Help:Images

This page is all about images, pictures, diagrams and the like. It talks about how to include images in articles and how to upload new images to the wiki. The best place for a comprehensive summary is here.

Using an Image

The easiest way to include an image (called TestImage.jpg) is with the following text

[[File:TestImage.jpg]]

This will be replaced with the full sized image, which might be too big or inappropriately placed.

To make an image into a thumbnail, add an argument `thumb`

[[File:TestImage.jpg|thumb]]

Which will shift it to the right and puts a boarder around it and makes it a little smaller

To make the image a particular width, add the width in pixels to the next argument

<nowiki>40px

Will make the image 40 pixels wide

Any argument that does not parse into one of the specific options is treated as the caption.

<nowiki>this is a caption

If the image is a thumbnail, the caption will be displayed underneath it. An inline image will use the caption as its alt-text (it will display when you hover over the image).

Uploading new Images

If you're logged into the coppermind, there'll be a link in the bottom box on the sidebar called Upload File. Select your file, make sure the destination filename is sensible and the summary is descriptive and contains any [[help:categories|]] that are sensible and then hit upload.