FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Clickable County Maps: Difference between revisions

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== Adding map images to Wiki ==
== Adding map images to Wiki ==
=== Add map image to your desktop ==
1. Go to Danielle's Google drive [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B790bzOg4pmgSUZ5WTR6YjIyV1U?usp=sharing account] to locate the maps you signed up for.  Navigate to the correct state folder and find the map you are uploading to the Wiki.<br>
2. Download the county map you need by double clicking on the map so it will open on your computer.<br>
3. Once the map can be seen on your monitor, click on the Arrow pointing down in the top right corner to download the image.  <br>
4. Once it has been downloaded, either a dialogue box will appear for you to open the image (when using Firefox) or the image will appear in the bottom of the screen - usually the left hand corner for you to double click on (Chrome).<br>
5. Once the image is open on your computer, save the file to your desktop (or somewhere else on your hard drive that is convenient for you to find the file).<br>
=== Upload map image to the Wiki ===
1. Go to [[Special:Upload|Upload File]] under Tools - you must be logged in to see this link. (DO NOT UPLOAD IMAGES USING UPLOAD FILE/IMAGE UNDER VOLUNTEER AND HELPER).<br>
1. Go to [[Special:Upload|Upload File]] under Tools - you must be logged in to see this link. (DO NOT UPLOAD IMAGES USING UPLOAD FILE/IMAGE UNDER VOLUNTEER AND HELPER).<br>
2. Click on Browse button.<br>
2. Click on Browse button.<br>
3. Go to Danielle's Google drive [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B790bzOg4pmgSUZ5WTR6YjIyV1U?usp=sharing account] to locate the maps you signed up for.  Navigate to the correct state folder and click on the map you are uploading.<br>
3. Find the map image you saved on your desktop or hard drive.<br>
4. The Wiki will load the image and check to see if it has already been added.  Even if a similar image comes up, you are still loading these images (a copyright phrase has been added to these new images).<br>
4. The Wiki will load the image and check to see if it has already been added.  Even if a similar image comes up, you are still loading these images (a copyright phrase has been added to these new images).<br>
5. Copy and paste the following wikitext and add it to the Summary box on the upload screen:<br><br>
5. Copy and paste the following wikitext and add it to the Summary box on the upload screen:<br><br>
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6. In the second line, replace STATE with the state the map is in.
6. In the second line, replace STATE with the state the map is in.
 
7. In the third line, replace COUNTY NAME with the county name and replace the STATE with the state the county is in.<br>
7. In the third line, replace COUNTY NAME with the county name and replace the STATE with the state the county is in.
8. Change the Licensing from "None Selected" to "Digital Topo Maps Images" (it's the last option on the drop down menu.)<br>
 
9. Click on the Upload File button. <br>
8. Change the Licensing from "None Selected" to "Digital Topo Maps Images" (it's the last option on the drop down menu.)
10. The wiki may give you an error saying that this file is already in and give you the option to override the image.  If it gives that to you, go ahead and override the image.<br>
 
11. Check to make sure the categories are correct at the bottom of the page.  If it is not, edit the summary and change the category to the correct one. <br>
9. Click on the Upload File button.  
12. You can now go to the next county.<br>
 
10. The wiki may give you an error saying that this file is already in and give you the option to override the image.  If it gives that to you, go ahead and override the image.
 
11. Check to make sure the categories are correct at the bottom of the page.  If it is not, edit the summary and change the category to the correct one.  
 
12. You can now go to the next map.
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