Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Images

Placing images on pages
Pictures may be worth a "thousand words," but they sure liven up and make a page far more interesting to look at. A page of straight text will often turn people away from reading your material no manner how informative the material in the article may be. So try to use images when possible to illustrate concepts made in your articles.

Images must all be approved
The only images allowed in FamilySearch Wiki are those accepted by FamilySearch WIki. All images must be approved before they can be place on any article. The process for submitting images and the conditions for their acceptance is explained here. The number of images you can put on a page is unlimited, but common sense and good taste should dictate how many and where they should be place.

How to place an image
Since the approved images are stored in the FamilySearch Wiki we link to them with an internal link, like so:
 * [[File:Ireland Cemeteries 1.jpg]]


 * The image is stored under the name "File:Ireland Cemeteries 1.jpg." You must use this name in the internal link for the image to show up on the page.
 * Notice the name of the image "File:Ireland Cemeteries 1.jpg" starts with the word "File" and a colon.
 * The extension ".jpg" must be in the link.

Size of image

 * When images are accepted by FamilySearch Wiki, they are stored in the size they were submitted. So if an image was 3000 pixels wide when it was submitted for approval, it will be stored at that size.
 * If we did not limit the size of the above image it would appear like this one on the page:
 * The size of the image rather overwhelms the page so we must have a way to reduce it's size.
 * Since the space we have available is only 640 pixels, we can place coding to cut down the size to fit the page.
 * To limit the size of the image, enter this code right after the jpg: a pipe and then the width in pixels we want it to be. We will limit the image to 300 pixels wide.
 * This is how it now looks:
 * Little more manageable.

How to place the image

 * Default position is on the left side of the page.
 * Right under the last item entered on the page.

 Exercises Check your answers >
 * Click on the category link at the bottom of this page to see where it leads.
 * In your sandbox page install the category "Wikitext lessons." This is just a made up category for this example.
 * Install a second category: "Wikitext education." This is just a made up category for this example.

 Quick Quiz
 * What size are images stored in the Wiki?
 * A. 640 pixels
 * B. Full size as submitted
 * C None of the above


 * What side of the page is the default position for an image?
 * A. Left side
 * B. Up as high as it can go on the page.
 * C. All of the above.


 * How many images can we put on a page
 * A. Unlimited
 * B. No more than five
 * C. No more than ten.

Check your answers >