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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:
The image is automatically imported to this wiki.
Some pages on this wiki
See OER:About
Getting started with mediawiki
The ORBIT wiki uses the same software as wikipedia. For general information on the software,
- Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
- Configuration settings list
- MediaWiki FAQ
- MediaWiki release mailing list
How to edit stuff
- See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors
- Help:Editing
- 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
[[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