[BUG] Can No Longer Embed Pictures in Poll

[Booney]

I'm no longer able to embed pics from Imgur into a poll. I'm using the exact format for the pic url that I've used in the past when creating Choices under each question in a poll. I tried both of these versions in the poll, both of which have worked in the past:

<img src=https://i.imgur.com/VwCQb3R.jpg> and

<img src=https://imgur.com/VwCQb3R.jpg>

Neither one produces a picture. In the poll, it just shows up as a clickable link. You can see some examples in the Test Zone where I tried several different link codes provided by Imgur - nothing. I'm stumped. I've done several polls in the past 2 - 3 years, and the pictures always appeared. Did something change? Is there a new format that I need to use?

Thanks!

[Meredith Quill]

4 hours ago, Booney said:

https://i.imgur.com/VwCQb3R.jpg

I just tried posting only the above and it worked fine:

So try that.

ETA Let me know if you continue to have an issue with it.

[Booney]

Thanks for the reply. It works when you're just posting in a forum, but it doesn't work when you're using the poll feature. Polls always required a special format to embed pictures. The picture url had to be placed within brackets and some extra characters - img scr at the beginning - here's an example :

<img src=https://i.imgur.com/VwCQb3R.jpg>

Typed this way, the picture appeared in the poll. I guess the Poll feature is set up differently from the regular message boards. Anyway, I tried using just the photo url (like you showed above), and it didn't work. I tried every other picture link that Imgur provides (Image Link, Direct Link, Markdown Link, HTML, BBCode, and Linked BBCode), and none of them worked - no picture, just a clickable link. I pm'd the Shopping Channels moderator, CuriousParker, who also tried several different ways to get pictures to show up, and none of them worked, which is why CP suggested I post the problem to the Bugs forum. Maybe the recent software update changed how you have to format picture urls in the Poll feature?

[Meredith Quill]

Huh, weird. I'll ask the devs what's changed. In the meantime a temporary -albeit- inelegant solution is what I've done here.

[Booney]

8 minutes ago, SilverStormm said:

Huh, weird. I'll ask the devs what's changed. In the meantime a temporary -albeit- inelegant solution is what I've done here.

Thanks, @SilverStormm - your temporary solution is a good idea. I'll try it.

[Meredith Quill]

Apologies for the delay updating on this:

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This is a known bug that currently no patch is available for. There is a patch in testing presently, and upon approval this fix will be included in the upcoming 4.4.10 maintenance release.

Soon-ish^.

[Booney]

30 minutes ago, SilverStormm said:

Apologies for the delay updating on this:

Soon-ish^.

Thanks for the update, @SilverStormm. The temporary solution you came up with is working well in the meantime, so thanks for that too! The next poll is a few months away, so it sounds like the bug might be fixed by then.

[Meredith Quill]

An upcoming update will hopefully resolve this - watch this space.

[Meredith Quill]

The last couple of updates haven't resolved this issue, which means it's now a case of WYSIWYG unfortunately.