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Lucija Pilić
4,340 PointsNo problem with code here, but...
So, everything works as described with local images, but whenever I try to put external image from the web (like, some image form Wikipedia) in "img src" tags/attributes, it won't show me that image on site. It will show alt description and link to the image through alt description and paragraph text, but the externally linked image itself is missing.
Any clues why?
Edit: How do I add picture to my question, to give you a better insight to the problem?
2 Answers
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 PointsI see the problem. It looks like the link you've provided for you src attribute is actually a link to a file (notice the File: in your url?) rather than an image, so it won't appear as you'd like. Here is a link explaining how that works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_URI_scheme. Try going to https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemlja#/media/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg, then right-clicking the image and copy the url to the image. I got https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/1024px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg. Replace your src attribute value with that link. It'll do the trick.
Lucija Pilić
4,340 PointsYou're right! Double-clicking the image returned the right URL. Thanks! :)
Lucija Pilić
4,340 PointsHere's part of the code that doesn't work. I could post a whole code, if you think there might lie problem.
'''html <li> <a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemlja#/media/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg"> <img src="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemlja#/media/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg" alt="something"> <p>Something 3</p> </a> </li> '''
Sorry, I'm getting used to posting code here.
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 PointsAntonio Jaramillo
15,604 PointsHey Lucija, Here is a link that'll help you post your code https://teamtreehouse.com/community/posting-code-to-the-forum. Though I can't see you code, have you included the complete absolute url for the image you want to display from another site? For example, "https://static.teamtreehouse.com/assets/apple-touch-icon-152x152-precomposed-1b11bb9390ef7214f8e93f852cc45e43.png" .