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*** Problem Fixed. Thanks PCGS!!! *** Imgur photos not displaying. Is it just me?
BryceM
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Most people probably download photos directly to the servers when they post in threads nowadays. I've always linked photos here to the forums from Imgur ever since PhotoBucket became pseudo-ransomware.
A few days ago there were some apparent changes to the software. Now, if you click on a hyper-link, you get a warning about leaving the website, but also, none of my photos are showing anymore. Was this intentional. Can it be fixed?
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Here is a pic from my Imgur linked via the "Attach image" icon:
Seems to be working for me.
I think you may be copying the "Image Link" off Imgur when you should be selecting the "Direct Link", which will put your image into the thread.
To be clear, I'm not using the "Attach Image" Icon. I'm including the code from the Imgur site that looks like this. I had to remove one quote (replaced by XXX) and remove the "<" and ">" at the end so it would display:
a href="https://imgur.com/72blZGB"><img src=XXXhttps://i.imgur.com/72blZGB.XXXjpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a
Interestingly, if I remove a bit of the gobbley-gook code and only include the second half of this stuff, it displays fine.
Awesome coin BTW!!
I've used this for YEARS, and now none of my old threads shows photos. I know how to fix it, if I go through and edit them one by one, but that sucks. The forum software has changed.
fwiw, if you buy some cheap stupid domain name and get free hosting, which there is a ton of, it is 10x better than all those image hosting sites and you have full control, not to mention a file heirarchy in which to store you hosted images. ie: CU/images or online/pictures. you can do sub-folders or organize files by denomination. have all yours errors in one folder.
i've seen nothing to-date that competes with the simplistic and effective organization than ftp. the hard part is just getting it all set up which isn't too bad really. then just renew the domain name and hosting annually unless you pay up for more so you don't have to mess with it. just keep a backup which is recommended anyway. i like having a duplicate on my desktop so i can see what is in the directories and subs easier than via the ftp.
Well, yeah, I know all that, but that doesn't fix my last 10,000 posts.
I don't want to loose all my old stuff again, like happened before when PB went rogue.
Yeah, if they've changed something in the software on how it reads these links, then all your old pics won't show. That's no good!
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probably some kinks to work out and good thing you have mentioned to give feedback.
i'm getting a warning about leaving the site as well and it is a modern safety precaution that most professional sites use to protect the users as you sometimes don't know what is at an url until you land there. no good trying to avoid the spike pit if you only learn about it after you have fallen in kinda thing.
If they can't fix it, my enthusiasm for sharing photos here in the future will be greatly diminished.
they'll obviously be able to fix it but my bst images that are hosted via this site aren't showing now.
I started using copy/paste in the body of the post a long time ago. Easy/Peasy. I dislike the "leaving this site........" as well.
Jim
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ok. i see now. i made a post recently about linking and image not working but linking test still does. had to re-post my bst images. easy fix for those that have images linked with the forum code.
Just me huh.......
Well, shoot.
Works for me. Could it be your browser?
I've tried a bunch of different computers in various locations on various browsers. It has to do with the way the software changes handle the way I brought the link in from Imgur.
oops
i see you already figured it out
https://i.imgur.com/72blZGB.jpg
I figured out how to edit my old posts to make the photos appear, but none of my photos will display unless I manually change it. Not doing that!!!
Now everything is displaying again. Thanks guys!
I just copy and paste..... works for me. Good thing it does, I had enough trouble figuring that out a few years ago....
Cheers, RickO