Help:File

This is one of Fanon Wiki's help pages and is meant to aid users by improving their ability to positively contribute to the wiki. Expanding pages such as this with additional information is always welcome.

Files are contained in the 6th namespace, the File namespace. Only images previously uploaded to this wiki can be placed in images. Files can be uploaded using Special:Upload. Choose a file to upload. Then choose a name for the file. The file name should contain the subject's name. Files can be added to an article by creating a link to the file in the article. Additional parameters to the file include size, the change of the image's dimensions, "thumb" if the image is to be a thumb image, and alt text. This page is a tutorial on how to make files appear:

Tutorial

To make an image appear on an article, link to the page containing the image, which will start with File: and end with the image's file format.

Code	Result
[[File:Logo.png]]	File:Logo.png

This produces an image with no frame and at its original resolution, which is generally not a good thing. To fix these things, put |thumb after the file name, which will turn it into a thumbnail.

Code	Result
[[File:Logo.png\|thumb]]	File:Logo.png

It is possible to add a caption to images by putting text after another vertical bar.

Code	Result
[[[[File:Logo.png\|thumb\|Fanon Wiki's logo.]]	File:Logo.png Fanon Wiki's logo.

Finally, it is possible to change the size of images and their position on the page with additional pieces of text before the caption. 250px will make the image 250 pixels wide (this number can be changed, and the default size is 200 pixels wide), and left will place the image on the left of the screen (center and right also work, and right is the defaul t position).

Code	Result
[[File:Logo.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Fanon Wiki's logo.]]	File:Logo.png Fanon Wiki's logo.

An alternative way to show images is in a gallery. Galleries display images at small sizes in a grid. To make one, surround a section with <gallery> at the start and </gallery> at the end, and place each file name (without the File: prefix) on a new line. Image captions can be placed after a vertical bar.

Code	Result
<gallery> File:Logo-horizontal.png\|Fanon Wiki's logo (horizontal) File:Logo mono black.png\|Fanon Wiki's logo in a black color scheme. </gallery>	Fanon Wiki's logo (horizontal) Fanon Wiki's logo in a black color scheme.