Steve Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If you're going to post an image, either host it on your own web space or use a free file hosting site like this: - http://imgur.com/ Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 so we cant just grab a url from a random website now?any particular reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 that's like .... at least 5 more clicks to do that man! EFFORT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Xactli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Because some sites use anti-hotlinking to turn the pic you think you're linking to into something else, because you're stealing their bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Ah, ok. Makes sense. I was just curious. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Here's an extension for Chrome that allows you to quickly upload images to Imgur: - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imgur/ehoopddfhgaehhmphfcooacjdpmbjlao And one for Firefox: - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/imgur-uploader/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Here's a good one for Opera: - https://addons.opera...image-uploader/ You might get an error saying it requires Opera 12.10 when you go to install it, but just click the little "get it anyway" text underneath that and it'll work in Opera 12.11 (the latest version). Once it's installed you can just right-click any image and choose rightIMG - Quick Upload to Imgur. The Imgur page will then open in either a background or foreground tab, depending on how you've set it in the preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 So wait, is hotlinking just when you post a pic with the BB code and pic URL!?!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Hotlinking usually refers to embedding the image with BB Code, but some sites will also throw up a "no hotlinking" page/image if you simply post a link to an image and someone clicks on it, so I would prefer it if we could get into the habit of using an external hosting site like Imgur for all images. The worst case scenario is a hotlinked image turning into a porn pic, or something even worse. As you have the original image still in your browser cache, you usually won't see that this has happened. I remember Gabe hotlinking an image and it turned into a pic of 3 old blokes having gay sex with "don't steal our bandwidth" written on it, lol. I've noticed a few images on here turning into "no hotlinking" images recently - not nasty ones thankfully - and I've fixed the posts by editing them, but really it's better if we all just use Imgur or a similar site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 lol! That's crazy! Totally sucks tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I remember Gabe hotlinking an image and it turned into a pic of 3 old blokes having gay sex everyone loves a lemon party 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 People are still hotlinking images. Stop doing it, you CUNTS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I thought you'd eased off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 How often does this happen? It seems a bit mental to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 I can put you in a member group where you can't post images at all if you'd prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I thought you'd eased off Yeah me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 How often does this happen? It seems a bit mental to me yep. definitely borderline Lase I've personally never seen this happen, on any board or anything. but hey, DV is a dictatorship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 How often does this happen? It seems a bit mental to me http://i.imgur.com/bnCBUT1.png But Steve, there's no good reason to do this, even though you have given several reasons! Anyway, the reason I bumped this thread was to say that I found a better extension for Opera, for the couple of people here that use it: - https://addons.opera.com/en-gb/extensions/details/rehost-to-imgur/ Just right-click any image on a web page and choose this: - http://i.imgur.com/VCF9INi.jpg Imgur will open in a new foreground tab and you can copy and paste the embed code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Nice! I always forget to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I "forget too" as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 BAN HIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 BAN, BAN, BAN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekked Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 you guys are shit, I've been downloading/uploading pics like mad since this thread, fk a H@\/\/T_L1NK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 sukker. This thread is intended for people to just pop in from time to time and pretend like care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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