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DNSB · 06-05-2025, 07:30 PM

I do get the error popup and hide details/close buttons on multiple sites when I tried inserting an image directly from an URL. OTOH, I'm fairly certain that directly inserting a random image in a blank line in CodeView is definitely not going to work. Even trying to add the file to the Images virtual directory does not work with the identical error message.

I could copy/paste the URL into with wrapping code such as <p><img alt="random_image" src="https://dcdn.disk.zipjpg.com/free/342236f2a840108e64c42e14be935b56_2_-1_art.jpg"/></p> and it displayed in Preview and elsewhere after I deleted "?x-oss-process=image/format,jpg&big.jpg" from the end of the URL. But I definitely believe using remote URLs in an ebook that may be read on a device with no Internet connectivity is Not A Good Idea.

06-05-2025, 07:30 PM	#24
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,445 Karma: 169098492 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I do get the error popup and hide details/close buttons on multiple sites when I tried inserting an image directly from an URL. OTOH, I'm fairly certain that directly inserting a random image in a blank line in CodeView is definitely not going to work. Even trying to add the file to the Images virtual directory does not work with the identical error message. I could copy/paste the URL into with wrapping code such as <p><img alt="random_image" src="https://dcdn.disk.zipjpg.com/free/342236f2a840108e64c42e14be935b56_2_-1_art.jpg"/></p> and it displayed in Preview and elsewhere after I deleted "?x-oss-process=image/format,jpg&big.jpg" from the end of the URL. But I definitely believe using remote URLs in an ebook that may be read on a device with no Internet connectivity is Not A Good Idea. Last edited by DNSB; 06-05-2025 at 07:32 PM.