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Post by lau on Mar 17, 2005 1:29:15 GMT 3
hi ruth! I was wondering if there´s any problem posting photos.
Posting too many photos in the message board creates problems with the bandwith or space allowed?? I´m not sure about it..... Is it better if I just post the links?
I´m not an expert in this issues ;D
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Post by Annie on Mar 17, 2005 19:44:04 GMT 3
Posting photos affects the bandwidth of the site they are from. So photos from getty, affects getty bandwidth: photos from yahoo! affects yahoo! bandwidth etc etc. This is called 'hotlinking' > posting a photo from a website on a different website or forum but using the same link from the original website. This is why sometimes it's impossible to post a photo on a message board: some website protect their bandwidth by disabling 'hotlinking'. Bandwidth is not affected if just a link is posted. (The bandwidth will begin as soon as someone clicks the link to view the photo) But bandwidth is affected if the photo is posted 'fullscale' - i.e you post the link between the 'img - /img' tags and the photo appears in your message. With regard to posting images on TGFR - it's usually ok to post from major sites like yahoo!, getty, news agencies etc etc, but please don't post pictures already hosted on TGFR on the message board, and avoid posting photos 'fullscale' from Safinator, Safin Lounge and other fan sites. They've been kind enough to show TGFR the same anti-hotlinking courtesy, it's the least we can do for them  If you find a photo from any of these sites, it's ok to just post the link. Hope this explains things a bit! