Help:Images
- This article is about image editing help. For image use policy, see NeoDex:Image use policy.
Using and editing images of the NeoDex is a crucial part being an editor. An image - be it a picture, a diagram, or, where appropriate, a photograph - can help illustrate an article's subject.
Using images
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The most basic and simplest coding an editor can use to place an image in an article is the following...
{|align=right
|(insert Neopets image URL here)
|}
If the newbie User Lookup shield URL was used, it would look like the image on the right. Doing this quickly shows the image the editor wants and how it can be presented into the article, with the image being aligned as needed. Doing this pulls the image from the Neopets server, however, and despite the fact many fansites and pet pages practice this, it's preferred to have images hosted a on websites own server, rather than pull them from anothers. Also, this method should only be done for Neopets images, and not other websites or image hosting services.
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Using the above method should only be a temporary solution, as the main goal is to upload an image directly into the NeoDex database via the Upload File tool (read Image use policy to understand this more). The coding for the exact same results for the above image would then be...
The result would then be what it looks like to the right.
The coding can be altered further with the "frame" coding...
[[(insert NeoDex image coding here)|frame|This is the Newbie sheild found on a User Lookup of new Neopets users.]]
Doing this gives it a professional look, and allows text to describe what the image is.