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Post by LilyandDaisy on Mar 17, 2022 6:30:09 GMT -8
I think amura could be right that it's the hotlinking that's the issue. Generally hotlinking from personal websites should be avoided anyway.
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Post by Markpd on Mar 17, 2022 12:27:39 GMT -8
Interesting point about hot linking, but then why does it work (for me and firefox at least) when I switch from preview to BBcode and back to preview? And yea the photos are all hosted by the same site. (I suppose I could just download them all to the forums own imgur account (if I can find the logon details [edit2], darn it's photobucket, not imgur, I don't know if the former works properly here anymore, guess I'll find out [edit3] Nope! Can't access the albums as the email needs verifying now!), that would fix the link issues, but I'd still like to know why it isn't working!  , I suppose I could just checkout bennyville.coms T&Cs [edit] Ah, I see it's a privately setup website, though it seems almost certain it's the same person). Thanks for pitching in 
PS and now I know what hotlinking means!
I think amura could be right that it's the hotlinking that's the issue. Generally hotlinking from personal websites should be avoided anyway. The owner of those photos was the one who originally linked them in their post.
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Mar 17, 2022 12:57:54 GMT -8
When you view a hotlinked photo, you're in a way viewing a part of the website it's hosted on, which increases traffic to that website's server. The more you hotlink it, the more traffic to the server and potentially the more expense to the website owner. So it's best to only use websites which are intended for image hosting such as Imgur etc. It's also better not to rehost someone else's photo yourself unless you have permission. When I used to run a photo contest on Hamster Hideout, when I reposted the entered photos from the entries thread to the voting thread, I always used to try to use the same image link (rather than downloading it myself and rehosting it on my own Imgur) because that leaves the owner of the photo in control of it. So if they decide that they don't want that photo on the Internet anymore, they can delete it. There is obviously the argument that once something is on the Internet, you should expect it to be potentially shared, which is true, but I think it's still good etiquette to leave people in control of their own content where possible  |
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Post by Markpd on Mar 17, 2022 13:08:11 GMT -8
Yea good points, I suppose I could contact her in her graphics design/clothing website....
For now I'll just convert her img links to just plain links, so people can see them if they want to.
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, I suppose I could just checkout bennyville.coms T&Cs [edit] Ah, I see it's a privately setup website, though it seems almost certain it's the same person).
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