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Getting Started
Images in EcoliWiki are particularly useful for showing gene constructs, structures of gene products, plasmid maps, etc. Uploading images is simple enough. First, you must be logged into EcoliWiki. If you don't have an account, request one by emailing EcoliWiki at ecoliwiki@gmail.com.
Uploading
Once you have clicked Upload file, you'll be taken to a page similar to this:
If all goes well, you'll be taken to a page that shows the image. One error you might get is that a file is larger then the recommended file size. You can try and resize your image on the computer, then re-upload the file.
Using Images
Using images in EcoliWiki is done by doing the following: Let's say you want to link to an image called Fun.JPG. To do this, simply type [[Image:Fun.JPG]] and the image will appear.
Clicking on the image will take you to the image page in EcoliWiki.
Let's say though, that you wanted to make the picture smaller and move it to the right of the page. You can do this by adding some wiki code after the file name. For example, | thumb| will make the image a thumbnail. Writing [[Image:Fun.JPG|thumb|right]] will make the picture go to the right of the page, like in the example below:
Image inclusion syntax
To generalize the above: there is a syntax for adding images in Mediawiki wikis. To add an image, use:
- [[Image:ImageFileName|{type}|{location}|{size}|{caption}]]
{type}, {location}, {size}, and {caption} are all optional. Anything that is not recognizable as {type} {location} or {size} is treated as a caption.
- type: allowed values are 'thumb', 'thumbnail' or 'frame'. If this is left blank, there is no box around the image, and it doesn't display a caption
- location: allowed values are 'right', 'left', 'center' or 'none'. Text will wrap around 'left' or 'right' but not around 'center'. Use {{Clr}} to prevent text below from wrapping.
- size:{width}px width in pixels. Ignored if type is 'frame'.
Examples
In the examples below, the image is placed at the beginning of a block of nonsense text, so you can see how wrapping around the image works.
Simple Image
[[Image:Fun.JPG ]]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
Simple Image Resized
[[Image:Fun.JPG |50px]]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
Framed Images with caption
Default alignment: [[Image:Fun.JPG |frame| Sample image figure legend]]
Centered: [[Image:Fun.JPG|frame|50px|center| Sample image figure legend]]
Thumbnails
[[Image:Fun.JPG|thumb|50px|left|Sample image figure legend]]
See also
More about Images at meta and at Wikipedia. Embedded images on EcoliWiki must be uploaded, and then linked. To upload, go to Upload file from the toolbox. The most recently uploaded images and files are listed in Special:Newimages.
