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# Go to the page you want to add an image to.
# Go to the page you want to add an image to.
# 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|200px|Description of image]]</nowiki>
# Type in this text: <nowiki>[[Image:Owwnotebook_icon.png‎|200px|Description of image]]</nowiki>
# 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.
# After you have [http://openwetware.org/wiki/BME103:WikiHelp#Uploading_Images_to_OpenWetWare uploaded an image to OWW], replace Owwnotebook_icon.png‎ with the file name of your image.
# Replace Description of image'' with a short description of your image.
# Replace Description of image'' with a short description of your image.
# Set the width of your image by editing the number where ''200px'' is in the example.
# Set the width of your image by editing the number where ''200px'' is in the example.
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'''Thumbnail Images'''<br>
'''Thumbnail Images'''<br>
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.
Thumbnail images are small images with captions. These add a nice touch to the text that explains your project.
# Follow the same steps as above, but include more aspects in your Image code: <nowiki>[[Image:someimage.jpg|thumb|frame|left|A description of the image goes here]]</nowiki>
# Follow the same steps as above, but include more aspects in your Image code: <nowiki>[[Image:Owwnotebook_icon.png‎|thumb|frame|left|A description of the image goes here]]</nowiki>
# 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.
# The aspect ''left'' places the thumbnail to the left of your page's text. Replace ''left'' with ''right'' to move it to the right.
# The aspect ''left'' places the thumbnail to the left of your page's text. Replace ''left'' with ''right'' to move it to the right.
# 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.

Revision as of 14:50, 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

Regular Images

  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:Owwnotebook_icon.png‎|200px|Description of image]]
  4. After you have uploaded an image to OWW, replace Owwnotebook_icon.png‎ with the file name of your image.
  5. Replace Description of image with a short description of your image.
  6. Set the width of your image by editing the number where 200px is in the example.
  7. Click the Save page button.


Thumbnail Images
Thumbnail images are small images with captions. These add a nice touch to the text that explains your project.

  1. Follow the same steps as above, but include more aspects in your Image code: [[Image:Owwnotebook_icon.png‎|thumb|frame|left|A description of the image goes here]]
  2. The aspect left places the thumbnail to the left of your page's text. Replace left with right to move it to the right.
  3. Replace A description of the image goes here with a short description of your image.
  4. 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



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