Junction pages are just that: They include coordinates that pinpoint a trail junction along the hike. It's up to you whether you want to include junction pages for your hike. You may also choose to create pages for one or two important junctions but not all of them.

Note that if your hike overlaps hikes that are already in the Field Guide, junction pages may already exist for part of your hike. Check the Field Guide Index for hikes in the area.

To begin a new Junction page:

• Log in to the Field Guide with your user name and password.
• Find a junction page that you can use as a template. Criteria should include: a junction in the same general area; also something that was created in the past four or five years (See the History link to look at the work history).
• Click on the Edit link at the top of the page.
• Copy the entire html content from the dialog box.
• Go back to your hike page, and click on the live link you've created for the junction.
• Paste the html content from your template junction into the blank dialog box and begin working! Save frequently or you might lose content.

The Junction page has several components:

• Categories
• Hike Ring
• Junction Statistics
• Description
• Contributors
• Images
• Older entries may have sections that are not needed on a Junction page, e.g. 'Trip Reports' or 'Guidebooks.' You may delete these.

Categories

Junction categories put the junction in a specific area, such as a general region, state forest, or wilderness. All junctions must be designated as 'Trail Junctions.'

The categories are listed at the top of your html dialog box. In Page view mode, they are at the bottom of the page. See the categories for the Black Canyon-Coffee Pot Trail Junction as an example.

Hike Ring

A complete hike ring links to the hike in question but also relates to the trail log. Since the trail log is optional, and most hikes in the Field Guide do not use trail logs, you do not need to complete a hike ring, just link to the hike using double square brackets.

For more information about hike rings, see the Help:Hike Rings page.

For an example of complete hike rings (Again, this is optional), look at the Welcome Lakes-Schreiner Peak Trail Junction in View source and Edit modes.

Junction Statistics

The destination statistics appear in the top left of a junction page just below the hike ring(s).

• Latitude coordinate up to four or five decimal points.
• Longitude coordinate up to four or five decimal points.
• Maps This feature gives two links: the first is a map marked with all Oregon Hikers Field Guide waypoints; the second shows the individual waypoint you have marked with the coordinates above. The Maps feature does not show up in your html window.
• Elevation The elevation of the junction in feet. Most current junction elevations are linked, but they should not be. You can correct this (See Notes below).

Notes:

• Coordinates should be retrieved through a GPS device. Alternatively, they can be gotten from an online map like Caltopo or Google Maps.
• Elevation should not be linked even if it is in your template. Reconfigure like this in html: * Elevation: 520 feet

Example: See the Junction Statistics for the Thunder Mountain-Skookum Lake Trail Junction.

Description

• Write a sentence or two about the junction. More detail may be necessary for unsigned junctions.
• Sometimes a junction includes a great view or is at an ancient tree; include these details for interest.
• Use complete sentences.

Example: See the Description section for the Timberline-Mountaineer Trail East Junction.

Contributors

If you have completed a new junction page, list yourself as the creator. If you have added significantly to an existing page, you can list yourself under the creator's name.

Example: See the Contributors for the Kopetski-Jawbone Flats Trail Junction.

As an editor, you can create a profile page for yourself; for example, see CFM's profile page.

Images

The last item you will probably add to your junction page is a photograph.

• One image is usually enough, but sometimes two add interest.
• The image should ideally depict the junction itself, including the junction sign.
• Otherwise, you could use a photo taken at a spot near the junction.
• If you absolutely don't have a photo of the junction, add 'Needs pics' to the categories.
• Save the photo as .jpg or .png
• Upload the photo in a relatively small size, e.g. 40 - 100 KB.
• The first photo, if a horizontal rectangle, will be 400 px in length; if a vertical rectangle, it will be 260 px in width.
• All other photos will be 250 px and 160 px respectively.
• The photos needs to be uploaded with a file name.
• The caption needs to be clear.
• The photographer needs to be credited; use parentheses and italics (two apostrophes before and after the name).
• You can use someone else's photo if they give permission and you give them credit (PM forum users and ask nicely for their pictures).
• Do NOT use a picture without the photographer's permission.

Example: See the photos for the Pacific Crest-Olallie Butte Trail Junction.

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