Template:External image

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Usage

This template includes external images to the wiki and allows basic formatting.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
alignment	alignment	alignment of the image and caption on wiki page Example right;center;left	String	optional
caption	caption	caption of the image Default (none) Example Click this JOSM button	Unbalanced wikitext	optional
link	link	link in case someone clicks on the image Default none Example https://josm.openstreetmap.de	URL	optional
URL	URL	URL of the image Example http://josm.openstreetmap.de/export/15255/josm/trunk/images/bug.png	URL	required

Application

• {{external image|URL=http://josm.openstreetmap.de/export/15255/josm/trunk/images/bug.png}}

• {{external image|URL=http://josm.openstreetmap.de/export/15255/josm/trunk/images/bug.png|alignment=right}}

• {{external image|URL=http://josm.openstreetmap.de/export/15255/josm/trunk/images/bug.png|caption=a nice bug icon}}

a nice bug icon

• {{external image|URL=https://tile.openstreetmap.org/15/17875/11359.png|alignment=center|link=https://openstreetmap.org}}

https://tile.openstreetmap.org/15/17875/11359.png

• {{external image|URL=http://josm.openstreetmap.de/export/15255/josm/trunk/images/audio-prev.svg}}

• {{button|{{external image|URL=http://josm.openstreetmap.de/export/15255/josm/trunk/images/audio-prev.svg}}}}

Getting the URL of a JOSM icon

Navigate to https://josm.openstreetmap.de/browser/josm/trunk/images. Click on the desired image. In the center of the page, click on Download in other formats and right click on Original Format > Copy link address. Paste the copied URL into the template.

See also

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowExternalImages

MediaWiki configuration info

https://github.com/openstreetmap/chef/blob/40836bb2a0d4d9462d746c78d5084e1c9379bae9/cookbooks/mediawiki/templates/default/LocalSettings.php.erb#L248

Setup for all OSM wikis