Post by Admin Mal on May 6, 2007 21:04:20 GMT 1
Please don't hotlink photos, ta. Hotlinking is when you post a photo which is hosted on another site. <the usual type of photo hosting sites such as Photobox, etc are fine> Occasionally, a site will allow hotlinking, but please make sure that the site that the image is on is ok with direct/hotlinking.
What happens when we display an image from another site is that it uses bandwidth from that site. <which they could be paying for> It can be construed as bandwidth theft and it can be traced back to us.
Not trying to be a party pooper
- it would be the same the other way round - if people did it to our Northmavine site, they would be using our bandwidth!
www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/columns/pcdoctor/display.var.1020715.0.bandwidth_theft.php
If you want to see where any photo in the forum is hosted, right-click on the photo -> properties -> you will see the address/URL of the photo <where it is hosted on the internet>
Thanks guys.
What happens when we display an image from another site is that it uses bandwidth from that site. <which they could be paying for> It can be construed as bandwidth theft and it can be traced back to us.
Not trying to be a party pooper
- it would be the same the other way round - if people did it to our Northmavine site, they would be using our bandwidth! www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/columns/pcdoctor/display.var.1020715.0.bandwidth_theft.php
If you want to see where any photo in the forum is hosted, right-click on the photo -> properties -> you will see the address/URL of the photo <where it is hosted on the internet>
Thanks guys.
