Broken images?

[qzgy]

I'm wondering if this is an issue on my end or on something global, but I am unable to see images on some posts from the forums, even relatively recent ones (1-2 months ago). It leaves a white space and an indication that an image is there, but nothing else. Does anyone know what it is and/or how I might go about fixing it (if it is fixable...)

[Geonovast]

You could check the URLs of the images and see if they're all coming from the same hosting site.  Last night mine was having issues (CubeUpload) to the point I had to wait a good minute for each image to load when embedding in a post.

[qzgy]

Well its not the same hosting site, but things that are not imgur. Or at least the ones I checked.

[Geonovast]

4 minutes ago, qzgy said:

Well its not the same hosting site, but things that are not imgur. Or at least the ones I checked.

Can you link one of the posts you can't see images on?

[qzgy]

37 minutes ago, Geonovast said:

Can you link one of the posts you can't see images on?

Sure.

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/11189-the-k-prize-100-reusable-spaceplane-to-orbit-and-back/&do=findComment&comment=3217342

[Geonovast]

Must be on your or your ISP's end.  All the images in that post load for me instantly.

[Vanamonde]

I am not seeing a problem, either. 

[DAL59]

I sed to think that there was a problem, but it is just loading.  Leave it for a minute and it will appear.  

[qzgy]

It might be something on my end then. I don't know why though, which is annoying. And I don't think its a loading thing. Internet's pretty good, and when I try to view the image individually, it shows 1 blank white pixel.

[richfiles]

It's not a fix, but it seemed to get around the issue for me. I couldn't get the post editor to allow me to post imager images as an embedded image (only a link). Loading the image manually had no effect. What made a difference to me, was posting, clicking the links (presumably so the images load from Imgur with he link source being the Kerbal Forums, and then, I was able to copy the addresses and re-paste them over the links (Don't copy the links, or you literally copy the URL link.. .Copy the link destination) and replace the URL links, and the post editor should then successfully insert the image into he post.

for viewers of posts, copying an image link and viewing it in your browser ought to be enough to make it load, if it doesn't load in a thread. Seems to me like hot link detection might be screwy.

I've not tried with any other image host.

[qzgy]

Still broken after uninstalling and reinstalling the browser and clearing all cache and cookies.
However, oddly enough, I can load the images properly on Chrome (I normally use firefox)

On 12/16/2017 at 1:20 PM, richfiles said:

copying an image link and viewing it in your browser ought to be enough to make it load, if it doesn't load in a thread.

I try doing that. What comes up is

data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAACklEQVR4nGMAAQAABQABDQottAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==

which gives nothing. Have any more advice on why this might be?

Edited January 6, 2018 by qzgy

[richfiles]

7 hours ago, qzgy said:

I try doing that. What comes up is

data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAACklEQVR4nGMAAQAABQABDQottAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==

which gives nothing. Have any more advice on why this might be?

That... doesn't even look like a proper image link. Looks like part of a script. Make sure you can actually view your source image in a new window or tab in your browser. Then copy everything between the http part and the file name+extension... So up to the end of ".png" or ".jpg" or ".gif". Usually that's the entire link, but some sites might tack modifiers (such as resolution options) after the base link... Ignore anything after the file extension... But seriously, what you posted... that's not a proper direct image link at all.

Edited January 7, 2018 by richfiles

[qzgy]

7 hours ago, richfiles said:

That... doesn't even look like a proper image link. Looks like part of a script. Make sure you can actually view your source image in a new window or tab in your browser. Then copy everything between the http part and the file name+extension... So up to the end of ".png" or ".jpg" or ".gif". Usually that's the entire link, but some sites might tack modifiers (such as resolution options) after the base link... Ignore anything after the file extension... But seriously, what you posted... that's not a proper direct image link at all.

I'm aware. But that's what shows.up when I try to view one of those missing images. The question though is why....

[richfiles]

Some sites try to "obscure" the image from right clicks, to prevent them from being copied or saved to your desktop. If your browser has a developer menu, activate it (if it hasn't already been activated), and close something like "inspect" or "inspect element". Use the tool to try to trace down where the image is in the code, and when you spot it, copy it. Paste it into a new window or tab to see if it will load at all. Some sites have hot linking detection, and that means you need to just download the image, if you can get it to load at all, and then put it up on a secondary site to host it. There's no getting around that. 

[qzgy]

5 hours ago, richfiles said:

Some sites try to "obscure" the image from right clicks, to prevent them from being copied or saved to your desktop. If your browser has a developer menu, activate it (if it hasn't already been activated), and close something like "inspect" or "inspect element". Use the tool to try to trace down where the image is in the code, and when you spot it, copy it. Paste it into a new window or tab to see if it will load at all. Some sites have hot linking detection, and that means you need to just download the image, if you can get it to load at all, and then put it up on a secondary site to host it. There's no getting around that. 

Ok.... did the inspecting thing and tried to load in a new tab, which it does fine. I'm not sure what you mean by the second part.
 

[richfiles]

The second part refers to hotlinking. That's when you display a picture from website A on a page from website B. Website A is hosting the image. Website B is linking to another server to request the image. Some servers block hotlinking. If they block hotlinking, then you'll be forced to download the image, and upload it to an image hosting site that will permit hotlinking.