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[edit] Syntax

The full syntax for displaying an image is: 

 [[File:{file_name}|{options}]]

Where options can be zero or more of the following, separated by pipes:

  • border, frame, thumb, or frameless: Controls how the image is formatted
  • left, right, center, none: Controls the alignment of the image within a text
  • baseline, sub, super, top, text-top, middle, bottom, text-bottom: Controls the vertical alignment of the image within a text
  • {width} px: Resizes the image to the given width in pixels
  • {width}x{height}px: Resizes the image to fit within the given width and height in pixels; it is possible to specify only the height by writing x{height}px
    • Note that the image will always retain its aspect ratio.
  • link={destination}: Allows to link to an arbitrary title, URL or just nowhere ({{ #ifeq: 
 kumu.brocku.ca

| www.mediawiki.org | 1.14+ | 1.14+ }})

    • link= : Will display an image without link, e.g. [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|link=Help:Images]] → 20px|link=Help:Images.
    • Note that link cannot be used in conjunction with thumb as thumb is always meant to link to the larger version of the image. In addition, link cannot be used with frame.
  • alt={alternative text}: For changing the alternative text (alt="") of an image ({{ #ifeq: 
 kumu.brocku.ca

| www.mediawiki.org | 1.14+ | 1.14+ }})

  • Special cases:
    • page=1: Displays the specified page when showing a djvu or pdf file

The options can be given in any order. If the given options conflict each other, the latter is applied, except for the format options, where the options take the priority in the order of frame, thumb, and frameless and/or border.

If a given option does not match any of the other possibilities, it is assumed to be the caption text. Caption text can contain wiki links or other formatting. If no caption text is supplied a caption is automatically created showing the file name; to completely remove the caption, set it to <span title=""></span>. For example, [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|<span title=""></span>]] → 20px|.

[edit] Format

The following table shows the effect of all available formats.

Description You type You get
no format specified|}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:||'}}{{#if:||'{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

border results in a very small gray border|border}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:border||border}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

{{{ex}}}|frame}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:frame||frame}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}
caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

{{{ex}}}|thumb}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:thumb||thumb}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}
caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

frameless, like thumbnail, respect user preferences for image width but without border and no right float|frameless}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:frameless||frameless}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

frameless and border|frameless}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:frameless||frameless}}{{#if:border||border}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

internal link|}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:||{{{frame}}}}}{{#if:link=Main Page||link=Main Page}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

external link|}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:||{{{frame}}}}}{{#if:link=http://wikipedia.org||link=http://wikipedia.org}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

no link (external or file page)|}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:||{{{frame}}}}}{{#if:link=||link=}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

When the height of an image in thumbnail is bigger than its width and you find it too outstanding, you may try the option upright, which will try to adjust its size to more desirable size.

Note that by writing thumb={filename}, you can use a different image for the thumbnail.

[edit] Alignment

Note that when using frame or thumb, the default alignment will be right.

Description You type You get
no alignment specified, or default alignment|}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:||'}}{{#if:||'{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

specify alignment as none|none}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:none||none}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

{{{ex}}}|center}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:center||center}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

{{{ex}}}|left}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:left||left}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

{{{ex}}}|right}} 
... text text text
[[Image:example.jpg{{#if:right||right}}{{#if:||{{{2}}}}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{{caption}}}|none| ||{{{caption}}}}}||caption}}]]
text text text ...

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

caption}}

text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <noinclude>|}

[edit] Vertical alignment 

text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px]]
text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|baseline]]
text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|sub]]
text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|super]]
text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|text-top]]
text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|middle]]
text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|bottom]]
text text [[File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|20px|text-bottom]]

results in (the text is underlined to show the result more clearly)

text text 20px text text 20px|baseline text text 20px|sub text text 20px|super text text 20px|text-top text text 20px|middle text text 20px|bottom text text 20px|text-bottom

[edit] Size and Frame

Among different formats, the effect of the size parameter may be different, as shown below.

