Forum:Issues with inline images-tech help requested

We have an ongoing issue at Wookieepedia with images that are displayed without code. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Today we have people reporting that it doesn't, again, which is why I'm finally looking for outside help.

The main focus is on w:c:starwars:Template:Eras, which calls w:c:starwars:Template:Eraicon, and which is on more than half the pages in our main namespace. I'd like to get rid of the problem once and for all, but I have minimal CSS/HTML knowledge.

From looking at Wikipedia:Template:Featured_article, I think we could duplicate the functionality with, but I can't make them all go on one line. Look at the history on the two templates and you'll see I've been beating my head against the wall. The icons should all sit right next to each other with no space in between (the icons have shadows that look best that way).

Alternatively, we could use MW:Extension:ImageLink if it was installed here.

Any ideas? -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 02:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * mw:Extension:Icon is more flexible than ImageLink in terms of the syntax being very similar to the [[Image: syntax as well as the fact that it has no dependencies. My first guess as to why they aren't working is that they aren't in the "external image whitelist", but that cannot really be proven or disproven by someone who either doesn't have access to said whitelist and/or doesn't know where it may be found. --[[User:Skizzerz|Skizzerz]] talk 03:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm. I didn't know about that extension. That would work too. But it would be odd for Wikia not to be in Wikia's whitelist. The images are all hosted onsite. Like this one. http://images1.wikia.com/starwars/images/d/d3/30px-Era-reb.png -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 03:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The whitelist is at MediaWiki:External image whitelist, and all Wikia sites are on there - so it shouldn't be to do with that. I looked at some random pages and could see the icons... but as it's intermittent that's not much help. I'm not sure how we investigate this... I think the first questions are: does this happen on other wikis? what browser/OS are the people who have this problem using? Are there any error messages showing anywhere? Is the page fully loading or getting stuck?... and is there any other info anyone can give to help us track this down! Thanks -- sannse (talk) 12:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * This has already been reported, and the issue still occurs at apparently random times. Now I'm just looking for a workaround. I'd have one already if I was better at CSS/HTML. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 12:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)