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==Irish Climbing Wiki==
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==Irish Climbing Database==
  
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There are two main methods of accessing the database.
  
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<big>'''NOTE: Software upgrade in progress. All logins removed, new registrations suspended until anti-spam and anti-bot software is installed. So please come back in a few days when it's all sorted out. Alternatively, email daveh@climbing.ie and I can manually register you (you can be part of the test team for the new wiki). :)'''</big>
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#The <big>'''[[Irish Climbing Wiki|Irish Climbing Database]]'''</big> page is a text list of crags by county.
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#The <big>'''[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1CPSH_N4N3faP-wi9Z897XwEygiunPAgK&usp=sharing Interactive Map]'''</big> is a Google map of over 200 pins listing crags, gyms, stacks, etc.
  
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Here is the main link to the [[Irish Climbing Wiki]]. This supplements the Mountaineering Ireland guidebooks.
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This database supplements the Mountaineering Ireland guidebooks.
  
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To contribute to the wiki please see the Editor's Guide below, or send new route reports to [mailto:admin@climbing.ie admin@climbing.ie].
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Anybody can read the contents of the database, but to edit, you'll need an account or send new route reports to [mailto:admin@climbing.ie admin@climbing.ie]. Please see Readers Guide and Editors Guide sections below.
  
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==Guidebook Publication==
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'''NOTE:''' DUE TO A RECENT SOFTWARE UPGRADE (March 2021), all logins had to be removed, and new registrations are required. So please use the Create Account page to register. '''''There is a problem with the server sending you the registration email due to security issues, so please email daveh@climbing.ie with your username and I can manually enable your registration''.'''
  
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[[Compiling A Climbing Guidebook]]
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List of Updates:
  
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Notes to help editors bring a climbing guide to publication.
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*New WYSIWYG Editor, no more having to deal with wiki mark up language.
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*Updated the wiki software from a 12-year-old version to a right-up-to-the-minute version.
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*New mobile-friendly skin. Makes the info much more readable on portable devices.
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*New interactive map with more than 100 pins.
  
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==Help==
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==Useful Links==
  
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*To edit the database, you'll need to [[Special:UserLogin|Log In]]. And, to do that, you'll need to [[Special:CreateAccount|Create a New Account]].
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*For specific questions on particular climbing areas, go to the [http://forum.climbing.ie Irish Climbing Online forum].
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*[[Editing a Page]]
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*[[Compiling A Climbing Guidebook]]
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_readers Reader User's Guide]
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors Editor User's Guide]
  
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For general queries on the climbing or areas described in the wiki content please subscribe to the [http://forum.climbing.ie Irish Climbing Online forum]. The administrators of the site may not be experts in the activity or the area described in the wiki content. It's a much better idea to ask your question of the active local climbers who can be contacted via the forum.
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==Help==
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==Readers Guide==
 
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For information on using the wiki please consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_readers Reader User's Guide].
 
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==Adding comments on routes==
 
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Comments on the content of the page may be added by going to the '''discussion''' tab and either editing the existing discussion or better still using the '''+''' link to the right of the '''edit''' link and add a new topic of discussion.
 
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There's a certain way of laying out comments. You use a preceding colon to indicate that its a response to a previous comment. Two colons for a response to a response and so on.
 
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Please sign your comments using the signature button on the toolbar for this. It is always useful to know when a comment was made
 
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[[File:signature button.png]]
 
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Leave the cursor at the end of your comment and click the button. It will insert a blob of characters and you need do no more, just save and exit.
 
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For information on editing and updating the wiki content please consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors Editor User's Guide]. However the following section gives a rapid overview of what is involved.
 
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If you don't have the ê or Ê for arête or ARÊTE on your keyboard, copy/paste from here.
 
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===Logging In===
 
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To edit the [[Irish Climbing Wiki]], you need to [[Special:UserLogin|login]]. If you have not previously created a login on this wiki, you can [[Special:CreateAccount|create a new account here]]. (Note: the administrator has temporarily disabled account creation, so please email daveh@climbing.ie requesting an account and he'll create one for you. This is to prevent spam users. Security will be improved, but that's work in progress for the moment.)
 
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'''Note:''' Prior to 2021, the forum login would also function as the wiki login, but with the major upgrade to the wiki in 2021, the software that was used to link the two entities together was no longer deemed secure, so we can no longer use it. So from 2021, it's necessary to create a new login on the wiki in order to make changes.
 
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===Editing a page===
 
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Before the upgrade in 2021, the editor was basic, which involved using tags and special formatting. A guide on this outdated method is outlined in the "[[Editing a Page]]" section.
 
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After the upgrade, however, things became a lot easier with the "Visual Editor" plugin, which is more "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG). There's an assist menu at the top of the page for formatting headings, bulleted lists, links, etc. More like using a word processor than the previous method which was more like editing code.
 
  
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===Adding a Photo Topo===
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For all website related matters please contact admin@climbing.ie, and for technical issues, i.e. if something's broken, please contact daveh@climbing.ie.
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Here is a link to a free topo maker just for making topos for climbing. It is so much easier than using any type of publishing software or Microsoft products like Word. If you want to see what the end product looks like check out the update for the Gap of Dunloe or Rusheen Guide on here. It produces high quality easy to understand picture topos. [http://sites.google.com/site/betacreator/]
 

Latest revision as of 09:51, 19 September 2024

Irish Climbing Database

There are two main methods of accessing the database.

  1. The Irish Climbing Database page is a text list of crags by county.
  2. The Interactive Map is a Google map of over 200 pins listing crags, gyms, stacks, etc.

This database supplements the Mountaineering Ireland guidebooks.

Anybody can read the contents of the database, but to edit, you'll need an account or send new route reports to admin@climbing.ie. Please see Readers Guide and Editors Guide sections below.

NOTE: DUE TO A RECENT SOFTWARE UPGRADE (March 2021), all logins had to be removed, and new registrations are required. So please use the Create Account page to register. There is a problem with the server sending you the registration email due to security issues, so please email daveh@climbing.ie with your username and I can manually enable your registration.

List of Updates:

  • New WYSIWYG Editor, no more having to deal with wiki mark up language.
  • Updated the wiki software from a 12-year-old version to a right-up-to-the-minute version.
  • New mobile-friendly skin. Makes the info much more readable on portable devices.
  • New interactive map with more than 100 pins.

Useful Links

Help

For all website related matters please contact admin@climbing.ie, and for technical issues, i.e. if something's broken, please contact daveh@climbing.ie.

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