diff --git a/_includes/navigation.html b/_includes/navigation.html
index 1b5456f159..e83c441324 100644
--- a/_includes/navigation.html
+++ b/_includes/navigation.html
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 			<a href="#">About</a>
 			<ul class="dl-submenu">
 				<li>
-					<img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ site.owner.avatar }}" alt="{{ site.owner.name }} photo" class="author-photo">
+					(% if site.owner.avatar contains '://' %}
+						<img src="{{ site.owner.avatar }}" alt="{{ site.owner.name }} photo" class="author-photo">
+					{% else %}
+						<img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ site.owner.avatar }}" alt="{{ site.owner.name }} photo" class="author-photo">
+					{% endif %}
 					<h4>{{ site.owner.name }}</h4>
 					<p>{{ site.owner.bio }}</p>
 				</li>
diff --git a/_layouts/page.html b/_layouts/page.html
index f54c5dbe23..814bf69063 100644
--- a/_layouts/page.html
+++ b/_layouts/page.html
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 <div class="entry-header">
   {% if page.image.credit %}<div class="image-credit">Image source: <a href="{{ page.image.creditlink }}">{{ page.image.credit }}</a></div><!-- /.image-credit -->{% endif %}
   <div class="entry-image">
-    <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% if page.image.feature contains 'http://' or page.image.feature contains 'https://' %}
+        <img src="{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% else %}
+        <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% endif %} 
   </div><!-- /.entry-image -->
 </div><!-- /.entry-header -->
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/_layouts/post-index.html b/_layouts/post-index.html
index c6ee35aa6a..948c5c3e55 100644
--- a/_layouts/post-index.html
+++ b/_layouts/post-index.html
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
   {% if page.image.credit %}<div class="image-credit">Image source: <a href="{{ page.image.creditlink }}">{{ page.image.credit }}</a></div><!-- /.image-credit -->{% endif %}
   {% if page.image.feature %}
     <div class="entry-image">
-      <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% if page.image.feature contains '://' %}
+        <img src="{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% else %}
+        <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% endif %} 
     </div><!-- /.entry-image -->
   {% endif %}
   <div class="header-title">
@@ -40,4 +44,4 @@ <h2>{{ page.title }}</h2>
 {% include scripts.html %}          
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
index e57778fe7b..f87229a034 100644
--- a/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 <div class="entry-header">
   {% if page.image.credit %}<div class="image-credit">Image source: {% if page.image.creditlink %}<a href="{{ page.image.creditlink }}">{% endif %}{{ page.image.credit }}{% if page.image.creditlink %}</a>{% endif %}</div><!-- /.image-credit -->{% endif %}
   <div class="entry-image">
-    <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% if page.image.feature contains 'http://' or page.image.feature contains 'https://' %}
+        <img src="{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% else %}
+        <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }}">
+      {% endif %} 
   </div><!-- /.entry-image -->
 </div><!-- /.entry-header -->
 {% endif %}