Breaking Links

jecottrelljecottrell Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
edited August 2, 2010 in SmugMug Support
Why doesn't deleting a photo cause a link not to work? I've cleared the cache and tried on a new machine that would not have had the image cached.


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    Link to the image? We'll check it.
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  • jecottrelljecottrell Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    http://jecottrell.smugmug.com/photos/930802853_WumSM-L.png


    Thanks.


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    jecottrell wrote: »
    http://jecottrell.smugmug.com/photos/930802853_WumSM-L.png


    Thanks.


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    I get this now:

    20100731-dptkjytekdy7ybwdpy1m8cbb2d.jpg
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  • jecottrelljecottrell Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    Yes.

    I deleted that photo from my Smugmug but it still displays using the old link.

    How do you delete a photo from Smugmug so links to it no longer work.

    I think, intuitively, one would think that when a photo was deleted from Smugmug it would no longer show when pages are loaded containing links to it, no?

    Thanks,

    John
  • docwalkerdocwalker Registered Users Posts: 1,867 SmugMug Employee
    edited August 1, 2010
    John, We use what is called a CDN to deliver photos and make the sites load faster. Once a photo is deleted, it takes time for it to be removed from the thousands of servers around the world that is hosting your photos. I cannot give you a specific time but hopefully the photo will disappear soon.
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  • jecottrelljecottrell Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2010
    Thanks. Looks like it's gone now.


    Next question...

    How to replace a photo with new one that old links will load? I tried replace, but that generates a new address, typically a -2 or -3 depending on how many times it's been changed.


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2010
    jecottrell wrote: »
    Thanks. Looks like it's gone now.


    Next question...

    How to replace a photo with new one that old links will load? I tried replace, but that generates a new address, typically a -2 or -3 depending on how many times it's been changed.


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    You can always replace photo, and the link will still work. The -2, -3 will be handled by our system and we'll still serve up the image.
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  • jecottrelljecottrell Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2010
    Andy wrote: »
    You can always replace photo, and the link will still work. The -2, -3 will be handled by our system and we'll still serve up the image.


    So, the old picture displaying after I replaced it was a fact of it being cached on the CDN servers? If I had waited long enough, the new photo would have shown with the old link?

    Thanks for answering all the questions.

    John
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2010
    jecottrell wrote: »
    So, the old picture displaying after I replaced it was a fact of it being cached on the CDN servers? If I had waited long enough, the new photo would have shown with the old link?

    Thanks for answering all the questions.

    John
    yes and yes. And please, no more pictures like that old one.
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