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FliesLikeABrick
August 2, 2004, 9:56 pm
Normally, linking to an image with the normal html <IMG SRC="http://ultimate13.dynu.com:6080/img.php?name=flieslikeabrick"> works fine, and it displayes http://ultimate13.dynu.com:6080/img.php?name=flieslikeabrick that image just as it should. but in the forums if i try [img*]http://ultimate13.dynu.com:6080/img.php?name=flieslikeabrick[/img*] the GET variable does not get through.

I know Xalion was able to somehow pass a variable through to his asp image manipulation script on this forum in his sig, and so were others who wanted to show their stats in a link. I have the script all figured out, but now the forum wont let me use the variables. how can i do this?
-Brick

DNA.styx
August 2, 2004, 10:27 pm
The forum will cut out any link to an image with a querystring in it for security reasons.

Do an automatic redirect from another page without any querystring in it to the page you want to display.

eg
http://ultimate13.dynu.com:6080/mysig.php
goes to
http://ultimate13.dynu.com:6080/img.php?name=flieslikeabrick

FliesLikeABrick
August 2, 2004, 10:28 pm
but i want other people to be able to use it... why did it work for Xalion then?
-Brick

Tha Doggfather
August 2, 2004, 10:28 pm
PM Xalion, but he might charge you a hundred bucks for it [:P] (j/k xal [;)])

Xalion
August 2, 2004, 10:34 pm
Hardcoded my stats in ASP
[IMAGE]

but it kinda sucks when your server generates a new image every second, so you might want to auto generate static images every hour?!