# Problems With Remote Images **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\ **Created:** [February 24, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-with-remote-images/46453 "2025-02-24T19:07:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-with-remote-images/46453/1 "2025-02-24T19:07:40Z")
I have run into a problem where using remote images is not behaving correctly. Regardless of what I do if I change an image it updates in the image well and shows up correctly in the browser, but it is never updated in the editor. I have been forced to switch to a local image in order to see what I’m doing in the editor with images. Seems like updating a remote image should immediately update it in the editor. Are there still unresolved issues with remote resources? I need to know so I don’t go to all the trouble of setting them up, ony to have them not behave correctly. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-with-remote-images/46453/2 "2025-02-25T10:37:20Z")
I’ve not tested this myself yet, but just out of curiosty, does a restart or switching to another page (and back again) update the images in the editor? ---
**Author:** ![Beblebroks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-with-remote-images/46453/3 "2025-02-25T10:59:56Z")
Hi, how would you actually use a remote image? In the Resource of an image there is only a “Choose” available. ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-with-remote-images/46453/4 "2025-02-25T11:11:11Z")
> [@handshaper](#): > > I have run into a problem where using remote images is not behaving correctly. Regardless of what I do if I change an image it updates in the image well and shows up correctly in the browser, but it is never updated in the editor. I couldn’t replicate that here, I used a couple of different Unsplash URLs as my remote images, and they all loaded (and updated) correctly in Elements. Could you share a project with this issue, or the URLs to the images not working? > [@Beblebroks](#): > > how would you actually use a remote image? You can add a remote resource by right-clicking on the Resources panel and choosing “Add Remote Resource”. You can then enter a URL to an image. Once the remote resource is in your Resources you can use it as you would any other resources. **Note:** this image is not managed by Elements, so you can’t do things like resize the image from within Elements. ![Screenshot 2025-02-25 at 12.06.52](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/1/b/1bac383e5fa82da9682888da21af1e356e5cbc9d.png) ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-with-remote-images/46453/5 "2025-02-25T16:36:11Z")
Yes, I tried a number of restarts and it did not fix the problem. In the end the only way I could get the image to update was to use a local image. There was no problem with the correct image being displayed in the browser. It was only the editor that was not updating the image display. ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-with-remote-images/46453/6 "2025-02-25T18:23:10Z")
I’ll try to replicate it in a smaller project than the one I’m working in. Unfortunately, because I had replaced the resource based image with a local one, I cannot replicate it. But I will do some more testing as I’m sure I can locate more that had this problem.