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Ryan Richard Overbey at 21:04, 28 August 2009

2009-08-28T21:04:36Z

Ryan Richard Overbey: /* Editing pages in the poem */

2009-08-27T22:57:02Z

‎Editing pages in the poem

Ryan Richard Overbey: /* Meter */

2009-08-27T22:56:11Z

‎Meter

Ryan Richard Overbey: /* Parallels */

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‎Parallels

Ryan Richard Overbey: /* Commentary */

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‎Commentary

Ryan Richard Overbey: /* Pictures */

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‎Pictures

Ryan Richard Overbey at 22:50, 27 August 2009

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Ryan Richard Overbey at 22:43, 27 August 2009

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Ryan Richard Overbey at 22:39, 27 August 2009

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Ryan Richard Overbey at 22:37, 27 August 2009

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 ====Pictures====
-If there is only one picture for this line, it is easiest to use:<pre>{{Pictures|[[Image:Filename|thumb]]}}</pre>
+If there is only one picture for this line, it is easiest to use:<pre>{{Pictures|[[Image:Filename|center|thumb]]}}</pre>
 Including the "thumb" parameter in the image tag is very important; otherwise the picture can be far too large.
 If there is more than one picture for this line, we use the built-in gallery command:<pre>{{Pictures|<gallery widths="180px" heights="120px" perrow="2">

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 </pre>
-At first glance this seems quite complicated, but let's break it down bit by bit. Each line begins with a row marker: <pre>|-</pre>
+At first glance this seems quite complicated, but let's break it down bit by bit. Each line begins with a row marker: '''|-'''
-Each column within a row begins with the vertical bar <pre>|</pre>
+Each column within a row begins with the vertical bar '''|'''
 Every row of the poem has seven columns, in precisely this order:

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 ====Meter====
-The template for meter is more complex, since it allows one to enter data for elision, scansion, and so on. See the template description at [[Template:Meter]]
+The template for meter is more complex, since it allows one to enter data for elision, scansion, and so on. The basic template is <pre>{{Meter|scansion=X}}</pre>, but there are many more variables possible. See [[Template:Meter]] for a list of all variables.
 ====Student Comments====
 The final row in the line, just before the |-, is for student comments. These may be entered with a template of the form:<pre>{{Comment|Text}}</pre>
 When you use this, the comment will appear as a bubble icon, like this: {{Comment|test!}}

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 ====Parallels====
-The parallels icon is produced with:<pre>{{Parallel|Text}}</pre>. When you hover over the icon, the text will appear.
+The parallels icon is produced with:<pre>{{Parallel|Text}}</pre>. When you hover over the icon, the text will appear. {{Parallel|Like this}}
 ====Pictures====
 If there is only one picture for this line, it is easiest to use:<pre>{{Pictures|[[Image:Filename|thumb]]}}</pre>

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 Other forms are not unique, and so links must go to a specific page. This is why you see <pre>[[orbis1|orbis]]</pre>
 ====Commentary====
-The commentary icon is produced with:<pre>{{Commentary|Text}}</pre>. When you hover over the icon, the text will appear.
+The commentary icon is produced with:<pre>{{Commentary|Text}}</pre>. When you hover over the icon, the text will appear. {{Commentary|Like this}}
 ====Parallels====
 The parallels icon is produced with:<pre>{{Parallel|Text}}</pre>. When you hover over the icon, the text will appear.

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 </gallery>}}</pre>
 Simply copy and paste this command, and then add in as many Files as you need.
 ====Meter====
 The template for meter is more complex, since it allows one to enter data for elision, scansion, and so on. See the template description at [[Template:Meter]]

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	Each Latin word is actually a wiki link that leads to a unique morphology page for just this form. Some forms are unique, so they appear simply as <pre>[[Tertia]]</pre>		Each Latin word is actually a wiki link that leads to a unique morphology page for just this form. Some forms are unique, so they appear simply as <pre>[[Tertia]]</pre>
	Other forms are not unique, and so links must go to a specific page. This is why you see <pre>[[orbis1\|orbis]]</pre>		Other forms are not unique, and so links must go to a specific page. This is why you see <pre>[[orbis1\|orbis]]</pre>
		+	====Commentary====
		+	The commentary icon is produced with:<pre>{{Commentary\|Text}}</pre>. When you hover over the icon, the text will appear.
		+	====Parallels====
		+	The parallels icon is produced with:<pre>{{Parallel\|Text}}</pre>. When you hover over the icon, the text will appear.
		+	====Pictures====
		+	If there is only one picture for this line, it is easiest to use:<pre>{{Pictures\|[[Image:Filename\|thumb]]}}</pre>
		+	Including the "thumb" parameter in the image tag is very important; otherwise the picture can be far too large.
		+	If there is more than one picture for this line, we use the built-in gallery command:<pre>{{Pictures\|<gallery widths="180px" heights="120px" perrow="2">
		+	File:Waltharius-Preface.png
		+	File:Waltharius-Preface_1.png
		+	</gallery>}}</pre>
		+	Simply copy and paste this command, and then add in as many Files as you need.
		+	====Meter====
		+	The template for meter is more complex, since it allows one to enter data for elision, scansion, and so on. See the template description at [[Template:Meter]]
		+	====Student Comments====
		+	The final row in the line, just before the \|-, is for student comments. These may be entered with a template of the form:<pre>{{Comment\|Text}}</pre>
		+	When you use this, the comment will appear as a bubble icon, like this: {{Comment\|test!}}

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	# Meter		# Meter
	# Student comments		# Student comments
		+
		+	====Text: Linking to morphology pages====
		+	Each Latin word is actually a wiki link that leads to a unique morphology page for just this form. Some forms are unique, so they appear simply as <pre>[[Tertia]]</pre>
		+	Other forms are not unique, and so links must go to a specific page. This is why you see <pre>[[orbis1\|orbis]]</pre>

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 The ''Waltharius'' is encoded as a table, with each row in the table representing a line, and each column of the table representing a different piece of data.
-Let's look at the first two lines in detail:
+Let's look at the first line in detail:
 <pre>
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 |{{Pictures|[[image:Waltharius-Line-1.png|thumb]]}}
 |{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS}}
+|
 |-
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 At first glance this seems quite complicated, but let's break it down bit by bit. Each line begins with a row marker: <pre>|-</pre>
 Each column within a row begins with the vertical bar <pre>|</pre>

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	\|-		\|-
	</pre>		</pre>
		+
		+	At first glance this seems quite complicated, but let's break it down bit by bit. Each line begins with a row marker: <pre>\|-</pre>
		+	Each column within a row begins with the vertical bar <pre>\|</pre>