: funny thing is......

: I didn't get it either, just the red X in the box. So, I copied the URL to my
: browser and opened it up.... Great looking boat! And when I came back to
: the Forum, the picture was opened.... Anyone care to explain that one for
: me...??? I'm a bit computer illiterate and have never figured that one
: out. It's happened before with some of the other sites used. ???

: Rehd

I'll take a stab at it.

Their web server can see that the request for the image came from a page
which is not hosted by them. It can then decide not to send it to you.
Many sites don't like you to link directly to images on their sites, since
it is effectively stealing their bandwidth.

When you paste the url in directly, their server is happy, and it sends you
the image. When you then go back to the KBBS page, the image is there because
the browser has cached it, and can fill in the page itself.

I don't know exactly how accurate that theory is, but I'll bet it's close.