Portal:Football in Africa/Selected picture

The Selected picture box on the portal chooses one of the following at random when displaying the page. Follow the instructions below for adding a new picture to the list.

Template
Note that the prefix Image: is not required when using this template, also - the template will auto-wikilink the picture entered in the link= field. Further information on this template can be found at Portal:Football in Africa/Selected picture/Layout.

To add a new picture

 * 1) Click on the next successive empty entry or red link from this page.
 * 2) Paste the above layout template if it isn't already there.
 * 3) Add a free image and caption.
 * 4) Add the credit line for the author with a wikilink or external link to their profile if possible.
 * 5) Write two or three sentences in the text field using information about the picture and its subject; you may find it useful to examine the existing entries for an idea of the length required.
 * 6) Ensure the main subject of the image is in bold and add this same article to the link field.
 * 7) Preview the page.
 * 8) Save the page.
 * 9) Go to the main portal page.
 * 10) Click on edit page.
 * 11) Update max to its new total for the Random portal component on the main page. Make sure that max is the same numerical value as the picture entry added above, i.e. if you added picture 21, then 21.


 * 1) Copy the following to the picture's talk page.