Adding Pictures
Remember enabling the
Use pictures option as part of
configuring the wiki? Let's add a picture to the Home page.
 | Note: Only users with the necessary permission can add pictures to wiki pages. More on configuring user permissions later.
Since you are logged in as the Admin, you have the necessary permission. |
#On the Home page, click
Edit. The Edit page appears.
- Click the Choose or upload images button (
). The Upload File window appears.
 | Note: Starting in Tiki 3.x, uploaded images for wiki pages are stored in a File Gallery by default. You can change this behavior by changing the Use File Galleries to store pictures option on Features tab of the Administration: Wiki page. |
Select a picture to upload.
- Click Browse and select an image from your PC.
- Click Upload. After successfully uploading the file, Tiki shows you a thumbnail of the image (generated automatically).
Now that the file has been added to the gallery, you need to select it to add it to the wiki page.
- From the Upload File window, click Browse Gallery. Tiki displays the images in the gallery.
Your picture, in the file gallery.
- Click the Image button (
) for your image. Tiki closes the File Galleries window and automatically inserts the necessary wiki syntax to the Edit area:
{img fileId="1" thumb="y" alt="" rel="box[g]"}
- On the Edit page, click Save. Tiki saves the information, and reloads the page with the picture.
The HomePage page, with the newly added picture.
Editing Pictures
After adding a picture, you can customize how the image appears on the wiki page.
#On the HomePage, click the
Plugin edit button (

). The Image Plugin window appears
+
- Use the Image Plugin window to edit any of the attributes for the image.
- In the Align image block field select Right.
- Click Submit Query. Tiki reloads the HomePage — notice that the image is now aligned to the right side of the page.
Now the picture is on the right side.
See
Installing and Accessing Plugins for more information on using the Plugin editor and help.
See the
TikiWiki documentation
for complete information (including available options) for using images in wiki pages.
 | Tip:
Browse the Preloaded Images listing for many useful icons and images preloaded in TikiWiki that you can simply use.
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