Help:Using Files
To add a picture to page, you will have to upload a image file first, or find an existing picture you are looking for. Then you can use the file link to add the image to your page, as a thumbnail or a full picture, depending on how you make the image link.
Please use Thumbnails when you want to add pictures related to the topic of each page, a big borderless picture is usually only for explanatory purposes.
Thumbnails
Thumbnails are for adding pictures relating to the page.
- Thumbnail examples:
- [[File:Krafties Crafting.png|thumb|left|Description]] -thumbnail will be on the left side
- [[File:Krafties Crafting.png|thumb|center|Description]] -thumbnail will be in the center
- [[File:Krafties Crafting.png|thumb|Description]] -thumbnail will be on the right side
- [[File:Krafties Crafting.png|thumb|100px|center|Description]] -thumbnail will be 100px wide in the center
- Thumbnails are on the right side by default.
- Text wraps around thumbnails, that includes Headings.Unless the image is center.
- Biggest thumbnail by default is 220px
- The format of the link should always be [[File|Commands]]. So as long as the Command is in there, the order of them doesn't matter, center/thumb/100px
- To place a thumbnail on the left without text wrapping, use none instead of left (example:[[File:Krafties Crafting.png|thumb|none|Description]])
Framed
Framed is like a mix between plain picture and thumbnail.
- It displays the image in native size, with a border and description same as the thumbnails, but it does not have the resize button next to the description.
- Framed picture is on the right by default, and text wraps around.
- [[File:Felion.jpg|frame|Description]] -will display picture in it's native size by default, similar to plain picture, just framed
Plain Picture
Plain pictures are only for explanatory purposes, as part of the text (not just referring to the topic, but specific parts of the page)
- Plain picture examples:
[[File:Krafties Crafting.png]]-will be on the left side, no text wrap
- Plain images are on the left side by default.
- Plain pictures display no caption/description.
- Plain pictures are native size by default, the following picture has been shrunk to
500 px
*Text does not wrap by default. Plain pictures are in a line (so one line of text can be next to it)
Uploading
When you upload file, you can find them again on the List of Files uploaded.
- If you have to update a picture, find the original file and upload from there.
- If you have a new picture, use the Toolbox link Upload file
See also
- List of Files uploaded
- Help:Contents
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial How to format pictures