Difference between revisions of "Help:Edit source"

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Creating a layout with borders around images and appropriate spacing can be troublesome in the Visual edit, particularly if the images are of varied sizes and need defining. [[File:edit source 1.jpg|right|thumb]]
 
Creating a layout with borders around images and appropriate spacing can be troublesome in the Visual edit, particularly if the images are of varied sizes and need defining. [[File:edit source 1.jpg|right|thumb]]
These two diagrams show the code from 'Bulk upload images' and the page view it produces.  
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This shows the code from 'Bulk upload images' and the page view it produces.  
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[[File:insert image visual edit.jpg|frame|300x300px]]
 
[[File:insert image visual edit.jpg|frame|300x300px]]

Revision as of 16:50, 21 April 2020

Editing a page with source

You have a choice of Visual editing and edit source which can help with more sophisticated formatting if you need to make tables, or creating borders around images with varied spacing.

Creating a layout with borders around images and appropriate spacing can be troublesome in the Visual edit, particularly if the images are of varied sizes and need defining.

edit source 1.jpg

This shows the code from 'Bulk upload images' and the page view it produces.

[[* On the final page, "Thanks for Uploading" you can copy the file names displayed and more quickly use the files just loaded.  
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[[File:1 upload wizard.jpg|400x400px]]
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[[File:2 upload wizard 2.jpg|left|frame]]
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[[File:3_Bulk.jpg|left|frame]]




insert image visual edit.jpg

If you want a border around an existing image, open 'edit source' in top bar and write the source edit as

[[File:insert image ABC.jpg|frame|400x400px]]



Other Useful Tricks

Disable the Table of Contents on the page

  • Add the text [[__NOTOC__]] anywhere in the page content to disable the automated Table of Contents

More on Categories

  • To put the article in categories, place this code anywhere in the content: [[Category:Category Name]]