The dakka articles system allows images and other files to be embedded in your articles, but ONLY images uploaded to the article system itself. This means that:

• No photobucket or external images can be embedded
• No images attached to the forums can be embedded
• ALL images you want to put in your article must be uploaded using the 'Upload a File' link on the left.

Uploading an Image

You will need to have a copy of the image you want to upload on your computer. Click 'Upload a File' on the main, left hand navigation within the articles or army profiles section of dakka.

Under the 'Source File' field, click 'Browse' and select the file you wish to upload on your local machine

Enter a name for the file in the next field. This is the name which will be used to reference the file from within articles so REMEMBER WHAT YOU TYPE HERE! If you type 'Necron Lord' here, then you can include the image in any article once it is uploaded by typing: [[Image:Necron Lord]]

The 'File Description' is just a space for you to enter some text to make it easy for people to find your image when they are searching for it. Some brief, descriptive text about the image is ideal here, such as 'A Necron Lord with a silver and blue color scheme'

Once you have filled out all the fields, click 'Save' to upload the file to the dakka articles system.

Using an Image in an Article

So you have uploaded the image to the articles system and have remembered the name of the file. Now is the time to add it to your article, and there are many, many options....

You can add the image as-is, without any captions, rescaling, alignment, etc, by just typing:
[[Image:Your Uploaded Image File Name Here]]

This is useful if you have small images that are used as part of a tutorial.

If you have uploaded large images direct from a digital camera, then this will look quite horrible and will stretch the page out. A better solution if you have used large images is to do the following:
[[Image:Your Uploaded Image File Name Here|600px]]

This will resize your image to be 600 pixels wide which is the perfect size for looking good on all monitors (remember, many people might have smaller monitors and smaller resolution than you, so use 600 pixels, even if it looks a bit too small on your monitor!)

You can resize any image to any size by just entering a number and 'px' after a pipe, after the image filename. Eg; here would be a 100 pixel wide image:
[[Image:Your Uploaded Image File Name Here|100px]]

If you want to create a thumbnail of an image, with a caption that is aligned to the right of your article, then put the following BEFORE the text that you want it to appear to the right of...
[[Image:Your Uploaded Image File Name Here|thumb|Some Caption]]

Note, you can do this at any time by using the 'Thumbnail' button in the editor too.

You can put a frame around any image by using |frame. Thumbnails have a frame by default so dont need it. For example:
[[Image:Your Uploaded Image File Name Here|frame]]

Sometimes you will want an image to align to the left instead of the right. Just add |left to align an image to the left. For example:
[[Image:Your Uploaded Image File Name Here|frame|left]]
[[Image:Your Uploaded Image File Name Here|thumb|left]]

Text will flow around an image, but sometimes this can be unwanted. If you want to make sure that text does NOT flow around an image, add this code after the image or last bit of text you want to appear alongside the image:
<br clear="all" />

Help!

If you need any more help, then please feel free to ask in the Nuts and Bolts forum (dakka user registration is required to post there)

The Future

We are working on code to make this a lot simpler in the future. Please bare with us through this slightly inconvenient way of adding images and please dont let it stop you adding some great articles and army profiles!