ImageHelp
Pictures and logos are a great way to spice up AboutUs pages. Here's a quick primer on working with pictures in wiki.
If you are looking to add a portrait of yourself go here or click the gray silhouette at the top right next to your name.
Uploading a picture or logo
To add a picture, you must first upload the picture in any standard file format to AboutUs.org.
To upload an image or other file:
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Keep in mind:
- Only folks that are logged in can upload images.
- Upload the picture before making or editing the wiki page, that way you have the image name in mind and can use it in your page.
- Name the image as specifically as possible so it doesn't conflict with other images (e.g. not Logo.jpg or Sample.png, but rather something unique like YourCompanyNameLogo.jpg).
Once you have uploaded the image, you can add the picture/logo to any wiki page (or "Wiki" section of a new bot page) with this type of formatting: [[Image:Example.jpg]], replacing "Example" with your filename. (After you upload your image you can copy/paste this from the title or URL of the image page to the page you want to add the image to and then just add two square brackets on either side.) In this case the filetype was .jpg, but the system supports other filetypes like .gif and .png.
Modifying a picture or logo on your page
There are several ways that you can modify your picture or logo on a page. For instance, you can modify the placement and size of your image, put a frame around it, use a thumbnail that can be enlarged, or create a gallery of images. See the descriptions and examples below.
Specifying placement - You can also specify that an image go to the "right" or "left" of the text block, forcing the text to "wrap-around" it. To do this, you add a command to the image when you place it as follows: [[Image:Example.jpg|right]]. In this case, the picture will appear in the right hand side and text will wrap around it.
Changing picture size - You can specify the size of the photo that shows up on the screen, independent of the "thumb" command. Here's an example of how to limit the size of a picture in your article to 200 pixels: [[Image:Example.jpg|right|200px]]. To choose a different size, simply replace the 200px with a different number.
Putting your image in a frame - In addition to specifying placement, you can put a frame around your image, using the "frame command" as follows: [[Image:Example.jpg|frame]].
Image Thumbnails - Puts your image in a frame, but it also shrinks it to a smaller, more manageable size. Viewers can then click the "enlarge" icon inside the frame and see the picture in its full size. Use the "thumbnail" command like this: [[Image:Example.jpg|thumb]]. Note, website thumbnails are handled differently.
Captions - Captions can also be added to images that are either inside a frame, or a thumbnail. To do this, you just add the caption at the end of the image command: [[Image:Example.jpg|frame|This is a caption]].
Creating your own combination - You can also combine the options. For example, you can take an image, make a thumbnail of it, set the thumbnail at 150px, left justify it, and add a caption: [[Image:Example.jpg|thumb|150px|left|This is a caption]]. The order of the commands doesn't matter, except that the picture/file name must come first and the caption last.
Gallery option for multiple photos - To make a slew of photos more organized and professional, simply list images in between <gallery> and </gallery> tags and the system will automatically size the photos and create a mini-gallery of the images. See the Gallery page for more details.
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Image from another site
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Website thumbnail
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Thumbnail image on AboutUs
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Frame an image
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Inserting a caption
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Float image to the left
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Float image to the right
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