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→1. Copy the title of the image
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Copy the title of the image and paste it over the text that says ''<nowiki>Image:IMAGE TITLE.FILE TYPE</nowiki>''. | Copy the title of the image and paste it over the text that says ''<nowiki>Image:IMAGE TITLE.FILE TYPE</nowiki>''. | ||
:Wiki software process images by reading "''Image:''" before the title of every image displayed on a page, so "''Image:''" needs to be placed before the image you want to use. | :Wiki software process images by reading "''Image:''" before the title of every image displayed on a page, so "''Image:''" needs to be placed before the image you want to use. | ||
:All you need to do is copy the title of the image you want to use into this formatting. | :All you need to do is copy the title of the image you want to use into this formatting. Let's use [http://weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Brian_1.JPG this photo] of Brian Bell as an example. The image name is at the top of that file page and can be copied into the image formatting: | ||
<pre><center>[[Image:IMAGE TITLE.FILE FORMAT|IMAGE SIZE]]<br></pre> | <pre><center>[[Image:IMAGE TITLE.FILE FORMAT|IMAGE SIZE]]<br></pre> | ||
becomes | becomes | ||
<pre><center>[[Image:Image:Brian 1.JPG|IMAGE SIZE]]<br></pre> | <pre><center>[[Image:Image:Brian 1.JPG|IMAGE SIZE]]<br></pre> | ||
<br><Br> | <br><Br> | ||
===2. Size the image correctly=== | ===2. Size the image correctly=== | ||
:To alter the image size, change the number of pixels in the formatting. Look for the letters "px" with a number right by them. A larger amount of pixels will give a bigger picture, and a smaller amount of pixels will give a smaller picture. Pictures should be no smaller than 350 px and no larger than 550 px. | :To alter the image size, change the number of pixels in the formatting. Look for the letters "px" with a number right by them. A larger amount of pixels will give a bigger picture, and a smaller amount of pixels will give a smaller picture. Pictures should be no smaller than 350 px and no larger than 550 px. | ||