Why are some posted images not appearing online?

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Just curious, no biggie:

... But I was wondering why sometimes images that have been posted to A2K (& also on other sites) appear only as a small box with a red X in the centre, rather than the actual image?

Today I was viewing an A2K thread & others had obviously seen an image (as they were talking about it) while got only that box & square. To make matters even more confusing, some images in that particular thread could be properly seen, while while others couldn't.

Sometimes, too, while looking at say, an old A2K thread again, some images are clearly projected, while others (that I'd actually seen before) aren't.

Is there an explanation for this?
Nothing urgent, just curious.
If this sounds clumsy it's probably because I don't know the proper terminology to use. So I hope this makes sense! Very Happy

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Ha! You didn't understand what the hell I was on about, did you? Embarrassed

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Not to worry. I understood exactly what you were saying. Sometimes the same thing happens to me. I know that you cannot post pictures directly from your computer. You have to do it through another server (am I saying this right?) like Raven's Realm. If you try to post it directly, the picture will appear as an "X".

I have had the experience where I see an"X", when other people are saying that they can see the picture.Sometimes the picture in question IS one that I have seen in the past. Sometimes, when I right click, and then left click "show picture", the picture will appear..................and sometimes it won't.

Timber..............................HELP!

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Not all servers allow you to do what Phoenix wrote, "hotlinking" is allowed by a couple of sites.

If you do so, in some cases you see something like from angel...something or an 'x' or perhaps even really the pic _ because that is stored on you computer (and only others can't see it).

That has been a topic quite some times - I think, a couple of responses are in the Forum category (actually it nearl starts with that :wink: ).

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Well, test with this linked image.

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/5000/5323_w.jpg

If you don't see the image, then right click on the box and copy the linked address, then paste it in the address window of a blank page of your browser.