It's not possible to link to an external image in order to embed it on a page. You can, however, link to the file using the normal URL syntax; http://www.domain.com/image.gif or [http://www.domain.com/image.gif image.gif] will allow users to browse to it.
Rob Church
On 21/09/05, Pini Gorelick pini.gorelick@gmail.com wrote:
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On 21/09/05, Pini Gorelick pini.gorelick@gmail.com wrote:
how do i link to an external image?
Set $wgAllowExternalImages = true; in LocalSettings.php (if it isn't already set that way) and type the URL of the image into a wiki page. Tada!
Some people prefer this setting off, and only allow images uploaded to the server and referenced with the [[Image:Foo]] syntax, so that image use can be monitored to minimise copyright violations, bandwidth theft, and vandalism issues.
My fault for not checking. Forgot to never assume that Wikipedia uses all the features...
Rob Church
On 21/09/05, Rowan Collins rowan.collins@gmail.com wrote:
On 21/09/05, Pini Gorelick pini.gorelick@gmail.com wrote:
how do i link to an external image?
Set $wgAllowExternalImages = true; in LocalSettings.php (if it isn't already set that way) and type the URL of the image into a wiki page. Tada!
Some people prefer this setting off, and only allow images uploaded to the server and referenced with the [[Image:Foo]] syntax, so that image use can be monitored to minimise copyright violations, bandwidth theft, and vandalism issues.
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