Difference between revisions of "Instructions for posting Then and Now images"

Revision as of 20:32, 15 February 2013

If you have some "Then and Now" photos you would like to share: 1. Go to *Instructions for Uploading and Displaying Graphics for general infroamtion about uploading and displaying graphics.

<gallery>

{Image:Then image.jpg}|<center>{Then and date}</center>

{Image:Now image.jpg}|<center>{year, your name}</center>

</gallery>

above the top line that says <gallery> add the name of the building you are adding, (or whatever), between double equal signs, ==
on the line below it add a sentence or two about the building.
Example:

==Old Berne Fire House; now apartments==

The old Berne Fire House, built in 19?? was sold when the new Berne Fire House was built in 200? and has been converted into an apartment house.

<gallery>

click on "Upload file" in left column
enter the location of the file for your "Then" image
change the new name of the file to be uploaded so as to be briefly descriptive
in the blank panel, enter a description of the image, your name, date of photo and any details about the picture you would like
every page must have one or more Categories. For these images there are two that should be added in the panel on the last line:

[[Category:All Images]] [[Category:Buildings]]

Image:name of your Then image.jpg

go back to edit page
paste name of image in the first line replacing Image:{Then image.jpg} with Image:name of your Then image.jpg
add a caption replacing the words {Then and date} with a description of your "Then" picture and the year taken and source if known.
your entry should look like this:

==Name of your building==

A sentence or two saying something about the building.

<gallery>

Image:Name of your Then image.jpg|<center>"Then" (or year of image, and source if known)</center>

Image:{Now image.jpg}|<center>{year, your name}</center>

</gallery>

click on Preview on bottom of page to preview what the page will look like.
if it looks correct go again to Upload File to add the "Now" image following the instructions above
when you are done, Preview and Save.
If you need more information you can contact John Elberfeld at [email protected]

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 If you have some "Then and Now" photos you would like to share:
-*Contact John Elberfeld at [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] if you do not have an account.
+. Go to '''*[[Instructions for Uploading and Displaying Graphics]]''' for general infroamtion about uploading and displaying graphics.
-*sign in
-*go to edit tab
-*towards the bottom of the page is the Edit panel
-*scroll down the Edit panel and until you come to the following:
 '''<nowiki><gallery></nowiki>'''