How to add an image

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Articles in Chester Wiki can be greatly enhanced with the strategic addition of illustrative images. This article describes how to add images to a page. It assumes that you know:

• Our image policy
• How to upload files
• the name of the image you want to include

Contents 1 Thumbnails 2 Alignment 3 Frame and Caption 4 Sizing

[edit] Thumbnails

Please use thumbnails unless you have a good reason not to. The standard recipe for a thumbnail is as follows:

Thumbnail 

[[Image:filename of image|thumb|description of image]]

This will produce a right-aligned thumbnail with a description below; the image will expand to full size if clicked on.

[edit] Alignment

Some other formatting possibilities are:

Simple interpolation of images into text 

[[Image:filename of image|description of image]]

Centered image 

[[Image:filename of image|center|description of image]]

Left-aligned image 

[[Image:filename of image|left|description of image]]

Right-aligned image 

[[Image:filename of image|right|description of image]]

Providing a description of the image is useful for low-resolution computers, where the image may not be rendered, and for accessibility for disabled Chester Wiki users.

[edit] Frame and Caption

You can also give a frame and a caption text to an image by

Simple frame and caption text 

[[Image:filename of image|frame|description of image]]

Left-aligned frame 

[[Image:filename of image|frame|left|description of image]]

[edit] Sizing

If you want to specify an exact size which is not the same as the original, please select a factor of the original. For example, if the original is 800 pixels wide, 400 (1:2), 267 (1:3) or 200 (1:4) will scale nicely; for 640, try 320 (1:2) or 160 (1:4). This is particularly important for images containing small text, such as maps.

Exact image size in pixels 

[[Image:filename of image|sizepx|description of image]]

Exact thumbnail size in pixels 

[[Image:filename of image|thumb|sizepx|description of image]]

Note that you must add the letters "px" after the image size. Recommended maximum sizes are:

• 250px for normal image thumbnails
• 400px for the article's lead picture
• 500px for maps containing small detail