Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Images





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Placing images on pages
Pictures may be worth a "thousand words," but they sure liven up and make a page far more interesting to look at. A page of straight text will often turn people away from reading your material no matter how informative the material may be. Try to use images when possible to illustrate the concepts in your articles.

Images must all be approved
The only images allowed in FamilySearch Wiki are those accepted by FamilySearch Wiki. All images must be approved before they can be placed in any article. The process for submitting images and the conditions for their acceptance is explained here. The number of images you can put on a page is unlimited, but common sense and good taste should dictate how many and where they should be placed.

How to embed an image
Since the approved images are stored in the FamilySearch Wiki, we link to them with an internal link: 
 * The image is stored under the name "File:Handcart pioneers.jpg." You must use this name in the internal link for the image to show up on the page.
 * NOTICE the name of the image "File:Handcart pioneers.jpg" starts with the word "File" and a colon.
 * The extension ".jpg" must be in the link.
 * The word "image" can be used in place of "file."
 * NOTICE the default position of images are on the left side of the page.

Embedding a PDF file
If you have PDF document you wish to link to on a particular page, follow this procedure: Here are the steps abbreviated: 
 * 1) You have to know the name of the PDF file such as: "File:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf"
 * 2) Next, change the word "File" to "Media" so it looks like this: "Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf"
 * 3) Then, place opening and closing brackets  and  on either end of this link like so: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf]]
 * 4) When you place this coding on a page, it will appear like this: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf]]
 * 5) If you would like to have a better title than the name of the link, you can add after "pdf" a pipe character "|" along with the name of the PDF file you would like to your patrons see such as "Beginning Research Techniques"
 * 6) Here is the what that bit of code will look like: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf|Beginning Research Techniques]] .  Notice the | character separating the name of the link from it's title.
 * 7) On your page this is what you will see: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf|Beginning Research Techniques]]
 * 8) After you have created this link you can copy and paste it where you want it on the page.
 * File:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf
 * Media :Beginning Research Techniques.pdf
 * Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf
 * Beginning Research Techniques
 * Don't forget the pipe | symbol between the link and the name you give it.

Tooltips
A tooltip is the little box that appears when you hover your mouse over a link and, if coded, over an image. for example:

Image tooltip code:  Abbreviation tooltip: FHC  FHC
 * Abbreviation tooltips are created when you flank a word or phrase with the abbr attribute as follows:
 * NOTICE the dotted line under a word or phase is an indication that it has a tooltip attached.
 * A tooltip also appears if there is a name put on an external or internal link.

Size of image

 * When images are accepted by FamilySearch Wiki, they are stored in the size they were submitted. For example: If an image was 3000 pixels wide when it was submitted for approval, it will be stored at that size.
 * If we did not limit the size of the image below, it would appear like this on the page:
 * The size of the image overwhelms the page so we must have a way to reduce its size.
 * We will have to limit the size of the image so it will fit on the page. For our example, we will limit the image to 200 pixels wide.  Here is the code:
 * This is how the image appears now:
 * This size is more manageable.

Try these out


 Exercises Check your answers
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Map.gif]] image on your sandbox page and limit the width to 200 pixels.
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Countryside.jpg]] image on your sandbox page above the one above and limit the width to 250 pixels.
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865.jpg]] image between the two above and limit the width to 600 pixels.

 Quick Quiz
 * What size are images stored in the Wiki?
 * A. 640 pixels
 * B. Full size as submitted
 * C None of the above


 * What side of the page is the default position for an image?
 * A. Left side
 * B. Under the last item entered on the page.
 * C. All of the above.


 * How many images can we put on a page
 * A. Unlimited
 * B. No more than five
 * C. No more than ten.

Check your answers

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