Yeah, that thought had crossed my mind but then I still need one of those per picture and honestly the use of a template instead of a table isn't that big of a difference. They both look about the same. The use of a template would help if I wanted to make some global changes.

{{howtowithpix| #step one #step two #step three | [[Image:bla.jpg|thumb|200 px]] }}

Compared to

{| |- #step one #step two #step three | [[Image:bla.jpg|thumb|200 px]] |}

-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Yeidel Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 3:00 PM To: mediawiki list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Pictures and Text

If you put the table code in a template, it should be pretty easy for "Joe" to edit; something like

{{howtowithpix| <!--steps follow this line--> #step one #step two #step three | <!--Image link follows this line--> Image:firstthreesteps.jgp }}

The template I used was:

{| |- |{{{1}}} |{{{2}}} |}

-- Joshua

On 6/2/06 7:06 AM, "Frederich, Eric P2173" eric.frederich@siemens.com wrote:

Hi,

A lot of what I am using our wiki for is how-to guides with a lot of screen shots. I have found that even if I place an image in a section it may be displayed in another section. The only way I have found to make sure that the instructions are

placed

next to the screen shot they pertain to is to put them both in a table and separate each of the tables with a horizontal dividing line (this

is

shown below). My problem with this is that it defeats the purpose of a wiki in that

it

is no longer easy to edit by average Joe. Is there another method to get pictures and related text to be put together in a nice way? Some of our pages have 12 or so screen shots with 3 or 4 instructions per each screen shot.

{| |- | # do this # then this # and finally this | [[Image:some picture.jpg|thumb|200 px]] |}

---

{| |- | # one # two # buckle your shoe | [[Image:another picture.jpg|thumb|200 px]] |}

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