Featured Image for picture linked from a different website !!

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  smilingsun08 · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 4:39 pm

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  Hello,
  I added the following post yesterday, and I linked the image from my DeviantArt gallery (which is a different website and not uploaded using WordPress).

  The Silent Whispers …

  Now, when I try to set a ‘Featured Image’, I am unable to do so. You can check it out by going to the “Gallery >> People | Expressions | Portraits menu” in my site. I have only the ‘Post name and the Date’, which looks rather un-impressive.

  Can anyone please tell me how I can set a “featured image” for an image that’s linked from another website.
  Thanks in advance !!

  PS ~ All images uploaded by the WordPress upload option works fine, and can be easily set as featured image.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 4:52 pm

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  I sutrongly suggest that you simply upload a featured image of the correct dimensions for the theme you use so it’s on WordPress.com servers, rather than hotlinking to it on another site where there may be issues with the servers there that cause the image not to display. Moreover, some sites don’t allow hotlinking at all as it amounts to bandwidth theft.
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  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/featured-images/

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  smilingsun08 · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 5:00 pm

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  Hey timethief,

  I checked this website earlier, and I know that there aren’t any issues with hot-linking from that site. Here’s the image :

  

  And, here’s the post I wanna add it to :

  The Silent Whispers …

  So please suggest a SOLUTION as to how I can use the image to the latter post !!

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  smilingsun08 · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 5:24 pm

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  Apart from a SOLUTION to the above problem, can somebody also tell me the dimensions of the “Featured Image” for Nishita Theme …

  Also, please solve my problem !! :(

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 20, 2012 at 6:13 pm

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  Please read the link timethief gave you for info about the featured image size for Nishita:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/featured-images/

  We volunteers use such links to provide info which answers questions!

  Featured images must be uploaded to your post in order for them to appear. Linked images cannot be featured images.