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Problem With Amazon Links Post The Update
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Elsa
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Dec 17, 2013 - 11:06 am

[Image Can Not Be Found][Image Can Not Be Found]I'm having a minor problem since the update. I link products from Amazon for commission. Prior to the update, I was able to link using a picture.  Since I updated the forum, all the pictures disappeared to be replaced by an error.

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http://www.elsaelsa.com/forum/lounge/what-people-are-buying-on-amazon-december-2013/

I thought I might be Amazon, but since it's not resolved, I am thinking it has to do with SP.

Also, when I create the post, the pic is there. When I post it, the error is there.

 

Thanks. :)

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Dec 17, 2013 - 11:07 am

Sorry for posting the image twice. I could not see it in the preview window for some reason.

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Yellow Swordfish
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Dec 17, 2013 - 1:52 pm

The image tags - or at least one I looked at at random - resolves to this:

http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.c.....B001CLGFQ4

which actually ends up being a single pixel and is not an image file.

Have you added any new WordPress plugins that maybe do something with Amazon links?

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Dec 17, 2013 - 2:20 pm

I have updated to WP 3.8 and update SP and all the plugins. I haven't added anything new, but I think I did the updates backwards. I updated the plugins first.

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Yellow Swordfish
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Dec 17, 2013 - 3:57 pm

Could you try posting one here? See what happens...

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Dec 17, 2013 - 4:52 pm

[Image Can Not Be Found]

Great idea.  It doesn't work. And it fails in a different way.

I do this by cutting and pasting html.

Here is a screen shot from Amazon:

forum-test-3.jpgImage Enlarger

This is how it looks loading on my forum

test-forum.jpgImage Enlarger

But when I submit, it gives the error.

Now here is the same thing on your forum - it shows up as a broken pic.

forum-test-2.jpgImage Enlarger

 

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Yellow Swordfish
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Dec 17, 2013 - 5:09 pm

Well this is simply because it is not a valid image tag. It even specifies a both a width and a height of 1 pixel.

But - the code you are being asked to paste in is not really 100% visible from that screenshot and I would really need to inspect all of it to see why it is being declined overall - discounting the image tag which we already know about.

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Dec 17, 2013 - 6:54 pm

But the image is showing up on my forum in the preview, at the usual size.  Here is the bit with the size from the Amazon cut and past:

amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B00BE7XCUS" style="width:120px;height:240px;"

 

So something is reducing that and this was not the face prior to the update.

Also, it wrecked the stuff posted weeks ago...months ago. 

I understand it may be Amazon, but it does not seem likely.  I post these linked pics, daily and have for months. All the sudden, I can't.

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Mr Papa
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Dec 17, 2013 - 10:49 pm

is this in any browser or one specific one?  there was a browser issue in one some time ago - dont know if it was fixed or if this is same thing...  we didnt change our image handling in last release either...

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Brandon
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Dec 17, 2013 - 11:07 pm

Here is an example of what she is trying to post.

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BE7XCUS/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BE7XCUS&linkCode=as2&tag=mageniumcom-20"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00BE7XCUS&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=mageniumcom-20" ></a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=mageniumcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BE7XCUS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

This is the result she is trying to achieve.

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