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==Using images==
==Using images==
[[Image:LIGO_control.jpg|right|300px]]
[[Image:XO_xeyes.jpg|right|200px]]
* Images are stored in the glossary in a separate namespace, called "Image:". To insert an image you simply need to make an internal wiki link to the image with this namespace prepended. For example, to insert an image of the LHO control room from the file <tt>LIGO_control.jpg</tt> (which has already been uploaded) you would simply type
* Images are stored in the glossary in a separate namespace, called "Image:". To insert an image you simply need to make an internal wiki link to the image with this namespace prepended. For example, to insert an image of the LHO control room from the file <tt>LIGO_control.jpg</tt> (which has already been uploaded) you would simply type
<nowiki>[[Image:LIGO_control.jpg]]</nowiki>.
<nowiki>[[Image:XO_xeyes.jpg]]</nowiki>.
* You can control the size and placement of the image by adding appropriate keywords to the link, separated by vertical bars. It seems to work well to have photos float to the right, and to be about 300 pixels wide. The image above was inserted into this page by saying
* You can control the size and placement of the image by adding appropriate keywords to the link, separated by vertical bars. It seems to work well to have photos float to the right, and to be about 200 or 300 pixels wide (depending on what the image shows). The image above was inserted into this page by saying
<nowiki>[[Image:LIGO_control.jpg|right|300px]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>[[Image:XO_xeyes.jpg|right|200px]]</nowiki>
* You should almost always adjust the size and placement of images to make the page more readable. When you do so, keep in mind that not everybody has the same screen size. One way to try to take this into account is to change your window size while viewing the page to check the extremes (eg. tall and narrow, or very wide).
* You should almost always adjust the size and placement of images to make the page more readable. When you do so, keep in mind that not everybody has the same screen size. One way to try to take this into account is to change your window size while viewing the page to check the extremes (eg. tall and narrow, or very wide).
== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Images_and_media Wikipedia: Images and media]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Images_and_media Wikipedia: Images and media]