That's not an image file. It's a URL. "viewer.php"

I think you have to look at using the Files button/ function to place an image in your post. I don't know what version of b2 you have, but that is the best way to do it.

This might help....
http://manual.b2evolution.net/File_manager#How_to_access_the_File_Manager

Hi EdB, I know a standard <img> tag and I know what a URL is so I am to assume your suggesting there is a type error betwen the php code and the the html in my browser?

Hi John, I hadn't looked at the "files" section in the manual at all. I was looking for something useful on handling images!

I found the below info in the files section you posted and that is worth checking for a start. Thanks guys

Upload options. Enable upload. Check to allow uploading files in general.
Maximum allowed filesize. In KiloBytes (This cannot be higher than your PHP/Webserver setting!)

Being a "meat and potatoes" kinda guy I need something like the "Javascript Bible" by Goodman & Morrison within arms reach to help me out. In the case of b2E I couldn't find a thing! If anyone knows of a help book (e-book), please let me know where I can get it. ;)

If you use the file upload facility it generates the code for your post. Click click the image is in your post.
Your alternative is to FTP your images to your server and then use the img button. This promts you for the url path to your image and then wraps it in img tags.

l.theman wrote:

Hi EdB, I know a standard <img> tag and I know what a URL is so I am to assume your suggesting there is a type error betwen the php code and the the html in my browser?

Nope. What I am saying is that the quote you provided in your first post is NOT an image tag. It is a URL to a file called viewer.php that is (apparently) selecting a specific image to view. Therefore one should not expect it to behave like an image. But you provided it as an example of an image tag you inserted into the edit box?

Anyway yeah you can use the file manager feature to upload your images then insert them, or you can FTP your images to your server and add a proper image tag for them, or you can use the 'img' button on your quick-tags toolbar (if it is present in your installation) as various methods to insert images. I've never tried simply pasting in the URL of an image, but I doubt it would do anything. Auto-Links would probably turn it into a link, but not render it as an image.

Perhaps I misunderstand what the quote you provided is referencing?

Hi folks, thanks for that info. Once EdB pointed to uploading the file into a directory on the host server that cleared the mist!

"the 'img' button on your quick-tags toolbar" I tried that and it probably didn't work because I was pulling the image out of the wrong place! Will have another go at that too with the image on my PC.