Insert media from url not working properly.
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When I looked at the WordPress article explaining how to insert media from url it displayed the picture attached to the url address inserted. However when I use the ‘insert from url’ form it just gives a hyperlink.
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It doesn’t appear that you have published the post or page so that we can examine what you have done. What is the url of the image you want to use?
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Here’s the image url: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boo-bah/9036076343/.
Also I tried to embed it using the html code flickr provides (<img src=”https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2888/9036076343_af337dd933_b.jpg” width=”1024″ height=”683″ alt=”Kallsjön02″>) and in the post preview it simply displays the html code with no picture. -
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Thanks a lot anzartone. I guess you just cut that out of the flickr generated html embedding code and that’s the way to do it in the future!
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If you are using flickr to host your WordPress.com site’s images, please also look at their ToS which requires a link back to flickr when posting elsewhere.
Rather than inserting media via URL, you may want to have a look at this Support doc http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/flickr-photos/
Having said that, I am not fond of posting to my WordPress.com site from flickr because the image is immediately posted (and publicized) but without the added benefit of adding tags/categories, etc.
One other method which has been around for awhile is oembed. You copy the URL of your flickr photo on flickr (what you originally posted above), paste that into a new post in WordPress.com and then unlink it. This will embed the largest possible image in your post and automatically link it back to flickr. A fuller explanation here: http://wp.me/s8gVp-flickr
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