# Not seeing pictures?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-seeing-pictures/598610>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [October 4, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-seeing-pictures/598610 "2011-10-04T21:07:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-seeing-pictures/598610/1 "2011-10-04T21:07:46Z")

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Unlike most of the SDMB, the Marketplace forum allows posting of pictures (please see the [rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588475) – especially rule 4 – and the “[how-to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588380)”). If you don’t see the cute little picture of a wombat after this paragraph, please follow the steps below to rectify the situation.

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vombatus_ursinus_-Maria_Island_National_Park.jpg/220px-Vombatus_ursinus_-Maria_Island_National_Park.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vombatus_ursinus_-Maria_Island_National_Park.jpg/220px-Vombatus_ursinus_-Maria_Island_National_Park.jpg)

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[li]Click on “User CP” (top left on the menu) to bring up your control panel.[/li][li]On the left-hand side, click on “Edit Options.”[/li][li]Scroll down to the third section (“Thread Display Options”)[/li][li]Check the third box, which is labeled: “Show Images (including attached images and images in [IMG] code)”[/li][li]Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click “Save Changes.”[/li][li]You should be good to go![/li][/ol]

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-seeing-pictures/598610/2 "2011-10-05T14:18:12Z")

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How much for the wombat?

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-seeing-pictures/598610/3 "2011-10-05T18:41:42Z")

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> [@Ale](#):
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> How much for the wombat?

My first thought when I saw this was, “[maître d’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDXYzUlv0S8)!”, but then I thought “you mean the wombat [in the window](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU)?”