Image howto
This tutorial has been copied from Wikipedia and has not yet been fully adjusted to the CPCWiki
This is a tutorial on how to insert pictures in CPCWiki articles using Wikiformat. There is also a shorter technical document describing the syntax.
For the purposes of this tutorial, all examples will use the Amstrad series collage as the picture.
"Dummy" text, known as Lorem Ipsum, used only to show the effect of mixing pictures with running text, is rendered in a different color.
Asterisks are used in the text to show the edit location of the image tag.
Contents
Uploading
To upload a picture (or other file), click the Upload File button, found in the frame menu, on the left side of the screen.
Plain picture
A plain picture with no formatting can be inserted with the statement:
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg]]
The picture is the same size as the user originally uploaded. The placement in the article is arbitrary, and text does not float (wrap around it). For example:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis tellus. Donec ante dolor, iaculis nec, gravida ac, cursus in, eros. Mauris vestibulum, felis et egestas ullamcorper, purus nibh vehicula sem, eu egestas ante nisl non justo. Fusce tincidunt, lorem nec dapibus consectetuer, leo orci mollis ipsum, eget suscipit eros purus in ante. *
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Notice how the picture slices the text into two pieces, depending on where the tag is placed.
Specifying placement
Now, let's say we want either (a) text to float (wrap around) the picture, or (b) to specify where it gets put (left, right, inline, etc). To do this, we simply append the placement statement.
Example 1 - Right align, float
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|right]]
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Example 2 - Right align, float, with caption
You'll usually put these at the start of a paragraph so the image floats to the right of the paragraph. It's common to see these at the start of an article.*
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|frame|right|Here is a really cool caption]]
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Example 3 - Left align, float
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|left]]
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Phasellus orci. Etiam tempor elit auctor magna. Nullam nibh velit, vestibulum ut, eleifend non, pulvinar eget, enim. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Integer velit mauris, convallis a, congue sed, placerat id, odio. Etiam venenatis tortor sed lectus. Nulla non orci. In egestas porttitor quam. Duis nec diam eget nibh mattis tempus. Curabitur accumsan pede id odio. Nunc vitae libero. Aenean condimentum diam et turpis. Vestibulum non risus.
Example 4 - Don't float
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|none]]
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Framing, adding a caption
It's usual to include a caption to describe the image and give credit as necessary. This means that the image will need a "frame"
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|frame|This picture shows the full CPC series]]
However: Use 'thumb' instead of 'frame' if you want to have a caption and resize the picture. (See Combining different options section below for example.)
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Thumbnailing
Let's say that picture is too big. Let's say we want the user to get a smaller version (a "thumbnail") when he/she looks at the article. Thumbnails always include a frame, so when thumbnailing, you almost always want to specify a caption.
A thumbnail adds a gray border around a picture and lets you add a caption, like 'frame' above. See Captions for caption writing tips.
But 'thumb' also automatically resizes a large picture into a smaller display size, with an option for the user to click on the image and see the original large version. Because different people work to different screen resolutions, your preferred size of thumbnails can be set in special:preferences under "files". The default, which is also used for logged-out users is 180 pixels (px), but you can choose between 120px, 150px, 180px, 200px, 250px, and 300px sizes. If an image is smaller than the thumbnail size you specified then it is displayed at 100% resolution, i.e. its natural width. Generally speaking, thumbnails are the best way to display images.
Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|The Amstrad Series]]
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Resizing
Although thumbnails are preferred, you may nevertheless want to display an image at a particular size. Starting without a thumbnail:
(Remember: Using a frame forces the picture to its original size, and overrides the use of the pixel width argument.) For example, let's say we want it to be 100 pixels wide:
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|100px]]
In typical graphical browsers, this image shows no hint when the user moves the mouse over the image; in text browsers, something like '100px-Cpcserieb.jpg' might appear instead of the image, or nothing at all, depending on settings. We should be able to improve on this by specifying alternative text], as follows:
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|100px|Amstrad CPC series]]
Let's say we want it 500 pixels wide:
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|500px|Amstrad CPC series]]
In general, overly large pictures should not be put into articles. Most pictures are between 100 and 400 pixels wide. Generally, pictures should not be wider than that.
Also, notice that the picture quality is noticeably lower quality. This is because we told it to be 500 pixels wide, which is wider than the picture actually is. So the renderer had to expand it. Never enlarge pictures this way in an article.
Combining different options
Ok, all this so far has been cool, but it's not really useful unless you combine it all. Let's say we have a picture that we want floating, right aligned, thumbnailed, resized to 100 pixels, and with a caption. You can combine all of the above. Order does not matter, except that the picture name must come first and the caption must come last:
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|100px|right|The Amstrad Series]]
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Avoiding image "stackups"
One of the problems many users of floating images hit is that multiple images sometimes "stack up" horizontally, particularly with large screens and wide images. The best solution to this is simply to add more text, but this sometimes isn't possible. This section shows some solutions to this problem.
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<br style="clear:both;">
It's also possible to have two adjacent images of different sizes cause word wrapping problems; separating them in the markup seems to solve this; compare [1] with [2].
Co-aligning like images
It's very common to have two very similar images that logically should be grouped together. To achieve this, it's currently necessary to use some html markup:
<div style="float:right;width:315px;"> [[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Amstrad Series]] [[image:Flag of Scotland.svg|none|thumb|200px|The flag of Scotland]] </div>
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It is also often useful to horizontally align two images:
However, this should be used sparingly, as it can cause the images to protrude off the right of the page for people with narrow browser windows.
