Instructions for Uploading and Displaying Graphics
Graphics can be added to any page at any time.
Get a User Name and Password and Log In
1. Email John Elberfeld at [email protected]
- a. In your email, include you full name, a User Name and Password you want to use, and the email address you want associated with the site
- b. John will create an account with your unique user name and password on all SIX wikis that make up this site.
- c. You will receive six emails, one for each site.
- d. Please reply to each email to confirm your information.
2. Log In to the site
- a. Click Log In in the very top right hand corner of the screen on the site where you want to add or edit data.
- b. Enter your User Name and Password. BOTH ARE CASE SENSITIVE!
- c. You may choose to be remembered for 180 days.
- d. You must log into each wiki where you want to add or edit data.
Prepare your Picture
1. The only graphic formats that can be uploaded are: png, gif, jpg, jpeg.
- a. Large files take too long, so resize your picture so they are around 800 pixels across or less. This size lets users zoom in on details.
- b. Regular digital photos are TOO BIG and must be reduced in size.
- c. Most graphics programs have a Save As option where you can choose jpg as an option
- d. MediaWiki file names as case sensitive. Flag.jpg, flag.jpg, Flag.JPG, flag.jpeg, flag.JPG are all different files as far was the program is concerned. The safest way to refer to a file is to copy and paste its name.
Display a Single Picture
- a. A typical format to display a single picture is:
- [[File:Grave-Knox-HanesElias.jpg|300px|thumb|right|<center>Knox Cemetery - Elias Hanes</center>]]
- b. 300px is the width, right is the alignment (center and left are options)
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
{...}
</gallery>
- above the line for <gallery> add your name between double equal signs and on the line below it add a sentence or two about yourself. Example:
==Harold Miller==
Harold Miller lives in Oaxaca, Mexico and returns to Berne every summer to visit family.
<gallery>
- click on "Upload file" in left column
- enter the location of the file for your image
- change the name of the file of image to be uploaded so as to be briefly descriptive
- 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:Natural History]]
- click on Upload
- copy the name of the image
Image:New name of image.jpg
- go back to edit page
- paste name of image in the first line replacing Image:{filename}
- add a caption relpacing the words {caption} with a description of your picture and the year taken.
- your entry should look like this:
==Harold Miller==
Harold Miller lives in Oaxaca, Mexico and returns to Berne every summer to visit family.
<gallery>
Image:New name of image.jpg|<center>Description of image, 2009</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
Image:{filename}|<center>{caption}</center>
{...}
</gallery>
- click on Preview on bottom of page to preview what the page will look like.
- if it looks correct then Upload another image File.
- when you are done, Preview and Save.
- If you need more information please contact John Elberfeld at [email protected]
