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saltydad
08-01-2009, 12:15 AM
Anyone who can help with this problem please chime in.I sometimes post a pic(s) in a posting using the little 'mountain' widget. My pic is usually from my Flickr or Webshots site page. The pic shows up fine, but later, sometimes days, sometimes longer, when I re-view the thread, my pic has disappeared.Take a look at the Pet Names thread and you'll see an example. Any ideas?

Kim
08-01-2009, 12:34 AM
Hi Saltydad;
There may be a possibility on the way your flickr account is set up. It could be time related, or number of view's related. I'm no expert but it's a place to start checking.

Eric
08-01-2009, 04:39 AM
Hi Saltydad :). Keep in mind that external sites can, at times, alter the electronic pathways to pics and other things at their sites. Could easily be that the pics are still there but the "yellow mountain" URL address has been modified.
I'd go back to one of those sites, find a picture you used & copy the URL on paper. Then go back to the post, edit it, & see if the URL there matches the one you wrote down.
Just a thought, but that's what I'd do. Hope this helps :).

MediaHound
08-01-2009, 02:38 PM
I'm with Eric on that.
That's the exact reason why we suggest using the gallery here if you are going to be posting pics of your banana plants and such other on-topic photographs.
Because if the other site moves the pic or deletes the pic, it gets removed from here as well. If you use our gallery instead that is much less likely to happen, and probably wont, unless you specifically delete the pic on your own.

saltydad
08-03-2009, 09:58 PM
Thanks everyone. Kim and Eric probably have the right idea, but I'm lazy, so I'll follow Jarred's advice and use the gallery as my source.