This is done using table markup:
{|
|-
| [[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Amstrad Series]]
| [[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Amstrad Series]]
|}
An alternative, that avoids being too wide, is to align both left and allow them to stack up if possible:
[[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Amstrad Series]] [[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Amstrad Series]] <br style="clear:both;"/>
It will be necessary to include the line
<br style="clear:both;"/>
in order to prevent subsequent text from being placed alongside the images.
Alternating left and right floats
Perhaps the easiest way is to make floating images alternate left then right; this way they don't come into contact with one another, and so can't stack up in an unattractive way.
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|150px|right|A Amstrad Series]] [[image:Flag of Scotland.svg|left|thumb|150px|The flag of Scotland]]
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Forcing a break
As a final resort, you can force the browser to insert a break, making all text and images appear below the bottom of the first image. This can produce rather unattractive gaps, particularly in the accompanying text. Remember that text will flow and wrap differently for other users, based on their chosen browser, screen resolution, default font size, accessibility options, number of toolbars and sidebars (such as instant messaging panes) and more -- don't force page design just so that it looks pretty on your machine. Hack only where absolutely necessary. Wherever possible, just use the simplest logical page flow. (see Wiki markup and CSS below for details on clear:left or clear:right)
<br style="clear:both;"/>
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Photo gallery
Wiki markup and CSS
To display a series of photos in a gallery, there is a simple method using wiki markup and Cascading Style Sheets: Float all images in the gallery to the left, and clear their left float at the end to avoid having the images run into following content.
[[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|128px|thumb|left|The Amstrad Series 1]] [[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|128px|thumb|left|The Amstrad Series 2]] [[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|128px|thumb|left|The Amstrad Series 3]] [[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|128px|thumb|left|The Amstrad Series 4]] [[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|128px|thumb|left|The Amstrad Series 5]] [[Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|128px|thumb|left|The Amstrad Series 6]] <br style="clear: left"/>
Advantages: Adapts to screen width by wrapping, simple markup.
New MediaWiki <gallery> tag
The new MediaWiki software has support for a <gallery> tag, which vastly simplifies making image galleries in pages:
<gallery> Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|The Amstrad Series Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|A Amstrad Series Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|Amstrad Series Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|Amstrad Series Photo Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|A mascot for Wikipedia Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|One mascot for Wikipedia Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|Wikipedia has a mascot Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|The bug of Wikipedia </gallery>
Advantages: Really simple markup. Probably will get more support as MediaWiki matures (hopefully?), no wasted space between images
Disadvantages: Does not adapt to screen width by wrapping, can't specify image size (hopefully both will be fixed in the next version), will not display images with certain aspect-ratios and breaks animated GIFs, and may interfere with certain referencing styles, notably the <ref> tag.
The Amstrad Series
A Amstrad Series
Amstrad Series working
Amstrad Series's Habitat
A mascot for Wikipedia
One logo for Wikipedia
Wikipedia has bugs
The mascot of Wikipedia
Linking to pictures without displaying them
Let's say you want to link to the picture without displaying it. There are two ways to do it.
[[Media:Cpcserieb.jpg]]
Notice that it says "Media:" instead of "Image:". When the user clicks on the link, the browser goes directly to the image. Also, notice that you can change the text so it says anything you want.
[[Media:Cpcserieb.jpg|This is the Amstrad Series]]
This can be awkward if the image is quite large, for the full size image will be displayed. The following method avoids this problem.
Now let's say that instead of taking the viewer directly to the picture, you want to take them to the image page (where it tells them who uploaded it, when, what the copyright status is, etc). You can do that with:
[[:Image:Cpcserieb.jpg]]
The only difference between this picture and the very first picture in this tutorial is that I put a colon before "image".
As above, I can make the link say anything I want.
[[:Image:Cpcserieb.jpg|This links directly to the Amstrad Series's image page]]
This links directly to the Amstrad Series's image page
When the link is clicked the image will be displayed with other text information at a reasonable size, while the user can click through the medium-sized image to get to the full size highest resolution image.
Using the HTML <table> tag
If you use HTML table, you can arrange your text and Images using the standard <table> tag.
<table>
<tr>
<td>[[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|120px|Amstrad Series]]
</td>
<td>[[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|120px|Amstrad Series]]
</td>
<td>[[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|120px|Amstrad Series]]
</td>
<td>[[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|120px|Amstrad Series]]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|120px|Amstrad Series]]
</td>
<td>Here is a text article. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,......
</td>
<td>[[image:Cpcserieb.jpg|thumb|120px|The Amstrad Series]]
</td>
<td>Here is '''another''' text article. Lorem ipsum.....
</td>
</tr>
</table>
| Here is a text article. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis tellus. Donec ante dolor, iaculis nec, gravida ac, cursus in, eros. Mauris vestibulum, felis et egestas ullamcorper, purus nibh vehicula sem, eu egestas ante nisl non justo. Fusce tincidunt, lorem nec dapibus consectetuer, leo orci mollis ipsum, eget suscipit eros purus in ante. | Here is another text article. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis tellus. Donec ante dolor, iaculis nec, gravida ac, cursus in, eros. Mauris vestibulum, felis et egestas ullamcorper, purus nibh vehicula sem, eu egestas ante nisl non justo. Fusce tincidunt, lorem nec dapibus consectetuer, leo orci mollis ipsum, eget suscipit eros purus in ante. |
