Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I used the image's direct link. Is that what you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I used the image's direct link. Is that what you mean?Upload to Imgur and use that link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) I don't use Imgur... Also, if it's an issue with the spoiler tags, changing the link won't do anything. That's a problem with SF. xP Edited March 23, 2015 by Anacybele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Photobucket... Anything of the sort. Tbh I think the reason it's not showing up is hot linking, unless SF is closing the spoiler tag oddly (it does that sometimes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) I don't want to upload something to my Photobucket just to post it in this thread either. I have limited space in my account (you have to pay for more and I don't need to do that right now). Besides, if it turns out to NOT be an issue with the link, I would've just wasted my time. xP Edited March 23, 2015 by Anacybele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jave Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I don't use Imgur... Then use it? You don't have to create an account to upload to imgur. It's literally a two-step process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) How to use IMGUR.com (No account necessary. I don't have one) Copy URL of your image Go to imgur.com Hit Ctrl-V Hit Enter Copy new image link by clicking the button circled in red, outlined in the image below Come to SF and Ctrl-V the thing you just copied That's all there is to it! You can do all this with literally one click Also, the image in question is Edited March 23, 2015 by Sara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Oh, I don't? Huh, I didn't know that. We still don't know for sure that it's the link though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jave Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Oh, I don't? Huh, I didn't know that. We still don't know for sure that it's the link though... Even then you should still reupload. Hotlinking in general is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 But isn't pretty much every single image in here hotlinked? You have to put a link inside image tags to post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 do you know what hotlinking is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, it's just a fancy word for posting a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Hotlinking is a term used on the Internet that refers to the practice of displaying an image on a website by linking to the same image on another website, rather than saving a copy of it on the website on which the image will be shown. So, instead of loading picture.gif on to their own website, a website owner uses a link to the picture as http://example.com/picture.jpg. When the hotlinking website is loaded, the image is loaded from the other website, which uses its bandwidth, costing the hotlinked website's owners money. For this reason many website owners use .htaccess files to prevent hotlinking. In some cases website owners use the .htaccess file to replace any hotlinked images with an offensive image to deter any other website owners from hotlinking. Posting image links from like, Zerochan, to here, mean that the picture files are being saved on SF's servers, causing it to slow down by means of cluttering resources. Posting image links from like, pu.ush/imgur/deviantart/tumblr, just present a link directly to that picture. The image is not saved on SF's back end, and resources are saved, allowing SF to perform optimally and not be bogged down by having to constantly save/update files on its own server every time a user loads a page with a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Nightblood Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Eugenics or OTPs... the eternal question. The top comment on KYM was "Gotta have Morgan know that Ignis and Aether." Source Edited March 23, 2015 by Hunter Nightblood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Oh. Well, I'm still rather confused on what the difference is between hotlinking and regular linking, exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Nightblood Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Well I screwed up posting. Oh. Well, I'm still rather confused on what the difference is between hotlinking and regular linking, exactly. http://www.thegeekprofessor.com/sourcing-properly-on-the-internet/ And for how bad bandwidth leaching can be, this was an image I shared here: Imgur can handle that kind of traffic. Other sites can't. Edited March 23, 2015 by Hunter Nightblood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Well I screwed up posting. http://www.thegeekprofessor.com/sourcing-properly-on-the-internet/ And for how bad bandwidth leaching can be, this was an image I shared here: Imgur can handle that kind of traffic. Other sites can't. Oh, I think I see now. Thanks for posting that article, I found it useful. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Posting image links from like, Zerochan, to here, mean that the picture files are being saved on SF's servers, causing it to slow down by means of cluttering resources. Posting image links from like, pu.ush/imgur/deviantart/tumblr, just present a link directly to that picture. The image is not saved on SF's back end, and resources are saved, allowing SF to perform optimally and not be bogged down by having to constantly save/update files on its own server every time a user loads a page with a picture. okay so wait if I were to find an image I like, right click and select Copy Image Location (I'm on Firefox if that helps), and then put it in the "Image" thing on SF (it's between the Code and Unlink things), would that be hotlinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 it depends on the source of the link itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 okay so wait if I were to find an image I like, right click and select Copy Image Location (I'm on Firefox if that helps), and then put it in the "Image" thing on SF (it's between the Code and Unlink things), would that be hotlinking? Like Elie said, it varies with source. If it's hotlinked, it'll usually either not show up or have a dummy hotlink image (good example is Zerochan). If it's on, say, imgur or photobucket, it's not hotlinked. Something like pixiv or zerochan, it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) OK here's the last post i want to see about this: hotlinking is leeching bandwidth from honest internet denizens and is therefore bad. only directly link from sites that you know are image hosts: gyazo, puu.sh, photobucket, imageshack, imgur, ETC. EDIT: if you don't know if a site is an image host, save the image and upload to a site you know is an image host and use that link. now if somebody is still confused about the hotlinking rules, PM somebody (like, say, a mod, because it's a sf site rule) and stop the derail. thank you. Edited March 23, 2015 by Integrity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 What happened to the title...? This isn't the SSB4 thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 [spoiler=Two units no one likes] idk I like them. [spoiler=Favorite Class] http://seisennokeifu.tumblr.com/ What class is this, and what character? Looks cool tho. This one is cool too. My comments in bold. What happened to the title...? This isn't the SSB4 thread Integ did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book of Ereshkigal Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Uh, nice new subtitle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fengaridotdll Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 What happened to the title...? This isn't the SSB4 thread LawlblameInteg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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