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== Using files from Wikimedia Commons : ForeignAPIRepo == | == Using files from Wikimedia Commons : ForeignAPIRepo == | ||
Details of the code can be found on the $wgForeignFileRepos Extension Page [[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos]] | Details of the code can be found on the $wgForeignFileRepos Extension Page [[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos]] | ||
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| + | == Usage == | ||
| + | When you find an image in the Wikimedia Commons that you want to use, go to it's information page. Above the image you will find a menu bar with several choices for sharing the image. | ||
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| + | [[Image:Menu_bar.jpg|widthpx| ]] | ||
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| + | Download : Downloads the file to your computer | ||
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| + | Globe - Use this file : creates a url link for use on external websites | ||
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| + | Wiki - Use this file : creates a local wiki code to place the image | ||
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| + | Email a link : opens an email with a link to the file's URL | ||
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| + | Information : Opens a page with general copyright and licensing information | ||
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| + | === For use on Eagle-Rock Wiki === | ||
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| + | Clicking the 'Wiki - Use this file' button outputs a code that can be used locally on ERW. | ||
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| + | [[Image:Image_embed_code.jpg|widthpx| ]] | ||
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| + | Two choices are given, a link to a thumbnail which, when embedded in an article links to the full image, or a link to the full image itself which can be sized to suit your layout design. | ||
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| + | This link is then used as with standard Image Syntax [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files#Embedding_internal_files]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Editing]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:51, 16 January 2014
$wgForeignFileRepos
This is the extension that allows us to set our wiki to use media from [Wikimedia Commons]
Using files from Wikimedia Commons : ForeignAPIRepo
Details of the code can be found on the $wgForeignFileRepos Extension Page [[1]]
Usage
When you find an image in the Wikimedia Commons that you want to use, go to it's information page. Above the image you will find a menu bar with several choices for sharing the image.
Download : Downloads the file to your computer
Globe - Use this file : creates a url link for use on external websites
Wiki - Use this file : creates a local wiki code to place the image
Email a link : opens an email with a link to the file's URL
Information : Opens a page with general copyright and licensing information
For use on Eagle-Rock Wiki
Clicking the 'Wiki - Use this file' button outputs a code that can be used locally on ERW.
Two choices are given, a link to a thumbnail which, when embedded in an article links to the full image, or a link to the full image itself which can be sized to suit your layout design.
This link is then used as with standard Image Syntax [[2]]
