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This page explains the image syntax when editing the wiki. An image has to be already uploaded before it can be used on a page.

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 (1.14+)
    • link= : Will display an image without link, e.g. [[File:Example.jpg|20px|link=Help:Images]]Example.jpg.
    • 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 (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:Example.jpg|20px|<span title=""></span>]].

Format

The following table shows the effect of all available formats.

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.

Alignment

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

Description You type
no alignment specified, or default alignment
... text text text
[[File:example.jpg|caption]]
text text text ...

text text
text text caption text text
text text


specify alignment as none
... text text text
[[File:example.jpg|none|caption]]
text text text ...

text text
text text

caption

text text
text text


center
... text text text
[[File:example.jpg|center|caption]]
text text text ...

text text
text text

caption

text text
text text


left
... text text text
[[File:example.jpg|left|caption]]
text text text ...

text text
text text

caption

text text
text text


right
... text text text
[[File:example.jpg|right|caption]]
text text text ...

text text
text text

caption

text text
text text

Vertical alignment

text [[File:Example.jpg|20px]]
text [[File:Example.jpg|20px|baseline]]
text [[File:Example.jpg|20px|sub]]
text [[File:Example.jpg|20px|super]]
text [[File:Example.jpg|20px|text-top]]
text [[File:Example.jpg|20px|middle]]
text [[File:Example.jpg|20px|bottom]]
text [[File:Example.jpg|20px|text-bottom]]

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

text Example.jpg text Example.jpg text Example.jpg text Example.jpg text Example.jpg text Example.jpg text Example.jpg text Example.jpg

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.

Format Result
(not specified)
[[File:Example.jpg|125px]]

Example.jpg


border
[[File:Example.jpg|border|125px]]

Example.jpg


frame
[[File:Example.jpg|frame|125px]]
Example.jpg


thumb
[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|125px]]
Example.jpg


frameless
[[File:Example.jpg|frameless|125px]]

Example.jpg

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.

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

is formatted as:

However, due to the fixed-width website, parameters should be used to make sure the images do not cut off.

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.

Due to the small, fixed-width of this website, it is recommended to either use Perrow:5 with Widths:71, or Perrow:4 with Widths:100, so images do not get cut off.

Example:

Coding:

<gallery widths=71px perrow=5 caption="Example">
File:Example.jpg
File:Example.jpg
File:Example.jpg
File:Example.jpg
File:Example.jpg
File:Example.jpg
File:Example.jpg
</gallery>

Result:

Links

Link to description page

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

*[[:File:Example.jpg]]
*[[:File:Example.jpg|Sunflowers]]

results in

Link to another page

This will make a picture with a link to the page Scratch Wiki:

[[File:Scratch Cat-cropped.png|link=Scratch Wiki]]

Scratch Cat-cropped.png

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

You can also use: 

[[Special:FilePath/Example.jpg]]

which can be used to link to a potential file, even if it does not exist. You can also use:

{{FILEPATH:Example.jpg}}

which generates an external URL to the file inline: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/w/images/Example.jpg

Requisites

Before using images in your page, the system administrator of your wiki must have enabled file uploads and a user has to upload the file. System administrators may also set the wiki to accept files from 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.).

Files at other websites

You can link to an external file available online using the same syntax used for linking to an external web page.

[http://url.for/some/image.png]

Or with different text:

[http://url.for/some/image.png link text here]

Compressing a file

To compress a file is to decrease its file size. There are different ways to compress files.

Note Note: Different compression methods have varying results. Some compression methods decrease file quality for the sake of decreasing file size (called "lossy compression"), while others decrease the file size without decreasing quality (called "lossless compression").

Snipping Tool

Snipping Tool is a built-in screenshot taking program on Windows devices. To use this for compressing, take a screenshot of the image. This will reduce the file quality down to at most the resolution of the device's screen, but will significantly decrease the file size (lossy).

GIMP

GIMP is an image-editing program that can be downloaded from gimp.org. To use this for compressing, go to Image > Mode > Indexed and set the options for compression.

Photopea

Photopea is a free image editing webpage that can be used through photopea.com. To use this for compressing, upload the image, go to File > Export as > .JPG and change the quality slider.

TinyPNG

The most-used method of compressing images on the Wiki is a website called TinyPNG which allows the user to simply upload up to 20 images at once and shrinks them down to a surprisingly small file size with lossless quality. If an image is not compressed, a bot may use TinyPNG to replace the image automatically, but it is recommended that the user should do it themself before uploading.

BeFunky

BeFunky is a mostly free image editing webpage that can be used through befunky.com. To use this for compressing images, go to Edit a photo > Open > Computer (Ctrl+O) > Select file > Save > Computer (Ctrl+S) > JPG and select the quality via the slider.

Shortpixel

Shortpixel is a free online image optimization service that smart-compresses images and PDF that allows up to 50 compresses per upload.

It has a 10MB limit for non-registered users.

Users can choose between:

  • Lossy compression: The images processed with Lossy algorithms are the smallest optimized images.
  • Glossy compression: The best choice Google Insights are important but a slight loss of page speed is an acceptable compromise for a top notch image quality.
  • Lossless compression: Lossless optimized images are pixel-by-pixel identical with the originals, but they offer a smaller size reduction compared to either Lossy or Glossy processed files.
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