Forum:Interwiki image link

Is there a way to create an interwiki link to images? For example, can I get the Guild Seal.png image from the Fable Wiki to appear as the actual image on a page that is not within the Fable Wiki site-space? (It's here where I'm trying to do it.) Thanks, Enodoc (Talk) 22:17, April 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * This is possible in a crude way if you don't mind having the image in its full resolution. Just use the image by pasting in its URL (found by clicking on the image on the file page).
 * For your example, just paste.

The 888th Avatar  (talk)  22:50, April 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Somewhat related...
 * What's with the ?-  5 əb'7 aŋk (7alk ) 22:54, April 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * The cb stands for "cachebuster", but thats not important. We changed the way our cache servers work with our CDN cache network to make it more stable. The downside is, that images needed to be a little more permanent then they were, so we add that unique number into the url, so that specific url can be cached for a long time. Its the timestamp of that specific image revision. Much like how you can link to an old specific revision of a wiki page with, long form image urls are now permalinks like that. If you use that image url in your css, or on a wiki page, it WILL NOT update when the image is uploaded with a new version. This has some side effects if you are used to the way things used to work, but it has far more benefits, like images actually updating when changed. If you need a version of it that "can" change, take that __cb##### part out of the url. It should continue to work, and will update, but wont be cached for as long, and does slightly put more load on us, so use them sparingly. --Uberfuzzy 23:02, April 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the responses. If 888th's way is the only one, which doesn't allow for resizing, then I'll think of something else. --Enodoc (Talk) 15:05, April 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Why not just upload the image to here (with a back link to the relevant wiki) ? (or have I missed something that means thats not possible) - BulldozerD11 17:21, April 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm sure I could do that, but I didn't want to upload images that were mainly irrelevant to anyone else. --Enodoc (Talk) 18:33, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

It's technically impossible to upload an image here and make it show as an image (as opposed to a link) on another wiki. The only way would be to upload it here, put the image on a template, and transclude that template on another wiki. However, the policy for file uploads on Central is that you can only upload one file for your user page/personal use. The 888th Avatar  (talk)  23:33, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100420144442/fable/images/thumb/4/4c/Guild_Seal.png/40px-Guild_Seal.png

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100420144442/fable/images/thumb/4/4c/Guild_Seal.png/30px-Guild_Seal.png

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100420144442/fable/images/thumb/4/4c/Guild_Seal.png/20px-Guild_Seal.png

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100420144442/fable/images/thumb/4/4c/Guild_Seal.png/10px-Guild_Seal.png
 * There is a way to resize the image using a direct url link. I am surprised no one mentioned it. You just add the size you want it to be into the url, like so:




 * Simply change the number in the "100px" part to make it the size you want it. ~Gardimuer 05:30, 2010 April 22 (UTC)


 * That would be because I didn't actually know that. There you go, I've learnt something today. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  06:20, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Wicked! Thnx very much. --Enodoc (Talk) 08:54, April 22, 2010 (UTC)