# Help with linking images

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-linking-images/163917>\
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**Created:** [September 27, 2005, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-linking-images/163917 "2005-09-27T09:33:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@tonks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tonks)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-linking-images/163917/1 "2005-09-27T09:33:07Z")

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Ok, I just want to create a simple scrolling section with text and image that can be updated externally using a txt file or XML.  
Exactly the same as the news section on this site …  
[http://www.untitledprojects.com/index3.php](http://www.untitledprojects.com/index3.php)  
I am curretly using an external txt file to update but want to start adding images below blocks of text? Where do I start? An FLA would be great. But for now why wouldnt this work … for example?

```auto
text=
<body>
<p>this is a test</p>
<p><img src="http://www.pretendwebsite.co.uk/test.jpg"></p>
</body>
</html>

```

Do I need to start using XML and are there any basic tutorials on this?

Hope someone can help cos Im not getting anywhere.  
Thanks.