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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-06-03 14:28:47 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-06-03 14:28:47 -0400
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@@ -18,4 +18,13 @@ But it doesn't show the image file I already put in that directory. I can access
It does show a clickable question mark for ikiwiki.cgi?page=utah-2006-100-180.png&from=roadtrips&do=create
--- [[JeremyReed]
+-- [[JeremyReed]]
+
+> The question mark means ikiwiki does not know about your image.
+> It sounds as if you may have copied it onto your web server's `public_html`
+> type directory manually. For ikiwiki to know about it, you need to put it in
+> ikiwiki's srcdir with the rest of the wiki content, or you could upload
+> it with the `Edit -> Attachment` web interface.
+>
+> To display an image that is really legitimately not part of the wiki,
+> you can't use a directive, but you can insert `<img>` html if you really want to. --[[Joey]]