WikiProject:Vermont Town Clickable Maps

Purpose

 * Part A: Make the Image Map code for Vermont conty listing all the towns on it
 * Part B: Create the rest of the town templates using the same Image Map code

Task List

 * Task List

Step 1 - Choose a County
1. Choose a county from the Task List and put your name beside it.

Step 2 - Create a Town Clickable Map Template in the Wiki
2. Create a new template for the town by copying and pasting this into the Wiki search field: Template:VTCOUNTYTOWN 3. Replace the county and town name in the template before clicking on Enter. 4. This will bring back a red link for the proposed new template. Click on the red link to make the page.

Step 3 - Create a Image Map
1. In a new tab on your browser, create an image map using these instructions here starting at Step 1. 2. After you have finished making the map clickable, and after you have clicked "Create Image Map" on the Map Editor Tool, copy all of the generated Wikitext code.

Step 4 - Add the Image Map Code to the Wiki page
1. Go back to the Wiki tab with your the template you are creating and paste the Image Map code into the Wiki page. 2. At the end of the image map code at the bottom of the Wiki page, highlight the code: and delete it. 3. Copy and paste the following wikitext directly below the last of the code for the clickable map: desc none 4. Replace COUNTYNAME in the category to the county your town is in. 6. Click on Save Page. 7. Review the page to make sure the map is clickable and the category is not a red link.

Step 5 - Add the Template to the Town Page
1. Go back to the Task List to go to the town page where you will put the template. 2. In the Contents, click on Maps and go down to the header, Maps or scroll down the page to the header, Maps. 3. Click on Edit Source next to the Maps header. 4. Directly under the Maps header, paste the following wikitext code: 5. Change "VTCOUNTYTOWN" to match the name of the clickable map template you made. LIMIT SIZE???

3.Limit size to 250px. See Help:Wiki_University_Wikitext--Image_Maps 4. Here is a completed template for Allen County, Kansas as an example:
 * Notice how the line of code for each county starts with the word "poly."

Step 1 - Choose the Next Town from the Task List
1. Go back to the Task List and click on the next town on the Google Sheet.

Step 2 - Create a Town Clickable Map Template in the Wiki
1. Open a new tab of the Wiki in your browser by clicking on this Link. 2. Create a new template for the town by copying and pasting this into the Wiki search field in the middle of the page: Template:VTCOUNTYTOWN 3. Replace the county and town name in the template before clicking on Enter. 4. This will bring back a red link for the proposed new template. Click on the red link to make the page.

Step 3 - Copy the Wikitext Code from the 1st Clickable Map
1. Go back to the Wiki tab with your the template you are creating and paste the Image Map code into the Wiki page. 2. At the top of the template page, click Edit Source. 3. Click into the edit field and clicking at the same time, Ctrl and A. This will highlight all of the text on the page. 4. Copy the highlighted text clicking at the same time, Ctrl and C or right click and choose "copy" using the menu. 5.

Step 4 - Paste the Wikitext into your New Clickable Map Template
1. Go back to the tab with the template open on the page and paste the content by clicking at the same time, Ctrl and V or right click and choose "paste" on the menu. 2. Click on Save Page. 3. Review the page to make sure the map is clickable and the category is not a red link.

Step 5 - Choose Another Town
1. Go back to the Task List and sign the date next to the town. 2. Choose the next town and repeat the steps under Part B until you finish the county. Then sign up for another county.