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General Category => Computer questions => Topic started by: dunk on January 11, 2011, 02:39:32 pm

Title: Having a problem.
Post by: dunk on January 11, 2011, 02:39:32 pm

Sometimes when I view a members thread in another forum all I see is a black box where a picture should be showing.  These pics are not being uploaded they are typically hosted on photo bucket etc.

This is happening on several other forums where pictures are hosted outside the forum.  Any suggestions?

I'm using win xp pro plenty of ram and it is not happening everywhere.  So it is not my video card.

Title: Re: Having a problem.
Post by: GrayBeard on January 11, 2011, 03:20:13 pm

Dunk...are you referring to the 'thumbnail' of the particular picture as shown in the thread?

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: Having a problem.
Post by: dunk on January 11, 2011, 03:37:19 pm

No, it is usually a picture that someone has embedded by using the url rather than uploading a picture.

Title: Re: Having a problem.
Post by: GrayBeard on January 11, 2011, 03:52:12 pm

I'm sorry but I have no answer for that one other than that the 'uploader' didn't use the correct format from the source.
I also don't recall having run into this situation.

Anybody else have an answer?

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: Having a problem.
Post by: tux_linux on January 11, 2011, 04:39:38 pm

can you point us to one of those threads? which browser do you use?

Could also be a security setting in the browser not allowing to use 3. party content.

regards
Torsten

Title: Re: Having a problem.
Post by: dunk on January 11, 2011, 06:55:11 pm

I use ff for my browser.  I did a virus scan and nada...I re-booted my computer and it is working again...so perhaps it was cookies or something...Thanks for mulling it over for me.