I tried to update my profile page design and found out that Envato has a new way of handling third party images.
It seems that links to external images are now replaced with links to images hosted by Envato.
Example:
This is the image that I entered on my profile page
<img src="http://168.235.81.211/ajpic/profile-title-best.png">
This is the image actually showing
<img src="https://camo.envatousercontent.com/17180cd38b3f825f7664cbf79096a2b1cb78bd39/687474703a2f2f3136382e3233352e38312e3231312f616a7069632f70726f66696c652d7469746c652d626573742e706e67">
Is there an article on how to work with this? I can’t find anything on the forums and upload instructions…
I understand that this was done for better Google SEO. But I need some further explanations.
- Is this a way of redirection,
- or is Envato now actually copying and hosting all the images by themselves?
In case 1 - if I change a picture on my server with a newer one, the old version of the image remains on profile/item page. What do I need to do so the latest version would be showing? (Please don’t say I have to change file names every time I update images)
In case 2 - is there a way to manage images? Even simple ftp access would be fine.
Any info/advice anyone? Thanks!