Help:Images and files

Images

Registered users are allowed to upload images and other files and use them in the wiki pages.

File upload

Users can upload files of size up to 2 Mb in the following formats:

• doc, dvi, gif, jpeg, jpg, odp, odt, ogg, pdf, png, ppt, pps, rar, svg, tex, xls

Users are asked to add descriptions of the files they upload:

• Description of the file contents
• Author
• Source (if applicable)
• Date of creation
• License (All rights reserved, Creative Commons, Public domain...)

Using images in pages

Click button in edit mode and the following command will appear in the edit box:

[[Image:Example.jpg]]

The image can be formatted in various ways, using some optional parameters, separately or in combination.

Specifying the image width (in pixels)

[[Image:Example.jpg|250px]]

Image position on page

Command parameters: left, center, right

[[Image:Example.jpg|left|250px]]

[[Image:Example.jpg|center|250px]]

[[Image:Example.jpg|right|250px]]

Thumbnail image (default width: 180px, default can be specified in the personal site settings)

[[Image:Example.jpg|thumb]]

Free alternate text

[[Image:Example.jpg|Alternate text]]

Image caption with free alternate text

[[Image:Example.jpg|thumb|Alternate text]]

Alternate text

Example

The following command gives a right-aligned image with free caption text and image width 300px. The order of command parameters is not strictly fixed. Both commands below give one and the same result.

[[Image:Example.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Alternate text]]

Alternate text

[[Image:Example.jpg|300px|right|Alternate text|thumb]]

Alternate text