Forum:External image usage?

How do you adjust the display of an external image? The whitelisted external sites that you can use images from through writing a URL show fullsize, and non-adjusted.

Is there a way to make this show in a particular manner? (Such as you can traditionally do with HTML's IMG tag..., or with a DIV tag ) I tried using a DIV tag but it doesn't seem to modify the image display.

-- 70.24.250.110 01:19, December 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * When you copy/paste a direct link URL to an image, the MediaWiki software creates an HTML IMG tag behind the scenes, and it's impossible to modify that IMG tag directly in the wikitext of a page.


 * It is possible to add CSS styling to the IMG tag with sitewide CSS, but of course that requires you to be an admin in order to edit the stylsheet page (MediaWiki:Wikia.css). -- what exactly are you trying to do with your external images, and is there some reason you can't upload the images to the wiki instead?


 * MediaWiki whitelist
 * Whatever you intend to link will have to comply with the TOU of Wikia. -- Bunai82 (talk) 02:03, December 4, 2012 (UTC)