Help:How to use pictures
To add an image to an article first you must upload the image. If the image is on the internet then you need to save it to a place on your computer. Once the image is on your computer click the upload file link in the toolbox on the right. Click the browse button to the right of the source file name box. find the image that you want to upload and double click on it. Type an English name for the file in the destination file name box but be sure to keep the extension (the part after and including the dot, like .jpg). Add a short summary of what the picture is of and then click the upload file button. You may get a warning but be sure to save the file anyway. After that you will be brought to a page with the picture on it. Now you can utilize that picture in an article. Below you can see the different ways you can add images to a page on Birocapedia. There are a few more but in order to keep pages uniform please use the methods below.
Thumbnails
To make a thumbnail use the syntax [[image:the name of the image|location|thumb|size in pixels|caption]]. The parts in italics are the things you will modify. For example [[image:Loonbadge.jpg|left|thumb|100px|The loon badge]] makes the thumbnail you can see on the left. If you just want to have the image on the right and be the perfect 200 pixels wide then you can just type in [[image:Loonbadge.jpg|thumb|The loon badge]]. You do not need to include the size or location values because right and 200 pixels are the defaults. You can see what that looks like by looking at the thumbnail to the right of this section.
Gallery of images
You can make a neat little gallery of images inside a box by using the following syntax.
<gallery> Image:Beach1.jpg|Line-up and Run Image:Beach2.jpg|Getting some shade Image:Beach3.jpg|Beach Volleyball Image:Beach4.jpg|Sand Castle construction </gallery>
The result looks like this:
Line-up and Run
Getting some shade
Beach Volleyball
Sand Castle construction
Links to images
| Description | Syntax | You write | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link to media uploaded on Birocapedia | [[Media:image name here]] | [[Media:Loonbadge.jpg]] | Media:Loonbadge.jpg |
| Link to the description page of media uploaded on Birocapedia | [[:Image:image name here]] | [[:Image:Loonbadge.jpg]] | Image:Loonbadge.jpg |
| Link to the description page of media with different text | [[image link here|different text]] | [[:Image:Loonbadge.jpg|The Loon badge]] | The Loon badge |
| Link directly to the image with different text | [[image link here|different text]] | [[Media:Loonbadge.jpg|A Loon badge]] | A Loon badge |
