Help:Images
Typically you would upload an image file to the wiki (See Help:Managing files) ...before you use the following wiki text to place the image on an article:
Template:Hl3|Description | Template:Hl3|You type | Template:Hl3|You get |
Embed image (with alt text) |
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Link to description page |
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Link directly to file |
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Thumbnail (centered, 100 pixels wide, with caption) |
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Border (100 pixels) Results in a very small gray border |
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Frameless Like thumbnail, respect user preferences for image width but without border and no right float. |
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Syntax[edit]
The full syntax for displaying an image is:
[[Image:{name}|{options}]]
Where options can be zero or more of the following, separated by pipes:
thumb
,thumbnail
, orframe
: Controls how the image is formattedleft
,right
,center
,none
: Controls the alignment of the image on the page{width}px
: Resizes the image to the given width in pixels{caption text}
The options can be given in any order. If a given option does not match any of the other possibilities, it is assumed to be the caption text. Caption text can contain wiki links or other formatting.
Other files[edit]
You can link to an external file using the same syntax used for linking to an external web page.
[http://url.for/some/image.png]
Or with different text:
[http://url.for/some/image.png link text here]
If it is enabled on your wiki (see Manual:$wgAllowExternalImages), you can also embed external images. To do that, simply insert the image's url:
http://url.for/some/image.png
Gallery of images[edit]
It's easy to make a gallery of thumbnails with the <gallery>
tag. The syntax is:
<gallery> Image:{filename}|{caption} Image:{filename}|{caption} {...} </gallery>
Captions are optional, and may contain wiki links or other formatting.
for example:
<gallery> Image:Example.jpg|Item 1 Image:Example.jpg|a link to [[Help:Contents]] Image:Example.jpg Image:Example.jpg Image:Example.jpg|''italic caption'' </gallery>
is formatted as:
- Example.jpg
Item 1
- Example.jpg
a link to Help:Contents
- Example.jpg
- Example.jpg
- Example.jpg
italic caption
Administration of images/files[edit]
See here: Manual:Image Administration