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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]]