Uploading Data

This page is a guide for uploading data of different types and formats into the wiki, as well as tips for formatting your data to make it appear as you want it on a wiki page.

Image Files

Default image formats on the wiki are jpeg, png and gif (others may work, you can try. If there is a particular format you use that will not work on the wiki, contact us and we can see if there is a package we can install to handle it.) The basic formatting for each is the same.

To insert an image with no formatting whatsoever, edit the page you wish to upload to and type [[File:image_name.imagetype]] (for example [[File:image.png]]) and save the page.

There should now be a red link with the image name on the page. Click the link on the page and you will be taken to an image upload page where you can insert an image from your local machine, as well as enter a description of the image. After you select upload, you should be taken to a page with the image on it, at the bottom of this page there is a link taking you back to the page

If you are unable to upload a specific type of data, or would like to add a section of your own to add a guide for a data format not covered on this page, please email Phillip Hess at phess4@gmu.edu