A broken image is a link that won't work. Sometimes a little sliced image ( "".jpg"" ) can appear to represent this. A broken image occurs when the line of coding is, well, broken, or unnecessary additions to the code like quotation marks mess it up.

2.) How do I fix a broken image?

Pretty simple, if you know what to do.

Firstly, get the damaged code and click on it. Don't copy or paste, just click it once to highlight it (turn it blue), and click it again to unhighlight it and edit the code.

NOTE: If you click on it once and backspace, you'll delete the entire line of code.

Anyway, here are some screenshots that will hopefully help you.

First, I go into PostImage ( https://postimg.cc )

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And I decide I want to upload a picture of my puppy. So i do just that.

Be sure to use the direct link. The direct link is what you need to use for forums and avatars. There is another option for the Code, however, and that is called 'thumbnail for website'. What I suspect is that players are getting confused and wondering if they should use the thumbnail for website. Do not do this. If you copy and paste the direct link, the coding should work fine.

Now, I have 'accidentally' used the thumbnail for websites and this is the code I get:

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As you can see, those little 'a's are breaking the long line of code. Therefore, if I search this up, this is what I get:

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So, to fix it, all you have to do is remove everything outside the Code;

I hope this helped!

Don't be afraid to post any additional questions you have below - it will help me add to this Guide.

[adding to this in the future.]

Xeno said:
Sorry if you were going to post something else after this, but I thought I'd just pop in and add something on!

Whenever you're pasting the direct link into the 'Message' box, make sure to hit 'Remove Code'. This should prevent the link from becoming broken in the first place.

New post (I'm sorry to bump this, but what with the avatar update some people should know)

Often people want to centre their image for a nice, polished look.

But oftentimes, the image ends up broken. Like so.

This is because the code for centre won't allow for the link to show up if it doesn't have some sort of formatting on it. So what you should do in this case is bold the link using the 'B' square near your reply box.

(C) 181238

And the image appears.

(This goes for both bio and forum coding!)