# Why Can't I Display this Link in a Web Viewer?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-cant-i-display-this-link-in-a-web-viewer/665451>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-cant-i-display-this-link-in-a-web-viewer/665451 "2020-07-08T17:48:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![drsolutionsofficial8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@drsolutionsofficial8](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drsolutionsofficial8)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-cant-i-display-this-link-in-a-web-viewer/665451/1 "2020-07-08T17:48:31Z")

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I am not able to display this link in a web viewer. Can someone please help me understand why this isn’t working?

> **[Rich link previews with Onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-link-previews-with-onebox/98088?u=domhnallohanlon)**
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> Onebox converts your web links into useful preview excerpts that help inform readers about the target before they click through. To create a onebox, simply paste any link into a post on a line by itself, like so: ...

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-cant-i-display-this-link-in-a-web-viewer/665451/2 "2020-07-13T14:45:58Z")

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Hey @drsolutionsofficial8, welcome! 👋

This is called [oneboxing](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/142977/let-any-site-onebox-with-meta-tags) and would be dependent on the way that you have programmed your own site, rather than the web viewer you are using to look at it.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-cant-i-display-this-link-in-a-web-viewer/665451/3 "2024-11-08T11:24:58Z")

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