unlike most it seems, i want to allow hotlinking and even provide a textarea box underneath the image with the full address of the image enclosed in [img] tags to encourage this.

what function should i be using to call the full direct url of the image?

thanks

(cracking bit of software by the way)

getUnprotectedImageURL(). This and all our functions are described in the function guide on the Zenphoto web pages.

must have missed it in the guide, i did look. thanks a lot

now working on my test site

http://www.tyrestretch.com/zen/zenphoto/8_195_45_R15/8_195_45_15_Goodyear_Eagle_F1.jpg.php

Please see http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/forms/_TEXTAREA.html. Note particularly the comment The contents are interpreted as text only; HTML markup is ignored.