Help:Images: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:42, 9 December 2012

These instructions were obtained from MediaWiki's Help:Images.

The thumbnail feature should work properly now
Please report any problems if any.

Description	You type	You get
Embed image (with alt text) Note : Please use thumbnails when you post pictures (see below). All pictures larger than 300x300 pixels not thumbnailed will be removed.	`[[Image:Example2.jpg\|Linux-tan]]`
Link to description page	`[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]` `[[:Image:Example2.jpg\|Linux-tan]]`	Image:Example2.jpg Linux-tan
Link directly to file	`[[Media:Example2.jpg]]` `[[Media:Example2.jpg\|Linux-tan]]`	Media:Example2.jpg Sunflowers
Simple Thumbnail (Just the thumb option)	`[[Image:Example2.jpg\|thumb]]`
Advanced Thumbnail (centered, 100 pixels wide, with caption)	`[[Image:Example2.jpg\|center\|thumb\|100px\|Linux-tan]]`	Linux-tan

Uploaded files

To use an image or other file which has been uploaded to the wiki, use:

[[Image:Example2.jpg]]

If you add a pipe (|) and some text after the filename, the text will be used as alternative text for text-only browsers:

[[Image:Example2.jpg|alternative text]]

If you don't want to display the image, you can link to the file's description page, by adding a colon:

[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]

To bypass the description page and link directly to a file , use the Media pseudo-namespace:

[[Media:Example2.jpg]]

You can also make piped links if you want some other text to be used:

[[:Image:Example2.jpg|link text]]
[[Media:Example2.jpg|link text]]

Advanced options

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, or frame: Controls how the image is formatted
left, 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.

Gallery of images

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:Example2.jpg|Item 1
Image:Example2.jpg|a link to [[Help:Contents]]
Image:Example2.jpg
Image:Example2.jpg
Image:Example2.jpg|''italic caption''
/gallery

is formatted as: gallery Image:Example2.jpg|Item 1 Image:Example2.jpg|a link to Help:Contents Image:Example2.jpg Image:Example2.jpg Image:Example2.jpg|italic caption /gallery

Other files

You can link to an external file using the same syntax used for linking to an external web page. This feature has to be enabled by the admin; in the new releases of MediaWiki its disabled due to security reasons.

[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, you can also embed external images. To do that, simply insert the url:

