Help:Image

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1a. Find an image you want on your page on any other page in the wiki, or on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]] page.<br />
1a. Find an image you want on your page on any other page in the wiki, or on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]] page.<br />
1b. If you want to upload a new photo, go to the [[Special:Upload|upload file]] page.<br />
1b. If you want to upload a new photo, go to the [[Special:Upload|upload file]] page.<br />
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2. Once you've found or uploaded a photo, find out its name (including the extension), which will be something like this: <pre><nowiki>Image:(your_image_name)</nowiki></pre>
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2. Once you've found or uploaded a photo, find out its name (including the extension), which will be something like this: <pre><nowiki>Image:image_name</nowiki></pre>
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3. Now, find a nice place on your user page, edit the code, and add this text, replacing the words in parentheses appropriately:<br />
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3. Now, find a nice place on your user page, edit the code, and add this text, replacing the name and caption appropriately:<br />
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<pre><nowiki>[[Image:(your_image_name)|thumb|(The image caption)]]</nowiki></pre>
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<pre><nowiki>[[Image:image_name|thumb|image caption]]</nowiki></pre>
4. Save the edit, and you've got yourself an image!
4. Save the edit, and you've got yourself an image!

Revision as of 19:50, 27 October 2005

Here's how to add a picture:

1a. Find an image you want on your page on any other page in the wiki, or on the image list page.
1b. If you want to upload a new photo, go to the upload file page.

2. Once you've found or uploaded a photo, find out its name (including the extension), which will be something like this:
Image:image_name

3. Now, find a nice place on your user page, edit the code, and add this text, replacing the name and caption appropriately:

[[Image:image_name|thumb|image caption]]

4. Save the edit, and you've got yourself an image!

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