Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Images (cont.)





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How to place the image
Default position is on the left side of the page as mentioned and shown on the previous page.

Image on the right
What if we want the image on the right side of the page? Enter this coding to the link of the image: 
 * Now it is on the right side of the page.

Image borders
 
 * What if we want to place a border around the image.
 * To do that add a pipe and the word "thumb" inside the internal image link:
 * Now our image looks like this:
 * NOTICE the pipe and the word "right" have been removed.
 * Using the word "thumb" moves the image to the right by default.
 * If we want the border but the image on the left, we include a pipe and the word "left":
 * Now our image is on the left side with a border:

Image Captions
 
 * With the use of the word "thumb," notice a small box appears under the image.
 * Here is where we can place a caption on the image with the addition of a pipe and whatever wording we want for the caption:
 * Here is how the image now appears with its caption at the bottom of the image:
 * If you want to center the caption, enter opening and closing center tags flanking the caption:

Try these out


 Exercises Check your answers
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Map.gif]] image in your sandbox page and limit the width to 300 pixels and place it on the right side of the page.
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Countryside.jpg]] image in your sandbox page and limit the width to 350 pixels and put a border around it.
 * Place this [[File:Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865.jpg]] in your sandbox and limit the width to 250 pixels and place the caption: "Tuam Cathedral" and center it.

 Quick Quiz
 * The default position of any image is on the right side of the page.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * To place an image on the right side of the page, use |right.
 * True
 * False


 * You can place a caption on an image without the thumb code
 * A. True
 * B. False

Check your answers

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