Powerbase:How to Post Images, Photos, Screengrabs, and Video Clips

Images and photos

1. In the left hand column under the "Toolbox" heading is the "Upload file" link. Click on this. This will take you to http://www.SpinProfiles.org/index.php?title=Special:Upload
2. Before uploading an image or a pdf there are a couple of points to check. If you think an image is copyright free, such as from a company's own or government website, check in the File Info section for any notes on copyright. For Adobe Acrobat files, it is worth checking to see if the security settings on the file are set to standard so that the document can be printed and copied but not modified. This may help avoid arguments over the document content later.
3. In the filename bar find the file on your hard drive. Click on it.
4. In the "Summary" space add a brief explanatory note on the origin of the image or document. For example, if the photo is from a government website, post the url into your note. If it is a document, a brief explanation on where it came from is worthwhile.
5. After you are sure the image/pdf is copyright free, check the box to the statement "I affirm that the copyright holder of this file agrees to license it under the terms of the SpinProfiles copyright." If you don't check this box, you won't be allowed to upload the file.
6. Click on "Upload file"
7. If your file is under the 100k threshold and the name doesn't clash with an existing file, it will be uploaded and the link to it appear on the "Recent Changes" page: http://www.SpinProfiles.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges
8. If your file is over 100k or uses an existing file name, after a little while you will be prompted (the duration depends on the original file size) whether you want to upload anyway. The options you will have are:

• "Save File" - "Ignore warning and save file anyway"; and
  
• "Re-Upload" - "Return to the upload form".

Screengrabs

1. Screengrab the web page you want to record by pressing the Print Screen button on your keyboard. You may want to use the full screen display first.
2. Open an image programme e.g. Paint, and paste the image (Ctrl-V).
3. Save the image as a jpg or other image file.
4. Upload the file onto SpinProfiles in the normal fashion: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Upload
5. Reference the image in the text using the following format:

<ref>[[Media:(Filename).jpg|Screengrab]] created (Time and Date)</ref>

You can see an example in one of the references of this page:

http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/David_Kilcullen

<ref>[[Media:Milband blog screengrab.jpg|Screengrab]] created ‎27 ‎May ‎2009, ‏‎22:52</ref>

Video clips

You can include a video on a SpinProfiles page by streaming it from the website on which it is posted. See examples of videos at http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/John_Stockwell

Note the coding of the first video included on this page and edit according to the video that you post: <youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="John Stockwell discusses the [[CIA]] and what he calls 'The Third world War', meaning covert US operations">Z9VxnCBD9W4</youtube>