Revision as of 22:38, 18 January 2018

Destinations are points of interest along the hike as well as the final destination. Short hikes may have only one major point of interest; longer hikes may include several. "Destinations" include features that can be seen from somewhere along the trail, including mountains and lakes that the trail doesn't actually reach. Other kinds of destinations include viewpoints, historic buildings, waterfalls, meadows, mines, springs, coastal promontories, campsites, etc.

To begin a new Destination page:

• Log in to the Field Guide with your user name and password.
• Find a destination/point of interest that you can use as a template. Criteria should include: a destination 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 destination.
• Paste the html content from your template destination into the blank dialog box and begin working! Save frequently or you might lose content.

The Destination page has several components:

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

Categories

Destination categories are useful because a user can click on them to find hikes and points of interest in the same area, e.g. Crater Lake National Park. Other categories, e.g. 'Waterfalls' or 'Alpine,' collect a list of similar features.

• Destination categories include the regions and subregions/jurisdictional districts the destination is in.
• Use as many categories as possible that fit the page you are creating. Make sure the categories you use fit the style already being applied in the Field Guide, e.g. '360 Degree Summits' not 'Big Views.'
• A list of all the categories currently being used can be seen on the Categories page.

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 Cooks Chasm 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.
• There are sometimes two lists of hike rings or links: one is for hikes to the location; the other is for hikes including the location (See Gillette Lake as an example).

For an example of complete hike rings (Again, this is optional), look at North Lake in View source and Edit modes.

Destination Statistics

The destination statistics appear in the top left of a destination 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 destination in feet. Most current destination 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: 1150 feet

Example: See the Destination Statistics for Vortex Meadow.

Description

• Write a paragraph or several about the destination.
• Use complete sentences.
• Provide dates and statistics where relevant.
• Do NOT plagiarize. You may quote from and attribute sources, but most of the writing should be your own.

Example: See the Description section for Hurwal Divide.

More Links

Compile a short list of outside links that you think may be useful to the user. You can link to these kinds of pages/sites:

• Official agency sites, e.g. the Forest Service page for a particular feature.
• Encyclopedia or reference entries.
• Other sites that give more background or history of the area.
• Online news articles relating to the feature.

Example: See the More Links list for Coldwater Peak.

Contributors

If you have completed a new destination 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 Bull of the Woods Lookout.

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 destination page is a photograph.

• One image is usually enough, but sometimes two add interest.
• If you absolutely don't have a photo of the feature, 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 Park Ridge.

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