HTML Help

bigpaul75 · Joined: 06 May 2009 Posts: 1

I am new to all this and am at present designing a page but I come across a problem when I post the page on a board. The images are shown as a red 'X'. I have been told this is because the images are from a different location. My question is:- Is there a code you can use that allows the images to be shown which are from a different location?

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2311

Use an absolute path to the image
Code: <img src="http://some address.com/images/myimage.jpg"> you can use any image on the web as long as you know the address and location.[/img]

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 3593 Location: Biloxi, MS

Just some additional input. The URL path to hosted images like on PhotoBucket.com, ImageShack.com, etc., requires the use of the full URL to the image only. NOT to the path where the image is on a page with other content. If you do not want a link back to the image hosting site where your image is, then remove the link tags.

It is better to include the width/height of the image to help the browser set the real estate required for parsing the page:

Code: <img style="width: XXpx; height: YYpx; border: 0;" src="http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1998/yalove9919574.jpg" alt="Text Description">

Posting on a board may require the use of BBCode and not HTML. This is for links, but just remove the link tags if not used:

Making an image a link using BBCode:

Code: [url="URL path to external link"][img]http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1998/yalove9919574.jpg[/img][/url]

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