Help:Uploading files: Difference between revisions
Point at the Batch Upload link in the Tools sidebar; link Help:Diagrams |
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* rename any file before it is uploaded; | * rename any file before it is uploaded; | ||
* add a '''description''' and '''categories''' that are saved on every file page; | * add a '''description''' and '''categories''' that are saved on every file page; | ||
* choose what gets inserted — a '''gallery''' (the default), '''individual thumbnails''', | * choose what gets inserted — a '''gallery''' (the default), '''individual thumbnails''', or a '''list of file links'''; | ||
* set the gallery image height. | * set the gallery image height. | ||
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Helpful to know: | Helpful to know: | ||
* '''One file at a time''' is handled by the normal visual editor upload dialog, which | * '''One file at a time''' is handled by the normal visual editor upload dialog, which lets you set alignment, size and a caption — drop a single file to get that instead. | ||
* If a name is already taken, the dialog says so and offers to rename, overwrite, use the file already on the wiki, or skip it. | |||
* If a name is already taken, the dialog says so and offers to rename, overwrite, | * If you upload a file that is byte-for-byte identical to one already here, the wiki reuses the existing file rather than storing a second copy. | ||
* Any file type this wiki accepts works — images, PDFs, and CAD/maker formats such as STL, STEP, 3MF and FCStd. Non-image files are inserted as links below the gallery. | |||
* If you upload a file that is byte-for-byte identical to one already here, the wiki | |||
* Any file type this wiki accepts works — images, PDFs, and CAD/maker formats such as | |||
== Uploading a lot of files at once == | == Uploading a lot of files at once == | ||
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== Naming and licensing == | == Naming and licensing == | ||
* Give files descriptive names — <code>Landis Gyr Focus AXR-SD teardown.jpg</code> is | * Give files descriptive names — <code>Landis Gyr Focus AXR-SD teardown.jpg</code> is far more useful than <code>IMG_4821.jpg</code>. | ||
* Add categories so files can be found later. | * Add categories so files can be found later. | ||
* Only upload files you have the right to publish. | * Only upload files you have the right to publish. | ||