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# Click the '''edit''' tab at the top of the page.
# Click the '''edit''' tab at the top of the page.
# Type in this text: <nowiki>[[Image:someimage.jpg|thumb|frame|left|A description of the image goes here]]</nowiki>
# Type in this text: <nowiki>[[Image:someimage.jpg|thumb|frame|left|A description of the image goes here]]</nowiki>
# After you have uploaded an image to OWW, replace someimage.jpg with the file name of your image.
# After you have [http://openwetware.org/wiki/BME103:WikiHelp#Uploading_Images_to_OpenWetWare uploaded an image to OWW], replace someimage.jpg with the file name of your image.
# Replace ''A description of the image goes here'' with a short description of your image.
# Replace ''A description of the image goes here'' with a short description of your image.
# Click the '''Save page''' button.
# Click the '''Save page''' button.

Revision as of 14:41, 25 October 2012

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Wiki Editing Help

Uploading Images to OpenWetWare

Before putting an image on your page, you must upload an image to OWW...

  1. Create an image in your favorite image-making software. Save the image as a jpg or png file somewhere on your hard drive.
  2. Click the "Upload file" link in the OpenWetWare menu on the left (under "toolbox").
  3. At the Upload file page, click Choose file and use the browser to find the file on your hard drive.
  4. IMPORTANT! In the Destination filename: box, replace the file name with something that uses the prefix BME103_Group#_ so that your image has a unique identifier. Replace # with your group's number.
    Good example: BME103_Group3_Assembly.jpg
    Bad example: Assembly.jpg
  5. Click the Upload file button.
  6. IMPORTANT! Remember/ write down the name of your file. You will need to use the exact file name in order to add the image to your wiki page.

Adding Images to Your Page

Thumbnail Images
Thumbnail images are small images with captions. These add a nice touch to the text that explains your project. Code has been inserted for you in your template.

  1. Go to the page you want to add an image to.
  2. Click the edit tab at the top of the page.
  3. Type in this text: [[Image:someimage.jpg|thumb|frame|left|A description of the image goes here]]
  4. After you have uploaded an image to OWW, replace someimage.jpg with the file name of your image.
  5. Replace A description of the image goes here with a short description of your image.
  6. Click the Save page button.

Large Images

  1. Go to the page you want to add an image to.
  2. Click the edit tab at the top of your group's page.
  3. Type in this code: [[Image:BME494_placeholder.jpg|600px]]
  4. If you have uploaded an image that is suitable for this spot, replace BME494_placeholder.jpg with the file name of your image.
  5. Replace Write a description of the image here with a short description of your image.
  6. Click the Save page button.

Text Editing

  Wiki Code Result
Bold text - Use three apostrophes before and after the bolded text '''bolded text''' bolded text
Itallic text - Use two apostrophes before and after the italicized text ''italicized text'' italicized text
Colored text - Use a font tag and specify the color property One font. Two font. <font color="red">Red font. </font><font color="blue">Blue font</font> One font. Two font. Red font. Blue font
Line break - hitting enter/ return on your keyboard will create a new line in the edit box, but not on the saved wiki page. Use the <br> code. Line one of text.
Incorrect way to start new line.
Line one of text.Incorrect way to start new line.
Line one of text.<br>
Correct way to start a new line
Line one of text.
Correct way to start a new line.
Line one of text.<br><br>
Extra line breaks create more space
Line one of text.

Extra line breaks create more space