Help:Images and files

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