Instructions for posting Then and Now images
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If you have some "Then and Now" photos you would like to share:
- Contact John Elberfeld at [email protected] if you do not have an account.
- 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:
<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]]
- click on Upload
- copy the name of the image
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 go to the editor...I mean title=Help:Contents| "Help".