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pictures disappearing from posts!

  1. arielkaye
    Member

    In the past few days I have noticed that images I have uploaded to posts a few days old are disappearing. In the place is the "image name" and when you click on the missing picture it takes you to this: http://secondstoryview.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/img_43672.jpg which says "404-file not found."

    I have asked others if they are having trouble viewing the images on my page and have had mixed responses. some can see all and others have images missing as well. is this a problem within wordpress? a problem with firefox?

    does anyone know how i can resolve this so that I can see my blog properly.

    Thanks!

    The blog I need help with is secondstoryview.wordpress.com.

  2. nrepair
    Member

    Same problem on mine. Support is looking into it.

  3. pornstarbabylon
    Member

    Did you delete the pictures from your media gallery? if so, that's the reason why.

  4. raincoaster
    Member

    I want to find, and kill, the person running around telling people that deleting images from their media library is a good idea.

  5. gwirk
    Member

    Im on the same boat with ya

  6. susanintoronto
    Member

    Heck, same thing. They keep vanishing from the published post. As soon as I reload one pic, another vanishes. Fortunately, I haven't sent out the email yet to my pals to let them know the post is there, but it's time sensitive stuff.

  7. timethief
    Member

    @susanintoronto
    Please post the complete url for your blog starting with http:// so it can be located.

  8. mukustudios
    Member

    I'm having the same problem. If I clear my browser cache, sometimes the image will show back up, but another image on the page will disappear... it's very annoying considering my site is mostly images.

  9. raincoaster
    Member

    The site linked to your name isn't a WordPress.com blog and we won't be able to help you with that, sorry.

  10. tangerinesandmarmalade
    Member

    Okay, I'm new to wordpress but let me get this straight: you CANNOT delete images from your media library if you want to still have them appear on your blog?

  11. 1tess
    Moderator

    That is correct.
    The media library is where your pictures are stored.
    If you put a picture into a post, then wordpress goes to your library to get it and display it.
    If you deleted the picture from the library, then when wordpress goes to the library to get it. If it is not there, then no picture will be displayed.

    There is plenty of storage with your blog. Thousands of pictures. No need to clean your library!

  12. raincoaster
    Member

    1) why would you ever consider doing such a thing?

    2) who told you it was a good idea?

  13. thesacredpath
    Member

    Images are NOT embeded in posts or pages. They are linked to from the post to the original in the media library. The browser sees the image code in the post or page and then retrieves the image and displays it where the code is within the post or page.

    That is the way the web works. Any image, on any page, anywhere on the web, anywhere in the world, has to be exist somewhere on the web or it cannot be displayed.

  14. thesacredpath
    Member

    If you open any post or page on your blog in the editor that has an image, you will see HTML code something like this:

    <img src="http://somewhere.com/image.jpg">

    That code tells the browser where to find the image so that it can display it in the post or page. If you upload an image to your media library and insert it into a post or page, and then delete that image from the media library, then the browser can no longer retrieve the image to display it. The image does not exist at that location anymore.

  15. tangerinesandmarmalade
    Member

    Thank you so much for the information! This techonology stuff is new to me, but you've all been very informative and helpful, so thanks!

  16. tangerinesandmarmalade
    Member

    oh and i think i've got it working now but it may just be my computer?
    my blog is tangerinesandmarmalade.wordpress.com
    could someone tell me if my pics are showing up or not?
    Thanks!

  17. thesacredpath
    Member

    I see all the images on your blog just fine. I think you have it fixed now.

  18. createandsmile
    Member

    The exact same thing is happening to me as of last night. It's strange because the images in my sidebar are all there. The images in all my posts are gone. Even in new posts I I go through the same motions but the image will not show. I get the same "404-file not found" message. I've tried the clearing browser's cache/force refreshing, backup and recover on my system and nothing has worked. I've emailed the issue to tech support a couple of times and have heard nothing as of today.

  19. createandsmile
    Member

    To tangerinesandmarmalade.wordpress.com, I can see your images on your blog. Would you do the same for me? createandsmile.wordpress.com Thx

  20. annettevindenes
    Member

    I have the same problem, but my pictures will pop up if you press on them, but i want it visible in the txt when you view it, not only when you press on them. it didnt use to be a problem before, is there something im doing wrong or? thanks

  21. aprilrein
    Member

    Well..If you put a picture into a post, then wordpress goes to your library to get it and display it.

  22. raincoaster
    Member

    AnnetteVindenes your blog has too much on the front page; you need to reduce the number of images that it's trying to display at once. What's happening is your connection is giving up before the pictures load, because their sheer number is choking it.

    The easiest way to do this is to reduce the number of posts displayed at any given time. Reduce it to ten or fewer and the problem should clear up; you do that on the Settings->Reading page of your dashboard.

  23. inherimage
    Member

    I'm having the same problem. Images disappearing. I just opened a new blog yesterday. I posted one photo yesterday. When I posted a new photo today, the image in yesterday's post disappeared. After refreshing the page several times, the photo reappeared. I've had a similar problem on another blog and the photos never reappeared. I had to load them again. What's going on? I have not deleted the photos from my media gallery, so that's not the problem, and I have only two photos on the page. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

  24. ofeqve
    Member

    Same problem here. Every image uploaded to the media gallery. I did not delete or modify the posts or pages in any way. Randomly wordpress decides some of my pictures are not worth it apparently and it does not display them anymore. Going back to the media library they are not displayed there either. Again this happens without me touching media library in any way whatsoever. It appears to me that images are actually deleted from the library randomly by some bug. It might also be related to the use of the mobile version? I haven't got a clue but is deffinitely annoying!

    Blog in case is justaphotog.wordpress.com

  25. timethief
    Member

    It might also be related to the use of the mobile version?

    The problem you are experiencing could be a browser issue.

    (1) Which browser and version of it are you using?
    (2) Have you used these troubleshooting techniques? If not, please do so now.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/
    (3) Have you tried viewing your blog using another browser?

  26. timethief
    Member

    (4) What kind of mobile are you using?

    Please understand that in order to help you details are required and there's no such thing as providing too many details.

  27. timethief
    Member

    (5) What are the URLs of the posts wherein you are witnessing the disappearance of images?

  28. ofeqve
    Member

    http://justaphotog.wordpress.com/about-work/ would be one of the URLs and it is the second time it happens.

    Firefox, Safari or Chrome on SnowLeopard/ MacBook Pro and Safari on my iPhone (latest OS). Last week on the same page, I tried "fixing" what I thought to be a simple linking problem, to actually discover that images in cause were also missing from the media library (they were still listed but no thumbnails and no actual files either). I was using temporarely a PC running XP and Firefox. I only solved the problem home by re-uploading the two missing jpegs.
    My apologies for starting another thread... You can kill it if you wish.

  29. timethief
    Member

    I left adolescence behind many years ago, lol .. I never wish anyone dead :) You have now posted more information that Staff can use to help you. That's a good thing to do as they monitor these forum threads.

  30. timethief
    Member

    Also note that only Staff can "kill" threads by deleting or locking them. :)

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