Images
The following will only work if you first upload an image file to Spydiewiki.com or if it already exists
Basics of displaying images and linking to them
| Code and purpose | You get |
| [[Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|Mountains]] Embed image (with alt text) |
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| [[:Image:Testpicture_small.jpg]] [[:Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|Mountains]] Link to description page |
Image:Testpicture_small.jpg Mountains |
| [[Media:Testpicture_small.jpg]] [[Media:Testpicture_small.jpg|Mountains]] Link directly to file |
Media:Testpicture_small.jpg Mountains |
| [[Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Mountains]] Thumbnail (aligned left, 100px wide, with caption) |
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| [[Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|border|100px]] border results in a very small gray border. Sometimes the fine gray border cannot be seen whith certain images. |
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Syntax for displaying an image
The full syntax for displaying an image is:
[[Image:Filename.jpg|options]]
Where options can be zero or more of the following, separated by pipes:
| option | effect |
| thumb, thumbnail, or frame | Controls how the image is formatted |
| left, right, center, none | Controls the alignment of the image on the page |
| width | Resizes the image to the given width in pixels (e.g. 100px) |
| caption text | Adds a caption to your image |
The options can be given in any order. If a given option does not match any of the other possibilities, it is assumed to be the caption text. Caption text can contain formatting and links.
Linking to external files
You can link to an external file using the same syntax used for linking to an external web page.
- [http://url.for/some/image.png]
Or with different text:
- [http://url.for/some/image.png link text here]
Image galleries
It's easy to make a gallery of thumbnails with the <gallery> tag. This is how us use it:
<gallery> Image:Filename.jpg|Caption 1 Image:Filename.jpg|Caption 2 etc. </gallery>
Captions are optional but strongly recommended, and may contain other formatting like links.
Example:
<gallery> Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|Item 1 Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|Item 2 Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|a link to the [[Main Page]] Image:Testpicture_small.jpg|''italic caption'' </gallery>
Results in:
Item 1
Item 2
a link to the Main Page
italic caption
