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--Frankelg 14:14, 5 February 2009 (PST)Wikimedia has great documentation to help you edit wiki pages. Below are some tips specifically for Human Rights Reporting wiki.

[edit] Directions for posting on Google Map

1. Click the Edit tab for the desired page (most likely the Main Page).
2. Click the "Make a Map" button in the editing toolbar (the rightmost button).
3. Use the Google search box at the bottom left corner of the map to locate a place you want to mark.
4. Click "Add to map" to open up a dialog box.
5. Fill in the "Link to this page" field with the name of a wiki page if you want the balloon to link to it. Fill in the Caption field with a short description for that point of interest. When you're done, click "Save & Close" in the dialog box.
6. Scroll down the page to find the section called "Below is the Wiki mark-up to create the map above". Select and Copy EVERYTHING that is in the code box.
7. Scroll down further on the page to the editing section and find the "old version" of the Google map code. Select the old Google map code and delete it, then paste the new map code in its place.
8. Make sure that in the first line of the new Google Map code includes the code zoom="1" right before the > symbol.
9. Click Save Page at the bottom to save all of the results.

If you want to create a route then you can use "start a path" in a balloon. In the balloon, click "start a path" then the point you click on the map will automatically create a route. Note: Normal wiki syntax works in the balloon, so you can create a link to your wiki stories.

[edit] Embedding YouTube (and other) videos in the class wiki

You may embed YouTube content to any article.

Look at the youtube url and copy the last bit of the url after "v=" (i.e., 4wGR4-SeuJ0). This is the "YouTubeId". Simply copy the YouTubeID and add the text below to the body of your wiki page where you'd like the video to appear:

<videoflash>O61Do03ZCjw</videoflash>

That code will look like this:

You can also do more intricate things like aligning your video to the left or right, and defining the width and height of your video. See the code below. You can float right or left.

<div style="display:inline;width:500px; float:right;"> <videoflash>Dg6Ucj5d4HQ|500|250</videoflash> </div>

That's it!

[edit] Embedding images in the class wiki

This is a 2-step process:

1. Upload the image at Special:Upload. (Note: You must be logged in to do this)
2. Use the following syntax in your page:

[[Image:imagename.jpg]]