Thelemapedia:Using Images

(Revision as of 03:21, 22 Oct 2004)

Using images in Thelemapedia is easy. You can upload them or link to them on other sites.

Table of contents

2.1 Using uploaded images
2.2 Examples
2.3 Linking to an external image

Uploading an image

Before you upload an image, make sure one doesn't already exist on the site that could serve your purposes. You can do an image search on the Image List page. You can always get to this page from the Special Pages, found in the Toolbox.

You can add images to Thelemapedia in the Upload Page. You can get to this page from the Toolbox navigation box (although you have to be logged in to see the link). You can also find the link in Special Pages, also found in the Toolbox.

In the Upload Page, you will see a "Browse..." button on most browsers, which will bring up your operating system's standard file open dialog. Choosing a file will fill the name of that file into the text field next to the button. Type in an obvious description of the image in the text box. You must also check the box affirming that you are not violating any copyrights by uploading the file. Press the "Upload" button to finish the upload. This may take some time if you have a slow internet connection.

Please note that as with wiki pages, others may edit or delete your uploads if they think it serves the project, and you may be blocked from uploading if you abuse the system.

Formats

The preferred formats are JPEG for photographic images, and PNG or GIF for drawings and other iconic images.

Replacing images

When a file is uploaded with the same name as an existing one, the old one is replaced. When a media file is replaced by uploading a new one with the same name (e.g. an image in an article is replaced), this does not show up in the page history of the article, nor in the Related Changes of the article, nor in the revision history of the image description page (unless the description section is also changed). However, it is recorded in the Image History section of the image description page, and it changes the Upload log. Therefore, to watch changes in images in an article, it is not sufficient to watch the article itself and the image description pages ("watching" in the sense of putting on the list of "watched pages"), but one should watch the Upload log also.

Image List provides the same information as the Upload log, but it uses the user's local time instead of the default time. In addition it gives the file sizes. Further it allows loading of portions and sorting by size in addition to sorting by date, and it has not only links to the image description pages, but also directly to the images.

Using images

At this time, you cannot change the size of an image on Thelemapedia (we are working to change this). So, before you upload, make sure your image is a proper size. You can do this in any basic image-editing program.

Using uploaded images

The basic image markup is: [[Image:imagetest.jpg]]

You can add options to an image to change its behavior. Vertical bars are used to separate options from each other. Unknown options are skipped and the last option is used as the caption/alt text.

The basic options are:

alt text (simply add the text to the end of the image markup)
frame
none (makes a hard line break)
left
right
center

Examples

Add alternate text: [[Image:imagetest.jpg|Aleister Crowley]]

Aleister Crowley

Add a frame: [[Image:imagetest.jpg|frame|Aleister Crowley]]

As you can see, using the frame option aligns the image to the right. You can change this with the options below. You will also notice that alternate text becomes caption text.

Render an image inline by adding "none": [[Image:imagetest.jpg|none|frame|Aleister Crowley]]

Aleister Crowley

You can float an image using "left", "right", or "center": [[Image:imagetest.jpg|left]]

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Don't forget, you can add a hard break by using "none":

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Linking to an external image

If you don't want to upload an image, you can link to one on another site. Keep in mind that this will only work if the image remains in the same location...the moment it moves, it will dissappear from the Thelemapedia page. The basic markup for this simply requires typing in the URL of the image:

http://www.scarletwoman.org/images/top_lamen.gif

You can also just have the image link with a description (within single brackets):

[http://www.scarletwoman.org/images/top_lamen.gif Scarlet Woman Lodge Lamen]

Scarlet Woman Lodge Lamen (http://www.scarletwoman.org/images/top_lamen.gif)

You can turn it into a linking image within single brackets and adding the target webpage before the image URL:

[http://www.scarletwoman.org http://www.scarletwoman.org/images/top_lamen.gif]

(http://www.scarletwoman.org)

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