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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.  
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.  
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The basic syntax for displaying an image is:
The basic syntax for displaying an image is:


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* YouTube video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1frQhHHm9Dk&feature=related How To Upload Images on Media Wiki]  
* YouTube video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1frQhHHm9Dk&feature=related How To Upload Images on Media Wiki]  
* Sunshine Review YouTube video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqSlCDeHFg Add images to a wiki].
* Sunshine Review YouTube video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqSlCDeHFg Add images to a wiki].
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'''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 ==
== Galleries ==


Images can be displayed in galleries - small images in a row across a page. For more information and examples see the Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gallery_tag Gallery tag] and Mediwiki's article [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images#Rendering_a_gallery_of_images Rendering a gallery of images].
Images can be displayed in galleries - small images in a row across a page. For more information and examples see the Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gallery_tag Gallery tag] and Mediwiki's article [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images#Rendering_a_gallery_of_images Rendering a gallery of images].
'''Examples of galleries in Theosophy Wiki:'''
* [[L. W. Rogers Building]]
* [[Adyar Theosophical Academy]]
* [[Murals at Olcott (art work)]]
* [[James S. Perkins]]
* [[Adyar (campus)]]
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Latest revision as of 19:49, 6 March 2020

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:


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

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: