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Dan Roman
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January 31, 2024
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Problem displaying an embedded image URL

  • January 31, 2024
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This is not a Dreamweaver problem per se but I hope someone can help me figure out what is going on, might be a browser or HTML issue.  I have a webcam image that I am attempting to display on a page on a website.  An example of the HTML is below (modified to remove the actual address).

 

<img border="0" src="http://mywebcam.com:8008/picture/1/current/?_username=user&_signature=0123456789ABCDEF" align="left">

 

In the Dreamweaver preview, as I am editing the HTML, the image from the webcam appears just fine.  But when I view the website using Chrome (or Edge) the image does not display, I get the broken image icon placeholder.  If I do a Chrome view source, the img tag is exactly as I typed it into Dreamweaver, so the server is serving up the page and img tag correctly.  If I copy and paste the src URL into my browser the image is displayed just fine.

 

What am I missing here?  Shouldn't img and src work here or do I need to modify the tag?  The webcam image is visible in the Dreamweaver design or live view mode but not when viewed from a browser accessing the web page.

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    Correct answer BenPleysier

    If your website makes HTTPS requests, then it will fail when it comes across an HTTP link.

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 31, 2024

    As a test, try this code.  It's valid HTML and sourced from a secure server.

    <img src="https://dummyimage.com/650x490" alt="placeholder">

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      BenPleysier
      Community Expert
      BenPleysierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 31, 2024

      If your website makes HTTPS requests, then it will fail when it comes across an HTTP link.

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      Dan RomanAuthor
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      January 31, 2024

      Thanks, I see how that makes sense.  The website is secure but the URL for the webcam is not and I am editing the site offline with Dreamweaver and FTP the pages to the server when I am happy with it, so I guess that's why Dreamweaver doesn't complain.

       

      Any way around this?

       

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      osgood_
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      January 31, 2024
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      Any way around this?

       


      By @Dan Roman

       

      Host your image/s locally if they are curently remotely hosted on an unsecure server and you're attempting to pull them into a remotely secured website. Your web pages are on a secure server, so you have informed, so why not host your images on the secure server as well?

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