nowiki>with: <nowiki><googlemap version="bigclassic0.9" action$1 style="callwidth:100%;max-width:600px;">madacamp</skypenowiki>
style="width:100%;max-width:600px;" style= '''Google Maps''' =="width:100%;max-width:600px;"
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* [http://emiller.info/mov/map1.mov 3 minute instructions video] in Quicktime format (part 1).
* [http://emiller.info/mov/map-path1.mov 3.5 minute instruction video] in Quicktime format (part 2).
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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 bottom of relevant feed URLs. For example, a search for the phrase "madagascar lemurs" can be included on a page and find the RSS symbol [[Fileas follows:RSS_icon.png|14px]]. Follow the link to the URL of the raw RSS feed.
== 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]]. 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 camera. <!--== Uploading more images via FTP == To batch upload even images, first transfer the the images via FTP to for example /tmp/import Log in by shell, su root and set the environment variable to: SERVER_NAME=www.madacamp.com<br>export SERVER_NAME Within ~/wiki/maintenance/ run: php importImages.php /tmp/import_images --user=CampMaster --comment="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>
</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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== 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 add a Google video on a page retrieve the ID by clicking the '''Embed video''' link next language switches for French and Malagasy versions to appear in the video screen or extract the ID from the URL if one left column of any content page is part of itsimple. For example: , the following code was added in the edit box of the page [[Lemur|http://video.googlemadacamp.com/videoplay?docid=7281432690466273651&hl=en httpLemur]]: <nowiki>[[fr:Lémurien]]<//video.google.com/videoplay?docid=nowiki> <font color="#ff0000"nowiki>7281432690466273651[[mg:Maki]]</fontnowiki>&hl=en]
On the French page, adding links to the English and Malagasy versions is done by:
<nowiki>[[en:Lemur]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>[[mg:Maki]]</nowiki>
If a page title contains two or more words, the original the video is for example an AVIwords are separated by underscores or spaces, first encode it intoFLV (Flash) using for example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux Avidemux]. Open the file and select MGP-f ASP (Xvid).Add any filters, eg. ''Resample fps''.
== Article comments ==
The comments are added to the discussion section of each page.
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== Further manuals ==