http://url.for/some/image.png

External Links

MediaWiki Help:Images

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-|align=right | [[Image:Fedora_logo.png|left]] '''The thumbnail feature should work properly now br /Please report any problems if any.'''
+|align=right | [[Image:Fedora_logo.png|left]] '''The thumbnail feature should work properly now <br />Please report any problems if any.'''
 |}
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 !You get
 |-
-|Embed image br / (with alt text)br /br /'''Note : Please use thumbnails when you post pictures (see below). All pictures larger than 300x300 pixels not thumbnailed will be removed.'''
+|Embed image <br /> (with alt text)<br /><br />'''Note : Please use thumbnails when you post pictures (see below). All pictures larger than 300x300 pixels not thumbnailed will be removed.'''
-|codenowiki[[Image:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]/nowiki/code
+|<code><nowiki>[[Image:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]</nowiki></code>
 |
 [[Image:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]
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 |Link to description page
 |
-codenowiki[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]/nowiki/codebr /
+<code><nowiki>[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]</nowiki></code><br />
-codenowiki[[:Image:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]/nowiki/code
+<code><nowiki>[[:Image:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]</nowiki></code>
 |
-[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]br /
+[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]<br />
 [[:Image:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]
 |-
 |Link directly to file
 |
-codenowiki[[Media:Example2.jpg]]/nowiki/codebr /
+<code><nowiki>[[Media:Example2.jpg]]</nowiki></code><br />
-codenowiki[[Media:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]/nowiki/code
+<code><nowiki>[[Media:Example2.jpg|Linux-tan]]</nowiki></code>
 |
-[[Media:Example2.jpg]]br /
+[[Media:Example2.jpg]]<br />
 [[Media:Example2.jpg|Sunflowers]]
 |-
-|Simple Thumbnailbr / (Just the thumb option)
+|Simple Thumbnail<br /> (Just the thumb option)
 |
-codenowiki[[Image:Example2.jpg|thumb]]/nowiki/code
+<code><nowiki>[[Image:Example2.jpg|thumb]]</nowiki></code>
 |
 [[Image:Example2.jpg|thumb]]
 |-
-|Advanced Thumbnailbr / (centered, 100 pixelsbr / wide, with caption)
+|Advanced Thumbnail<br /> (centered, 100 pixels<br /> wide, with caption)
 |
-codenowiki[[Image:Example2.jpg|center|thumb|100px|Linux-tan]]/nowiki/code
+<code><nowiki>[[Image:Example2.jpg|center|thumb|100px|Linux-tan]]</nowiki></code>
 |
 [[Image:Example2.jpg|center|thumb|100px|Linux-tan]]
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 __TOC__
 To use an image or other file which has been [[Help:Managing files|uploaded to the wiki]], use:
-*codenowiki[[Image:Example2.jpg]]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[[Image:Example2.jpg]]</nowiki></code>
 If you add a pipe (|) and some text after the filename, the text will be used as alternative text for text-only browsers:
-*codenowiki[[Image:Example2.jpg|alternative text]]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[[Image:Example2.jpg|alternative text]]</nowiki></code>
 If you don't want to display the image, you can link to the file's description page, by adding a colon:
-*codenowiki[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[[:Image:Example2.jpg]]</nowiki></code>
 To bypass the description page and link directly to a file , use the Media pseudo-namespace:
-*codenowiki[[Media:Example2.jpg]]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[[Media:Example2.jpg]]</nowiki></code>
 You can also make piped links if you want some other text to be used:
-*codenowiki[[:Image:Example2.jpg|link text]]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[[:Image:Example2.jpg|link text]]</nowiki></code>
-*codenowiki[[Media:Example2.jpg|link text]]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[[Media:Example2.jpg|link text]]</nowiki></code>
 ===Advanced options===
 The full syntax for displaying an image is:
-  codenowiki[[Image:{name}|{options}]]/nowiki/code
+  <code><nowiki>[[Image:{name}|{options}]]</nowiki></code>
 Where options can be zero or more of the following, separated by pipes:
-*codethumb/code, codethumbnail/code, or codeframe/code: Controls how the image is formatted
+*<code>thumb</code>, <code>thumbnail</code>, or <code>frame</code>: Controls how the image is formatted
-*codeleft/code, coderight/code, codecenter/code, codenone/code: Controls the alignment of the image on the page
+*<code>left</code>, <code>right</code>, <code>center</code>, <code>none</code>: Controls the alignment of the image on the page
-*code{width}px/code: Resizes the image to the given width in pixels
+*<code>{width}px</code>: Resizes the image to the given width in pixels
-*code{caption text}/code
+*<code>{caption text}</code>
 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.
 ===Gallery of images===
-It's easy to make a gallery of thumbnails with the codenowikigallery/nowiki/code tag. The syntax is:
+It's easy to make a gallery of thumbnails with the <code><nowiki>gallery</nowiki></code> tag. The syntax is:
-pre
+<pre>
 gallery
 Image:{filename}|{caption}
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 {...}
 /gallery
-/pre
+</pre>
 Captions are optional, and may contain wiki links or other formatting.
 for example:
-pre
+<pre>
 gallery
 Image:Example2.jpg|Item 1
@@ Line 96: / Line 96: @@
 Image:Example2.jpg|''italic caption''
 /gallery
-/pre
+</pre>
 is formatted as:
 gallery
-Image:Example.jpg|Item 1
+Image:Example2.jpg|Item 1
-Image:Example.jpg|a link to [[Help:Contents]]
+Image:Example2.jpg|a link to [[Help:Contents]]
-Image:Example.jpg
+Image:Example2.jpg
-Image:Example.jpg
+Image:Example2.jpg
-Image:Example.jpg|''italic caption''
+Image:Example2.jpg|''italic caption''
 /gallery
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 ==Other files==
 You can link to an external file using the same syntax used for [[Help:Links#External links|linking to an external web page]]. This feature has to be enabled by the admin; in the new releases of MediaWiki its disabled due to security reasons.
-*codenowiki[http://url.for/some/image.png]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[http://url.for/some/image.png]</nowiki></code>
 Or with different text:
-*codenowiki[http://url.for/some/image.png link text here]/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>[http://url.for/some/image.png link text here]</nowiki></code>
 If it is enabled on your wiki, you can also embed external images. To do that, simply insert the url:
-*codenowikihttp://url.for/some/image.png/nowiki/code
+*<code><nowiki>http://url.for/some/image.png</nowiki></code>
 ==External Links==
 [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images MediaWiki Help:Images]