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:I do that too. In that case, couldn't you just redirect the image page of the small image to the image page of the big image? --[[User:Maveric149|mav]] 00:03, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)

==How to use new Extended Image Syntax==

How do I use the new [[Wikipedia:extended image syntax|extended image syntax]] please? I&#8217;ve read the Help but it&#8217;s still not totally clear how to use it. Here&#8217;s a screengrab of the code I&#8217;ve used up to now (from the [[Hawker Hunter]] article):<br>

[[Image:screeenshot.oldcode.arp.jpg]]<br>

Can some kind person tell me the new code to replace it? You might need to know that my thumbnail is to be 300 pixels across and my Larger Version is usually 750 pixels across (but both pic sizes can vary depending on the quality and aspect ratio of the source pic). Do I still have to upload a thumbnail myself or does the new code generate it? I need the choice of placing the thumbnail on left or right, for the Hunter pic it needs to be on the right. <br>

Thanks,<br>

[[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 17:51, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

:Well I would use the following, although it doesn't reproduce what you did ''exactly'':<br>

:<nowiki>[[Image:Hunter.black.750pix.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|A privately-owned Hawker Hunter photographed in England 2003]]</nowiki><br>

[[Image:Hunter.black.750pix.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|A privately-owned Hawker Hunter photographed in England 2003]]<br clear=all>

:And no, you only need to upload the large version. [[User:Fabiform|Fabiform]] 18:24, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

:: You can put in the italic and center tags: <nowiki>[[Image:Hunter.black.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center>''A privately owned Hawker Hunter, photographed in England in 2003''</center>]]</nowiki> -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] 18:31, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

:::Ah, excellent. I'll go and tweak the images I did in the last day then. :) [[User:Fabiform|Fabiform]] 18:43, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

::::Does this new system not work with special characters? See for example: [[User:Dori/Sandbox]]. [[User:Dori|Dori]] | [[User talk:Dori|Talk]] 20:37, Jan 30, 2004 (UTC)

::::::Also, check out the alt text on the right hand image in Dori's sandbox, it displays as:<br> '''&lt;center &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image:Butrint 2.jpg&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/center &gt;'''<br>[[User:Fabiform|fabiform]] | [[User talk:Fabiform|talk]] 21:01, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

:::::::Thanks everyone, the new code works fine. Have a look at my first attempt ([[Morris Marina]]). I only had to upload the large pic, the thumbnail was created by the code so the work of image uploading is now halved for me. Thanks to whoever coded this improvement.<br>

P.S. I notice that the thumbnail the code makes is a little large, it was 36K compared with the 20K I got when I made the thumbnail. So the new code will have a penalty in page loading times.[[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 23:13, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Is there a way to align left the image on [[Henri_Druey]] ? Currently the list interferes with the image (it probably also did in the previous version). -- User:Docu

:Yes, there is away to improve the page, just shift the image over to the right where it looks much more natural! It's standard practice on Wikipedia to put the first image on the right so that the beginning of lines are not disrupted. I hope you like the result.<br>

:[[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 20:53, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

::This solves the formatting problem. I usually prefer to have portraits look into the article, e.g. [[John Adams]] seems to be looking the wrong way, but [[Henri_Druey]] looks o.k. even on the other side. -- User:Docu