Posting pics with your post.....

[BadOrderKing]

When you hotlink an image from somebody elses server that they pay for, the image shows up here but it puts an increased load on their server. If they have a small hosting package then you might be incurring them real fees with repeated hits to their server over and over again to grab that image instead of copying it and posting it here.

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PLEASE save yourself and anyone who might view the image the hassle and just host whatever you want to display on Photobucket instead of hotlinking images.


As I said... When I start getting tons of hits for one image only and nothing else, I change the image, and put raunchy porn in its place.

Oh ok. Thanks. So basically, I need to stop what I have been doing.

You are refering to right clicking an image, copying, then pasting it into a post. Right?
I have done this several times and you can still click the picture and it takes you to the original link.

I did not realize the trouble it causes. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[TheAbrasiveOne]

Its better to host images someplace you have control over them... Rather than hotlinking...

Like I said... You hotlink to another server and the image may change to something you dont want to display

[batman]

Thanks The One,
All. either copy and paste a pic for posting or save to file and upload.

[BadOrderKing]

This has been like a Public Service Announcement.


"and now we know" GI Joe, I think....LOL

[batman]

Thanks The One,
All. either copy and paste a pic for posting or save to file and upload.

I think what you'll find when wanting to copy a pic from another site and post it on YL is:
You may not be able to copy the pic, but, you can usually save the image as...
so, if you cannot copy the pic, save it on your desktop and simply make that pic an attachment to your post. should work, most of the time.

[Zeb]

A person with a website that doesn't want their images hotlinked can easily stop it with a few lines of code in their htaccess file.

[BadOrderKing]

As a person who knows just "what I need to" about computers and the web, I appreciate the knowledge. I had no idea that doing that was putting a strain on someone elses server.

[Vic_Vega]

I have an add-on on Firefox that has proved very useful for me, "Rehost Image". If i see an intresting pic on the net that i wanna include with my posts, i just right click it and choose "Rehost Image and Copy to clipboard", and in a second it will be rehosted to imageshack and i can just paste it on with my message without stealing bandwidth from some random website.

[TheAbrasiveOne]

A person with a website that doesn't want their images hotlinked can easily stop it with a few lines of code in their htaccess file.

So that makes stealing their bandwidth right?


Do YOU as a website operator want to fight against questionable content that your members hotlink to when the original image was something else?

[Zeb]

So that makes stealing their bandwidth right?


Do YOU as a website operator want to fight against questionable content that your members hotlink to when the original image was something else?

If questionable content is posted in any form on here, we deal with it.

As for hotlinking, that is up to website operators, in my opinion, whether to allow their stuff to be hotlinked. Some operators even like it because it can rank their site even higher in search engines.

It's very simple stuff for a website owner to stop hotlinking.

[ame=http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+stop+hotlinking+with+htaccess&ie=u tf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a]how to stop hotlinking with htaccess - Google Search[/ame]

[jonnyseeandoh]

If questionable content is posted in any form on here, we deal with it.

As for hotlinking, that is up to website operators, in my opinion, whether to allow their stuff to be hotlinked. Some operators even like it because it can rank their site even higher in search engines.

It's very simple stuff for a website owner to stop hotlinking.

how to stop hotlinking with htaccess - Google Search

The folks who like it to pump up their ratings no doubt have already provided themselves with a mondo server farm eh?

[knowbody]

What do you do if the icon in the red circle.is not available?

[BadOrderKing]

What do you do if the icon in the red circle.is not available?

It won't be if you're using forum runner. You either have to paste the link the ways the app tells you or use your browser to access the picture link icon. If it's not showing using your browser then you probably have browser issues.

[BadOrderKing]

I have an add-on on Firefox that has proved very useful for me, "Rehost Image". If i see an intresting pic on the net that i wanna include with my posts, i just right click it and choose "Rehost Image and Copy to clipboard", and in a second it will be rehosted to imageshack and i can just paste it on with my message without stealing bandwidth from some random website.

Testing out the ReHost add-on.

EDIT: Yep, shows the picture location being the default location the rehost add on uses.

[MidwestRail]

BOK, lets do some more "test" pictures like her................