Copy pages from Wikipedia
- MUST USE FIREFOX TO DO THIS!!
- Find missing plants on plants.am
- go to the wikipedia export page (see bookmarks under plants.am).
- Copy paste page name into export window,
- then copy paste information from export window to plants.am new page but only text
- after: "preserve">
- before: </text>
- click on save.
Find missing pictures on existing pages of plants.am
- log in to plants.am
- open same named page on wikipedia (by copying and pasting the name of the page into the wikipedia search and clicking go)
- right click on picture needed on plants.am and open in new window, then click on upload
- right click on photo on wikipedia that you want, and click on open in new window
- right click on photo on wikipedia IN new window, and click save picture as...
- remove initial part of filename BEFORE saving IF it says 240px- (or some other number followed by px-)
- now save in desktop/plants.am folder
- in plants.am browse in the new file you just saved in the upload window
- now in the wikipedia picture page, click on "description page" and it will take you to wikimedia page for the photo.
- copy the window address from wikimedia to plants.am
- click on "edit" tab in wikimedia and copy/paste all the text to plants.am
- click on upload
- Shnorhavor! You uploaded 1 photo!
Pages with plant lists needing to be added
- http://www.plants.am/wiki/List_of_plants_by_common_name
- http://www.plants.am/wiki/Melon
- http://www.plants.am/wiki/Strawberry
- http://www.plants.am/wiki/Citrus
- http://www.plants.am/wiki/Ribes
Pages needing photos added:
I've got a question: what should be done if there's no "description page" mentioned above?