the 12 days of wiki

[Huw Powell]

> Are there any freeware tools that let me write wiki code without 
> actually composing that gibberish?

If you want, you can get away with simply writing plain text.  It will
work fine, and others can always "wikify" it later.

One thing to try to remember - leave a blank line between paragraphs, or
they will run together.

> But how do i include pictures?

First, you click on "upload file" at the left.  That brings you to a
window where you can upload your image, make sure it has a good name,
and enter any comments in a box that you want to (it's usually good to
say "where" it came from so we know the deal on copyright).

So let's say you've uploaded mypic.jpg.  To use it in an article, enter
this:

[[image:mypic.jpg]]

And it will appear full size, on the left, and text won't wrap around it.

To make it small (I think 200 wide is the default), to the right, with
text wrapping, enter:

[[image:mypic.jpg|thumb]]

You can then add text under it like this:

[[image:mypic.jpg|thumb|brilliant caption here]]

The software automatically does the sizing work, and any use of an image
links to the full size version.

Using "thumbs" let's you show there's an image, even if it's not very
legible.  This saves on page space for the reader, and they can click on
it if they want to see the details.

-- 
Huw Powell

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