  • When the format is not specified, or only bordered, the size can be both reduced and enlarged.
  • An image with frame always ignores the size specification.
  • The size of an image with thumb and frameless can be reduced, but can not be enlarged beyond the original size of the image.

For how it appears when its size is not specified, see Format section above.

FormatReduced Enlarged
{{#if: (not specified) }} 
[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if:  ||}}50px]]


[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if:  ||}}500px]]


border|(not specified) }} 
[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: border |border|}}50px]]

border 

[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: border |border|}}500px]]

border


frame|(not specified) }} 
[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: frame |frame|}}50px]]

[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: frame |frame|}}500px]]


thumb|(not specified) }} 
[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: thumb |thumb|}}50px]]

[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: thumb |thumb|}}500px]]


frameless|(not specified) }} 
[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: frameless |frameless|}}50px]]

frameless 

[[Image:Example.jpg|{{#if: frameless |frameless|}}500px]]

frameless

[edit] Stopping text flow

On occasion it is desirable to stop text from flowing around an image. Depending on the web browser's screen resolution and such, text flow on the right side of an image may cause a section header (for instance, == My Header ==) to appear to the right of the image, instead of below it, as a user may expect. The text flow can be stopped by placing <br style="clear: both" /> before the text that should start after the image.

[edit] Gallery of images

It's easy to make a gallery of thumbnails only, not other images, with the <gallery> tag. The syntax is: 

<gallery>
File:Image Name.ext|caption
File:Image Name.ext|caption
{...}
</gallery>

Note that the image code is not enclosed in brackets when enclosed in gallery tags.

Captions are optional, and may contain wiki links or other formatting.

for example: 

<gallery>
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|Item 1
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|a link to [[Help:Contents]]
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg| ''italic caption''
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg|on page "{{PAGENAME}}"
</gallery>

is formatted as:

File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg

Item 1

File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg

a link to Help:Contents

File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg

italic caption

File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg

on page "Images"

[edit] Parameters

The gallery tag itself takes several additional parameters: 

<gallery {parameters}>
{images}
</gallery>
  • caption={caption}: sets a caption on the gallery.
  • widths={width}px: sets the widths of the images. Note the plural, widths
  • heights={heights}px: sets the (max) heights of the images.
  • perrow={integer}: sets the number of images per row.

Example:

Coding: 

<gallery widths=60px heights=60px perrow=7 caption="sunflowers are groovy">
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
</gallery>

Result:

sunflowers are groovy
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg
File:4705154384 0e9b950538 b.jpg

[edit] Links

[edit] Link to description page

If you put a colon (:) before Image:, the image will not be embedded and the link will lead to the description page of the file. 

[[:Image:Example.jpg]]
[[:Image:Example.jpg|Sunflowers]]

results in

Image:Example.jpg Sunflowers

[edit] Link to another page

This will make a 50px width picture with a link to the page MediaWiki: 

[[File:Wiki.png|50px|link=MediaWiki]]

50px|link=MediaWiki

[edit] Link directly to file

You can use the pseudo-namespace “Media” to link directly to a file, bypassing the description page. 

[[Media:Example.jpg]]
[[Media:Example.jpg|Sunflowers]]

results in

Media:Example.jpg Sunflowers

You can also use:  

[[No such special page/Example.jpg]]

which can be used to link to a potential file, even if it doesn't exist. You can also use: 

{{FILEPATH:Example.jpg}}

which generates an external URL to the file inline: Template:FILEPATH:Example.jpg

[edit] Requisites

Before using images in your page, the system administrator of your wiki must have {{ #ifeq: 

 kumu.brocku.ca

| www.mediawiki.org | enabled file uploads | enabled file uploads }} and a user has to upload the file. System administrators may also set the wiki to accept files from {{ #ifeq: 

 kumu.brocku.ca

| www.mediawiki.org | foreign repositories | foreign repositories }}, such as the Wikimedia Commons. For server side image resizing it is necessary to have a scaler configured (such as GD2, ImageMagick, etc.).

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