Photos of Layouts

[rhobat bryn]

I've noticed that with some posts the pictures that have been uploaded do not show up on my computers (work and home).  If I right-click on the picture, the option of 'Show Picture' appears but has no effect.  Does anyone have an explanation for or solution to this?

[Hobby]

It could be the settings... Ours at work are set to block from certain sites (we can't change the settings), so it won't show them....

[rhobat bryn]

It could be the settings... Ours at work are set to block from certain sites (we can't change the settings), so it won't show them....

I can understand that being the case at work but why at home as well?

[Hugh Norwood]

Could you give an example of one such picture, please?

[rhobat bryn]

Could you give an example of one such picture, please?

Yes, the photos on the Haul-y-Bryn theme under the Layouts category.

[invercloy]

It could be that they were hosted on fotopic which went bankrupt earlier in the year, therefore the source image no longer exists on the internet.

[rhobat bryn]

It could be that they were hosted on fotopic which went bankrupt earlier in the year, therefore the source image no longer exists on the internet.

Ah, that certainly would explain things and is a much less worrying explanation than a technical one.

[duttonbay]

Could you give an example of one such picture, please?

Yes, the photos on the Haul-y-Bryn theme under the Layouts category.

The photos in that thread which do not appear are attached photos, not hosted photos, so cannot be blamed on fotopic. They date back to December 2009 - did something happen to the forum between then and now which resulted in attached photos being not long available?

[Hugh Norwood]

I've seen this before on this forum. I assume it's some form of archiving system where "old" images are no longer instantly available. Perhaps the forum admin can shed light on it?

[tat2drod]

If I remember correctly, there was a "hiccough" with the server and a bunch of photos were lost. Shame but...