red x and no picture

[Guest broker]

I am sure someone has asked this in the past but when a box with a red x appears where there should have been a picture is there something one can do to get the picture? Thanks.

B

[TampaYankee]

>I am sure someone has asked this in the past but when a box

>with a red x appears where there should have been a picture is

>there something one can do to get the picture? Thanks.

>

>B

Hi broker,

Two possibilities come to mind: corrupted pics and hot linking.

Corrupted pics are just -- compressed photo code that has been corrupted so badly that the image cannot be decompressed and displayed. The software displays the 'Hey dude you're screwed' red 'X'.

The hot link issues has been discussed before:

http://www.maleescortreview.com/dcscript/d...sg_id=767&page=

The short take is hot linking is sometimes reluctant to give up the goods. Again, the software displays the 'Hey dude you're screwed' red 'X'.

The pics need to be loaded in your browser cache to see. Click 'Reply with Quote' then cut and paste URL in your browser address and click go. The pic apprears on a new page, When you return to your forum page, low and behold the pic is there. It will remain visible on subsequent visits until those cache pages are cleared for newer pages.

Sorry it is so cumbersome but I dont make the internet rules of the road. If I did then I would be driving much faster in my own lane! }(

P.S. Any hot tips for today?

[Guest Shadow]

>Two possibilities come to mind: corrupted pics and hot linking.

A third possibility might be "Too much traffic", especially with Geocities. In this case the solution is to try again later.