can't pull up photos

on some fourms some times a photo is just a red x I can't get the photo to come up. it's there as other people comentent on it. I use a toch pad, when I right click I get a screen that sayes show photo when I click on it nothing happens what gives Thanks Gib

If you are using Netscape, spaces in the URL will give you trouble. Try it in Explorer and see if it works.

Bob, I'm having the same orob. and I'm using I.E.,a lot of Jerry Hossom's stuff doesn't show up,some others too but mostly Jerrys. Mike Sader

Incorrect URL's used in the image calls .

Bob
I am using windowes 95 I dont have Netscape I use Explorer
Gib

We all see the red X's from time to time.

In some cases the wrong URL has been entered by the person posting.

In other cases the URL is good but the server where the image resides is down or slow enough that it times out.

Another case is someone trying to display an image from a host like Geocities. They don't allow the image links.

OR, like me, they sometimes forget to upload the image.

OK thanks for ideas but why can other people view them and I can't Gib

Gib, locate one or two the ones that you can't see and give us the URL. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.

I'm leaving town in little while, but I'll try to help out when I get back tonight. Or maybe one of the other guys can figure it out while I'm gone.

There are other known problems which are related to Netscape, but you said that you use IE, so I didn't even mention those.

Terry
The url is om/ftheneotribalmetalsmithsfrm8.showMessage?topicID=6 03.topic
This is on Tim Liveles un pluged fourm and there is over 1 page of replies to it, it is titeled New Knives From Backyard
Edge Works any help will be welcome Gib

Just was over there, and it's not your computer. Mine does it too, and I tried more than one browser and the actual address. It seems to be something with photopoint, that's where those pictures are located.

Jamie

Yep, Photopoint suffered from numerous problems. The company was insolvent -- more money going out than coming in.

Its parent company, Pantellic took over operations for a while. Now Pantellic is shutting down operations and selling off its assets.

Here are a couple of stories for those who may be interested:

PhotoPoint goes dark, draws concern

PhotoPoint parent shutters operations

Yeah, I do a little detective work when I see a red square, and right click on it anyway. That will give me the URL of the pic, and the origin of the server. PhotoPoint is history. I've been unimpressed with Boomspeed for another slow server, too.

In the very beginning BoomSpeed was pretty good. As time has passed they've lowered the amount space allocated to each account drastically, and for whatever reason, the speed seemed to drop as well.