Help:Files

The "File:" prefix refers to files stored in Bahaimedia resource. A fuller description of files in Bahaimedia can be found in Wikipedia at: "Help:Files".

Permitted File Types

Permitted file types are:

• tiff (or tif), png, gif, jpg (or jpeg) webp, svg - are various formats for storing an image or picture.
• pdf, djbu - are digital document formats providing platform independent exchange formats.
• ogg, mp4, mpg (or mpeg), webm - are storage multimedia formats for audio, video, text, and metadata
• midi, mp3, mid, oga, flac, opus, wav - are audio or music storage formats.

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Creating Media

The process for creating items in Bahaimedia is:

1. Verify that the object being added (or an acceptable substitute) does not already exist in Bahaimeda by clicking on the "Upload file" entry in the Tools menu in the upper left corner of this page and searching by the name of the proposed entry or some variation.
2. If it or a reasonable subtitute already exists, use the current item.
3. If it does not exist, verify that the item is not copyrighted or you have a license to use the item. Further information of copyrights is at:
   1. Bahaipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free
   2. Bahaipedia:Image copyright tags/Public domain
   3. Bahaipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses
   4. Bahaipedia:Image copyright tags/Deprecated
   5. Bahaipedia:Image copyright tags/Other
4. Create the item using the "Upload file" menu provided.

Using the File Command

The files in Bahaimedia can be used in your Bahapedia pages through a reference to them using the File command in your page.

  [[File:filename.filetype|thumb|width|position|caption]]

Where:

• filename.filetype is the filename and filetype of the object to be included.
• thumb defines the size of the object to be displayed. (This seems to be required for the caption to be displayed.)
• width defines the width of the displayed picture for example 220px is a width of 220 pixels .
• position defines where it should be displayed "left", "center" or "right".
• caption is the text to be displayed below the object.

Thornton Chase

Example:

  [[File:ThorntonChase.jpg|thumb|90px|right|Thornton Chase]]

Using Multiple Image Command

If multiple images are in close proximity the use of the "Multiple Image" function might be a better choice. the general format is:

{{multiple image
|perrow = number
|total_width=width
| image1= filename1.filetype1
| image2= filename2.filetype2
| image3= filename3.filetype3
...
| footer= caption
}}

where:

• perrow is the number of images per row.
• total_width is the total width of the display box.
• image1 is the first filename.filetype of image to be displayed from BahaiMedia.
• image2 is the second filename.filetype of image to be displayed from BahaiMedia.
• image3 is the third filename.filetype' of the image to be displayed from BahaiMedia.
• footer is the caption to be displayed at the bottom of the set of images.

Thornton Chase (left) and Joseph H. Hannen (right)

Example:

{{multiple image
|perrow=2
|total_width=200
|image1=ThorntonChase.jpg
|image2=Joseph H. Hannen.png
|footer=Thornton Chase (left) and Joseph H. Hannen (right)
}}