Help:Images
This page explains the image syntax when editing the wiki. Before using images, you have to upload a file.
| Description | You type | You get |
| Embed image (with alt text) |
[[Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|Binomial Cube]]
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| Link to description page | [[:Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg]][[:Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|Binomial Cube]]
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| Link directly to file | [[Media:Binomial_Cube.jpg]][[Media:Binomial_Cube.jpg|Binomial Cube]]
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Media:Binomial_Cube.jpg Binomial Cube |
| Thumbnail (centered, 100 pixels wide, with caption) |
[[Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|center|thumb|100px|Binomial Cube]]
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| Border (100 pixels) Results in a very small gray border |
[[Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|border|100px]]
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| Frameless Like thumbnail, respect user preferences for image width but without border and no right float. |
[[Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|frameless]]
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Syntax
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,frame, orframeless: Controls how the image is formattedleft,right,center,none: Controls the alignment of the image on the pagebaseline,sub,super,top,text-top,middle,bottom,text-bottom: Controls the vertical alignment of the image on the page{width}px: Resizes the image to the given width in pixels{caption text}: Must not end with "px"- Special cases:
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page=1: Displays the specified page when showing a djvu file
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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
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]
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:Binomial_Cube.jpg|Item 1
Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|a link to [[Help:Contents]]
Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg
Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg
Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|''italic caption''
Image:Binomial_Cube.jpg|on page "{{PAGENAME}}"
</gallery>
is formatted as:
Item 1
a link to Help:Contents
italic caption
on page "Images"
