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= Need Help? =
Mediawiki help: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
= Images =
You can use any image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/ - simply locate an image on commons, e.g.
<nowiki>[[File:Nordoublecllaredsunbird.jpg]]</nowiki> (i.e. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordoublecllaredsunbird.jpg), and use the same wiki text on this wiki:
[[File:Nordoublecllaredsunbird.jpg|100px]]
The image is automatically imported to this wiki.
= Some pages on this wiki =
See [[OER:About]]
[[Useful Links]]
[[FAQs]]
[[Contact Us]]
[[Terms of Use]]
= Getting started with mediawiki =
= Getting started with mediawiki =


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* [[Help:Editing]]
* [[Help:Editing]]
* Try out editing in the [[Sandpit]]
* Try out editing in the [[Sandpit]]
== Uploading images ==
You can see all images on the wiki here:
[[Special:ListFiles]]
You can upload files here:
[[Special:Upload]]
(this is also linked from your 'toolbox' menu item)
Alternatively, you can just put this text
<nowiki>[[Image:<name of your image goes here>.jpg]]</nowiki>
into a page (where you replace <name of your image goes here> with the actual name of your image). You can then click on the link and upload the image.
General information on uploading images here, skip over the technical bits:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files

Latest revision as of 22:50, 7 January 2015


Need Help?

Mediawiki help: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents

Images

You can use any image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/ - simply locate an image on commons, e.g. [[File:Nordoublecllaredsunbird.jpg]] (i.e. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordoublecllaredsunbird.jpg), and use the same wiki text on this wiki:

Nordoublecllaredsunbird.jpg

The image is automatically imported to this wiki.

Some pages on this wiki

See OER:About

Useful Links

FAQs

Contact Us

Terms of Use

Getting started with mediawiki

The ORBIT wiki uses the same software as wikipedia. For general information on the software,

How to edit stuff

Uploading images

You can see all images on the wiki here: Special:ListFiles

You can upload files here: Special:Upload (this is also linked from your 'toolbox' menu item)

Alternatively, you can just put this text

[[Image:<name of your image goes here>.jpg]]

into a page (where you replace <name of your image goes here> with the actual name of your image). You can then click on the link and upload the image.

General information on uploading images here, skip over the technical bits: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files