Help:Images

Adding images to a wiki article can be a complex process. The Mediawiki software underlying the Theosophy Wiki is not WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") in its graphic interface. Therefore, you have sometimes have to experiment a bit to get an image into the desired size and position.

The basic syntax for displaying an image is:

[[File:filename.extension|position|framing|size|caption]]

The options are case-sensitive, and must be typed in all lower case letters. Each option is separated from the next option by a pipe symbol, |.

• Option for position of the image: left, center, right - default is right
• Option for framing the image: frame, thumb - default is no framing
• Option for image size: A number followed by px (i.e. 200px for 200 pixels in width)
• Option for caption: any words that are not keywords are used as the caption.

If the text wraps around the image in an unattractive way, it is often useful to add line breaks <br> to force the text or image to a different position.

See Mediawiki's article Help:Images for the complete array of options in placement of images. Other good sources of information are:

• Wikipedia in Simple English's Help:How to use images
• YouTube video: How To Upload Images on Media Wiki
• Sunshine Review YouTube video: Add images to a wiki.

Examples in Theosophy Wiki of articles using some of these options:

• Lives of Alcyone (book)#Tables of Lives
• The Path (art work)
• Richard Blossom Farley#Theosophical Society involvement
• Anagarika Govinda#Lectures
• Labyrinth#Types of labyrinths
• Theosophical Motto#Meaning

Galleries

Images can be displayed in galleries - small images in a row across a page. For more information and examples see the Wikipedia article Gallery tag and Mediwiki's article Rendering a gallery of images.

Examples of galleries in Theosophy Wiki:

• L. W. Rogers Building - simple captions
• Adyar Theosophical Academy - centered captions
• Murals at Olcott (art work) - multi-line captions
• James S. Perkins - no captions
• Adyar (campus) - centered captions
• Lives of Alcyone (book) - 2 wide images, centered in page, side by side
• Schwartz Portrait of Krishnamurti (art work) - 2 tall images, centered in page, side by side