Re: Transfering a tinyurl link (Image posting problems)

LightWizard recently sent me the following:

Below are explanations for the ongoing problems you're having with posting photos on the "Quess the movie by the picture" thread, LW.

Note: this thread might be of interest to some others who are having problems posting photos on A2K.

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Short explanation: Before using tinyurl.com to "compress" an image's url, make sure the address you're giving to tinyurl ends with ".jpg" or ".gif". Also, avoid posting images from a website that uses hotlink prevention, such as imdb.com
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However, since you've been having the problems for a while now, I'll go more in depth into why some image posting attempts were or were not working.

Following are some URLs you've recently tried to post as images, LW:

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This one had no chance of displaying:



It's pointing to a web page (notice the '.php' filename extension) rather than an image, and there's JavaScript code in there which won't work when posted on these boards.
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This one had no chance, either:



Here's the URL I tried to post as an image above: http://tinyurl.com/xprs
That page redirects to:
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Park/1568/ThirdManPictures.html

Like the last problem, that is not an image! Again, it's a web page (look at the '.html' extension on the end).
On that html page, rick-click the images themselves & click Properties in order to get the correct URL for a particular image.
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Another problem:

http://tinyurl.com/xxcc
Which redirects to:
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0114746/th-4

The filename extension for that image wasn't included. That file is in fact a jpg image, but the extension was left out. Sometimes you can post an image without including the extension, but it's best to avoid that.

Here's the correct url: http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0114746/th-4.jpg

Note: I believe IMDB is using hotlink prevention controls which may prevent the image from being displayed even though the filename is corrected. However, it may work OK if you've recently visited any part of imdb.com
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This one had problems for the same reason as the last:

http://tinyurl.com/xx3i
Which redirects to:
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0114746/4

Again, no image file extension (this one is also a jpg), and IMDB's hotlink prevention sometimes throws in a monkeywrench.
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This one worked just fine:



Here's the URL I posted as an image above: http://tinyurl.com/xpvn
It redirects to:
http://filmstills2.netfirms.com/houseof1/house01.jpg

Note that this one was using the correct filename extension ('.jpg').
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I hope that helps a bit.