Broken links to pictures

[ChrisEyles]

Hi there!

I've just noticed that a fair few pictures that I've put up seem not to be displaying any more. They were working fine when I posted them, and were successfully visible for several weeks after that, but now some (not all) display a broken link image instead.

Any ideas? It's not at all impossible that I've done something silly here...

Thanks a lot for the support, and generally for the fantastic site!

 

[Shaun]

That usually happens when you link to an image (rather than upload it to the CC server) - and the linked source is removed or unavailable.

As an example, here's a post of yours with a missing image:

The code behind the linked image is:

[I M G]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=77e5e02a2f&view=fimg&th=14bf00e93d12dfa7&attid=0.1.1&disp=emb&attbid=ANGjdJ_phdJbPVVu3fmnMxIluhE2-RwiohXt-hV7Sw8Nc3M7uS7qEjg9SY0h-FzOZIQq23zlG_xiPKk2YPNMPdcjOQOLwS-jrzV-arCN-PW9YHbpdKbAwLnez4XYRkU&sz=s0-l75-ft&ats=1425987692961&rm=14bf00e93d12dfa7&zw&atsh=1[/I M G]

You've linked to an image in your Gmail account - which, whilst visible when you initially linked to it, disappears when you file the email or move / remove the attachment.

Try saving the images to your desktop and uploading them - that should fix it.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[ChrisEyles]

Thank you very much! That explains things! Some of the other broken links must be due to similar issues - I'll upload directly as you suggest.

Cheers!