Help embedding image

In this old thread I have a bunch of embedded images which aren't showing. The code in the post is just (with square brackets)

{img}https://www.mrwild.co.​nz …nk-ok/potn/rec1.jpg{/img}

Here's the actual URL, which is messed up on the link above:

https://www.mrwild.co.nz/hotli​nk-ok/potn/rec1.jpg

This [IMG]https://www.mrwild.co.nz/hotli​nk-ok/potn/rec1.jpg[/IMG] seems to work fine for me.

Byte size: ZERO | Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE

And now I see that it's missing again.

Yeah it a bit weird. It's rare for a technical problem to beat me... I wonder if the forum is doing something fancy/special.

I'll check it out later today.

No hurry, thanks Pekka

That site is served by CloudFlare, but by putting it in that "hotlink-ok" folder I've indicated to CF that the images should be able to be hotlinked. If we can't figure it out I'll just attach the images to the post.

tim wrote in post #18153829
No hurry, thanks Pekka

That site is served by CloudFlare, but by putting it in that "hotlink-ok" folder I've indicated to CF that the images should be able to be hotlinked. If we can't figure it out I'll just attach the images to the post.

The reason is that there the url https://www.mrwild.co.​nz/hotlink-ok/potn/rec1.jpg returns

Content-Type: text/html
HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://www.mrwild.co.​nz/stop-stealing-images.png

So the hotlink protection has indeed kicked in.

Why the image shows in a "physical browser" like FF or Chrome must be based on how the server's hotlink protection is configured. Nginx servers are notoriously difficult to set up.

To debug:
If you enter the url https://www.mrwild.co.​nz/hotlink-ok/potn/rec1.jpg to http://web-sniffer.net/ you can see the same server response that POTN image checker sees, too. Location field URL is where the image is retrieved to be validated as a real and safe image file. Now that URL returns a simple html hotlink info page. Also, content type as "text/html" will invalidate the image, too.

When the image shows in above web-sniffer.net page, it will show here, too.

^ ^ Went there. Tried it & it's all Chinese to me. I suspect that there will be a LOT more attachments in your future.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #18154192
^ ^ Went there. Tried it & it's all Chinese to me.

If you want a simpler answer, there it was in one line: "the hotlink protection has indeed kicked in".

Why? The reported problem is with that specific server and files on that specific folder only. It is a not a problem affecting all embedded photos.

Pekka wrote in post #18154283
Why? The reported problem is with that specific server and files on that specific folder only. It is a not a problem affecting all embedded photos.

Well, I said that it was all Chinese to me! ; D

Thanks Pekka, it is the hotlink protection. I managed to hotlink it from another domain so I thought I'd taken care of that, but it was another domain under my control and on CloudFlare. I'll have another look - seems a bit tricky with CloudFlare. I may just turn off CloudFlare for that domain, or attach the images.

tim wrote in post #18154345
Thanks Pekka, it is the hotlink protection. I managed to hotlink it from another domain so I thought I'd taken care of that, but it was another domain under my control and on CloudFlare. I'll have another look - seems a bit tricky with CloudFlare. I may just turn off CloudFlare for that domain, or attach the images.

Thanks for the info.
If image error messages are "fixed" in the post (they are if the errors were found when posting or editing), and you want AMASS to re-validate all the images in a post: edit the post and submit the edit (no changes needed). That starts a background process for image re-validation. Reload the page after few seconds to see the result.

Pekka wrote in post #18154422
Thanks for the info.
If image error messages are "fixed" in the post (they are if the errors were found when posting or editing), and you want AMASS to re-validate all the images in a post: edit the post and submit the edit (no changes needed). That starts a background process for image re-validation. Reload the page after few seconds to see the result.

I tried that on the original thread & see no difference.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #18154479
I tried that on the original thread & see no difference.

There will be no difference until the remote server is reconfigured.

Obviously, I'm totally lost!