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--[[User:Tndude|Tndude]] ([[User talk:Tndude|talk]]) 17:45, 25 October 2015 (EDT)
--[[User:Tndude|Tndude]] ([[User talk:Tndude|talk]]) 17:45, 25 October 2015 (EDT)


== List of trail pages marked as needing KML work ==
== Welcome back ==
Welcome back! Thanks for the update. I've been occasionally futzing around with this site as you may have noticed. I have overhauled the trail page editing system. [[Warriors' Path State Park]] is usually my test bed. [[Bays Mountain Park]] Trails are mid-conversion.


You mention having KMLs/GPS paths. You may have noticed me going through the pages tagging "needs". Here's a list of pages currently flagged with missing KML's or needing KML updates if you want to match up with what you have. Eventually this will be part of a trail search template/form/page. This kind of query can also be used on maps, exported to Excel, etc. It's discovery is what really kicked the interest in the Trail Wiki into high gear for myself. I'll go ahead and show the map as an example. Not every trail will pin as many infoboxes (the template text at the beginning) hasn't been updated to the new format that interprets the data as searchable information. Feel free to play around if you are so inclined.  
Currently there are the "old format" pages and the "new format" pages. New format is now "form editable." There are also new templates to work better. Automatic park trail tables, and a few others currently escaping me. Most notably are Trail Maps which also provide a link to upload KML's to the page. No more FTP needed. And marker pins are on a tab in the Form Edit view.


Also as someone that has used other trail sites, I'm interested in your thoughts of ideas/deficiencies/improvements and get them incorporated into the work list. --[[User:Tim|Tim]] ([[User talk:Tim|talk]]) 22:39, 30 October 2015 (EDT)
I converted Chimney Top since you edited it. Oh! You can now "Hiked It" from a button in the top right of a trail page. Idea is that, at a minimum you could keep track of your hikes and create charts and tables of distance, trails hiked, etc. If it was used often, it could also show trail conditions. But it would need some sort of "freshness" gauge. Templates to show that data in collected form still need to be made.


:I can help you with a good portion of these. I'll email you the KML and then I'll write up the descriptions. --[[User:Tndude|Tndude]] ([[User talk:Tndude|talk]]) 13:08, 31 October 2015 (EDT)
I installed a simple table importer. So you can create a simple table in Excel, then create CSV that can be pasted into the markup. [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleTable Simple Table]
::The server is ftp.tehcc.org, username coming from another direction. ;-)


{{#ask:
Check it out, let me know if you have any questions. Hopefully editing and adding pages are easier going forward.
[[Category:Trail]]
[[Trail page needs::~*KML]]
| mainlabel=Trails
| ?Park
| ?City
| ?State
| ?Trail Distance#mi
| ?Trailhead location
| ?Parking location
| ?Trail page needs
| limit=10
}}


{{#ask:
I should probably write this up better somewhere... ;-b -[[User:Tim|Tim]] ([[User talk:Tim|talk]]) 19:48, 11 November 2019 (EST)
[[Category:Trail]]
[[Trail page needs::~*KML]]
[[Trailhead location::+]]
| ?Trailhead location
| format = map
| icon = MarkerT.png
| width = auto
| height = 550
| type = terrain
}}

Revision as of 20:48, 11 November 2019

Welcome! If you have any questions ask away. Typical convention is to ask questions on people's "Talk" page which I've renamed "Trip-Maint Reports" but thinking of reverting back. You can reply by editing this page and underneath begin with a :: to indent. Then sign with a --~~~~ or hit the signature button at the end of your reply to make it clearer who wrote what. --Tim (talk) 08:49, 24 October 2015 (EDT)

Thank you. I'm an avid hiker for both the east TN and western NC area. I've used this site several times for info and I thought it might be time to start giving back. I can see many things that I could contribute from my own hikes even if it's just a GPX track. Just need to learn how this works.

--Tndude (talk) 17:45, 25 October 2015 (EDT)

Welcome back

Welcome back! Thanks for the update. I've been occasionally futzing around with this site as you may have noticed. I have overhauled the trail page editing system. Warriors' Path State Park is usually my test bed. Bays Mountain Park Trails are mid-conversion.

Currently there are the "old format" pages and the "new format" pages. New format is now "form editable." There are also new templates to work better. Automatic park trail tables, and a few others currently escaping me. Most notably are Trail Maps which also provide a link to upload KML's to the page. No more FTP needed. And marker pins are on a tab in the Form Edit view.

I converted Chimney Top since you edited it. Oh! You can now "Hiked It" from a button in the top right of a trail page. Idea is that, at a minimum you could keep track of your hikes and create charts and tables of distance, trails hiked, etc. If it was used often, it could also show trail conditions. But it would need some sort of "freshness" gauge. Templates to show that data in collected form still need to be made.

I installed a simple table importer. So you can create a simple table in Excel, then create CSV that can be pasted into the markup. Simple Table

Check it out, let me know if you have any questions. Hopefully editing and adding pages are easier going forward.

I should probably write this up better somewhere... ;-b -Tim (talk) 19:48, 11 November 2019 (EST)