Help:Edit source: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:51, 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.

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

Copy the file names displayed and use the files you 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]]

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]]

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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]]
 This shows the code from 'Bulk upload images' and the page view it produces.
-<pre>[[* On the final page, "Thanks for Uploading" you can copy the file names displayed and more quickly use the files just loaded.
+<pre>Copy the file names displayed and use the files you just loaded.
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 [[File:1 upload wizard.jpg|400x400px]]