Although our Wiki software doesn’t allow us to add external images or URLs, we’ve hacked our own software so you can:

You can also check out the advanced image methods at our QuickStartGuide.

Click below to see the full howto:

You can use the following syntax or press on the image button:

[[Image:MyPicture.jpg]]

The image button looks like this:

Save the page then when you go back to your page, you will be able to click on your image link and upload a new image file. Make sure the file extension matches your actual image.

e.g.

[[Image:MyPicture.jpg]] for jpeg

[[Image:MyPicture.gif]] for gif

[[Image:MyPicture.png]] for png

More advanced image methods

How do I embed an image from another website?

Linking your external image to a page on OBW

Let’s say you want to load the Logo image from Zedomax.com and Link it to the Hacks page:

The code:

{{clickpic | Hacks | http://zedomax.com/image/logo.jpg}}

The result:

Linking your external image to a URL on OBW

Here’s an example that links Logo image from Zedomax.com to URL http://Zedomax.com:

The code:

[http://zedomax.com http://zedomax.com/image/logo.jpg]

The result:

How do I resize the size of my images?

Let’s say you want to re-size the image to 50 by 50 pixels.

You can do:

[[Image:MyPicture.jpg | 50x50px]]

Here’s what you’d get after you uploaded the picture:

Check out WikipediaExtened Image syntax for more advanced methods.