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Inevitably people post links (either website owners or users) onto an https site that are http links.
Until recently this "mixed content" didn't cause the browsers any problems, but as the browsers have tightened up security we have seen more instances of the red screen etc.
Often there is nothing worse than a stray http link - often an image, but as there is potential for virus / malware infection through an unsecured image it is better not to use them.
We take security very seriously - I beat Jim up over getting the sites SSL certificates :)
As a longstop - I have now added some code that changes any http links into https ones - if there is an https alternative then it will load and you won't notice any difference, if there isn't a secure alternative then at the moment you will just not see your link when you post (it will still show in the editor before posting though).
The solution is simple - just upload the image you want into the gallery - we have safeguards there to deal with the content.
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