I Have Been Getting "ipb Image" All Over This Forum Lately.

[Abo Bob]

It's weird. I use Firefox.

Instead of the image I get "IPB Image" written there.

The other weird thing is that sometimes I might post in the thread that this happens in and then the images appear.

Other times they never appear.

I've even seen 1 image and several "IPB Image" in the same post, in other words, they are posted in the same way and I can see some but not others.

Also I know it's not just me. People will post 'hey look at these pics' and about 5 people go 'oh cool nice pics' and another couple of people go 'I can't see them'.

[Mr. Oizo]

Problem with your internet, or the image hosting

[Jimbo2000]

Problem with your internet, or the image hosting

yeah your internet is broken!!!

stay off mine!

[Howie]

It's not a problem with his internet.

It's a problem with the thumbnailing software for the server. If you click on the link it sometimes comes up with the full sized image.

[Mr. Oizo]

It's not a problem with his internet.

It's a problem with the thumbnailing software for the server. If you click on the link it sometimes comes up with the full sized image.

That depends if he's talking about SAU Attachments, or just hotlinked images

[Howie]

He's just referring to this forum, as his title states. I've seen this too, but it's been more stable the last week or so.

[Mr. Oizo]

He's just referring to this forum, as his title states. I've seen this too, but it's been more stable the last week or so.

You missed my point completely

I could attach an image using SAU

OR, I could host it on my site, and put it here with tags

[Howie]

I see what you mean. Let me clarify then.

If you hot link it with img tags it'll display as per normal. However if you use the attachment feature on the forum the thumbnail will appear as [iPB Image].

That is a classic symptom of image rendering software (such as gkimage) on the server losing it's association with the forum or going down.

Edited September 19, 2006 by Howie

[Abo Bob]

Actually it has happened in both ways but more generally stuff that is linked to.

[Mr. Oizo]

Actually it has happened in both ways but more generally stuff that is linked to.

That's a problem with your internet, the host of the image, OR they have hotlink protection on the image host

[Munkyb0y]

i go with anti-leech hotlink protection.

here's a fake hotlink where nothing exists:

http://www.theresnolinkhere.com/nolink.jpg

and when placed in IMG tags, you get:

same thing would happen if the image was made unavailable by the host.

Edited September 19, 2006 by Munkyb0y

[Sl!m]

i have been seeing some thing that just says IPB Image or IPB IMG cant remember which one..

with the SAU bannerr avatars pictures etc...

and on two seperate computers two seperate internet connections./

also when images are being posted they show up as a tiny thumbnail instead of the full image untill I post some thing..

see the before and after shots for an example of that

[PranK]

Also, to make things even trickier, our images are hosted in the US (while other files are in Australia) so if there is a slight delay getting the images when the page is loaded, then you'll get that text. Usually an F5 will fix it.

[Abo Bob]

Ahh so maybe that's it, a delay in the image being available so the browser assumes it's not coming and displays without the image. Is there a setting somewhere on SAU or our browsers where we can give it longer to download?

I just started a thread with I think 5 pics all hosted in the same place (not here) and when I went beack to the thread to check for replies one of the pics was missing.

And then I went back there in the middle of typing this and everything is displaying correctly.

[R31Nismoid]

right click on the pic

"show picture" and it should appear

[Sl!m]

is that with IE?

cos if you do that with Firefox it opens it in a new window..

I think.. cant remember if thats what I clicked on

[Abo Bob]

right click on the pic

"show picture" and it should appear

There's no pic to click on. It's just text "IPB Image".

[R31Nismoid]

Ye, right click on it and the option "show picture" will come up

[Abo Bob]

[PranK]

Satisfyingly disturbing.