Mike said "I activated the $wgForeignFileRepos[] to wikimedia commons and was able to use a [[File:<file.xxx>|<xx>px]] to bring in the image in the correct size." Have you tried this? Att
2009/11/21 Benct Philip Jonsson <[email protected]> > On 2009-11-21 Mike wrote: > > This brought me to the next problem, controlling the size of > > the image, which can't be done with just the external image > > URL. > > I don't want to be rude, but there is a quite extensive manual. > Two in fact: > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial> > > <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images> > > But see: > > <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowExternalImages> > > where it says you can't get thumbnails of external images > since MW can't know their dimensions. > > Also read the section why allowing external images is a > bad idea, and read > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_theft> > > I've been the victim of that. No fun! > > /BP > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- {+}Nevinho Venha para o Movimento Colaborativo http://sextapoetica.com.br !! _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
