How-To's

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There isn't a direct link to the “upload files” window, so you need to open a page (any page) for editing, then click on the “add images and other files” button. It will open a separate window that looks like this . Click on the link for photos. Then just upload the photos by browsing for them on the computer you are using. Normally, that window closes after every operation. If you want to keep it open, check the Keep window open on selection box and the window will stay open on your computer until you close it.

The next time you go to the photo gallery page, it should show the new pictures.

The following are some plug-ins that have been added to this site that I've found useful:

The bbcode plug-in allows you to change the size or colour of normal text.

The following:

 [size=90%]smaller text[/size]               
 [size=150%]bigger text[/size] 
 [color=red]red colored text[/color]
 [color=green]green colored text[/color]
 [size=120%][color=goldenrod]combined size & color[/color][/size]

Looks like this:
smaller text
bigger text
colored text
colored text
combined size & color

You can specify the text size using percent (eg. 50%), pixels (eg. 14px), or em (eg. 1.625em).

       attribute: numeric value (px, em, %, ...) or keywords like small

Percent is relative to the normal size; pixels count the number of dots (a higher resolution screen will have more pixels) and is an absolute value; 1.0 em is the size of a character - it's also relative.

For colours: there are a bunch of 'standard' names for web colours (eg. red, green, firebrick, etc.).

        attribute: color name, #fff[fff] or rgb(255,255,255)

You can also use the color code (eg. #ffffff is white; #000000 is black, the red in the logo is: #F0512A, and the blue of the bottom banner is: #0077CE) or a 3-number value rgb representing the relative amounts of red, green, and blue. Each colour is made up of varying amounts of red, green, and blue. If you take a REALLY close look at your TV screen you can see the individually coloured dots that make up a pixel.

The styler plug-in lets you change the way text is justified, add quotes and a few other things.

The following are some examples of how this works (the original documentation page is linked here.

       <style float-right>some text</style>

This plugin provide additional formatting of your texts:

<quote> - the expanded quotations;
<epigraph> - epigraphs;
<verse> - formatting of verses;
<style> - generic style blocks.

       <style box float-right>some text</style>

You can specify attributes for each formatted block:

left - text align to left;
right - text align to right;
center - center text;
justify - justify text;
float-left - To create the floating block to the left of the text;
float-right - To create the floating block to the right of the text;
box - To draw a framework around of the block;
background - To fill in a background with solid color (default colour).

       <style background>some text</style>

       <quote>some text</quote>

<quote> “While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.” Treatle nodded. “I hadn't looked at it like that,” he said, “But you're absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance.” – Discworld scientists at work (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites) </quote>