Posting images in Public Press

[Bromley86]

Could someone explain why some images post in Public Press, and some don't? Does it have to be a https url?

I can give examples, but it's likely something simple like that. Cheers.

EDIT: Not so simple. Take this page as an example:
https://i.imgflip.com/1ya5du.jpg

• Using the whole-page url works, which was a surprise to me as there's a lot of other information on that page, but the image tags seem to grab the right bit.
  
• Right-clicking on the image itself and copying the image address (Chrome) gives the same url, which we know works:
  https://i.imgflip.com/1ya5du.jpg
  
• Clicking on Show embed codes gives you another https link, that's almost the same, but that doesn't work in Public Press (just a blank post). There's no file type in this, which is presumably relevant.
  https://imgflip.com/i/1ya5du

So, current rule of thumb is it has to be https and have a file type specified. Sound right?

[super_dipsy]

The image mechanism for Public Press simply uses the <img src= html. As far as I know, that ALWAYS requires a file type, although I suppose some browsers might supply a default.

Best is to always specify a filetype. I'm not even sure why you ever wouldn't

[Bromley86]

Well, when you put it like that, it does sound silly . I'd previously used the imgflip embed links which don't have a file extension; likewise with a lot of images that you find on the Google images tab, e.g:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/imag ... YTWnG1Mg6w

The odd thing is, when I put that into this online html editor, it worked fine. Also, the http links for the Order History work there (and on the forum), but not in Public Press.