IMG Tag Functionality Quirk

I'm experiencing a quirk using the [ IMG ] tag function. It seems to work fine when referencing an image on the couple of public web sites I have tried, but for some reason it does not work consistently when referencing an image through a public Webshots link (www.webshots.com).

I have made sure that the image is not too large (it's 44k, 500 x 375), and that it is a valid public link (I am not logged into Webshots when copying the image link).

The first time I reference the Webshots image in a new post, it displays fine on the page right after hitting "Submit". However, if I navigate to another page, or refresh the page with my post on it, all you see is the red X image placeholder where the Webshots image should be (and was briefly displayed). I have tried this from other computers, same result.

Example 1: This is an IMG link to a public image on Webshots. Displays after first posting it, but not afterwards. FWIW, I can create a HTML document on my local machine with the HTML tag < IMG SRC= > pointing to this same image link, and it works fine when opened in IE.




Example 2: This is an IMG link to a public image on Microsoft. Displays fine regardless.



:think:

At first I though it may be Webshots blocking image references to it's site from other servers. Perhaps that's why it displays at first, and subsequent links fail/are blocked. But I can display the Webshots link endlessly from my box (but it is not being referenced from a HTTP server...) :think:

Any ideas Okie/mods? I don't suspect it's a DRN issue, but just want to make sure. I'll contact Webshots as well.

Aha! Checked with Webshots, and you used to be able to link to Webshot photos from other websites. Due to abuse, however, they disabled that functionality.

FYI... this may help others scratching their heads on this.

Case closed...