the 12 days of wiki

[Grant Lenahan]

this is great- thanks.
Contributions will flow - or dribble anyway.
Happy holidays all,

Grant
On Dec 20, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Huw Powell wrote:

>> 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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