Broken photo links from SmugMug to Blog
Nikon_Mario
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My smugmug is:
www.photodiction.com
and my blog is at:
http://photodiction.blogspot.com
The problem:
I have a 'blogs' album section in my Smugmug that is NOT public (i.e. doesn't show up on my homepage) but it is linkable.
When I do a blog post, I go to the photo in the blog album that I want to link to, click the photo, and then click on the 'share' button where I get the embedable link for a blog post - I choose 'large".
Then, following something that I read in dgrin 'somewhere' [wish I could remember which thread], I change the last part for sizing.
For example, I get a link like:
then I take that last part ".../998412218_CkMsh-L.jpg " and change the "-L" to the size I want so it looks something like : ".../998412218_CkMsh-700x550.jpg "
Anyway - all was working for a long time. A friend emailed me yesterday that a number of the links were broken and that some of the photos weren't showing up. I checked the links and they were all as I had input them. I copied them again, and made the same changes as before, pasted it into my Blog edit window, and still - no photo.
Yet, if I copied the link exactly as the 'share' button gave me, it worked - but with a slightly larger photo than I wanted. But at least it showed up.
So, I went through all the postings - back to Novemeber 09 - for all the posts that showed a broken link, and changed the links to exactly what I get when selecting the photo in my Smugmug album and getting the embedable blog link.
And that works .
BUT - I still have some photos that have the sizing change coded (i.e. swap the '-L' for a size like 700x550) and they STILL work?!:dunno
I hope I've explained this clearly and that someone can:
Mario
www.photodiction.com
and my blog is at:
http://photodiction.blogspot.com
The problem:
I have a 'blogs' album section in my Smugmug that is NOT public (i.e. doesn't show up on my homepage) but it is linkable.
When I do a blog post, I go to the photo in the blog album that I want to link to, click the photo, and then click on the 'share' button where I get the embedable link for a blog post - I choose 'large".
Then, following something that I read in dgrin 'somewhere' [wish I could remember which thread], I change the last part for sizing.
For example, I get a link like:
<a href="http://www.photodiction.com/BlogPhotos/Sept-Oct2010/13671521_tMcng#998412218_CkMSh-A-LB" title="Tapestry"><img src="http://www.photodiction.com/photos/998412218_CkMSh-L.jpg" title="Tapestry" alt="Tapestry"></a>
then I take that last part ".../998412218_CkMsh-L.jpg " and change the "-L" to the size I want so it looks something like : ".../998412218_CkMsh-700x550.jpg "
Anyway - all was working for a long time. A friend emailed me yesterday that a number of the links were broken and that some of the photos weren't showing up. I checked the links and they were all as I had input them. I copied them again, and made the same changes as before, pasted it into my Blog edit window, and still - no photo.
Yet, if I copied the link exactly as the 'share' button gave me, it worked - but with a slightly larger photo than I wanted. But at least it showed up.
So, I went through all the postings - back to Novemeber 09 - for all the posts that showed a broken link, and changed the links to exactly what I get when selecting the photo in my Smugmug album and getting the embedable blog link.
And that works .
BUT - I still have some photos that have the sizing change coded (i.e. swap the '-L' for a size like 700x550) and they STILL work?!:dunno
I hope I've explained this clearly and that someone can:
- let me know what's changed and how it might effect my blog linking to the photos
- how come I can't use the method described to size photos to a specific size
- why some are working with the sizing switch and some don't work with it
- whether all the ones that I might still have linked with the sizing switch are going to 'break' in the future
Mario
smugmug: www.photodiction.com
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http://photodiction.blogspot.com/2009/12/window-dressing.html
and yet, the most current entry has the sizing changed too, but it shows the photo??
".......mariocerroni.smugmug.com/photos/1040340874_vbWxM-700x600.jpg...."
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OK _ I will check that link and go over setting up my domain properly. This is the first time that I have encountered any problems, and it seems odd that the change took place last year and the problem with my sizing seems to have just cropped up recently.
Oh well -
I will read the info and make the changes and let you know if there is still a problem or not.
thanks for the VERY immediate and timely help. You guys are the best!
Mario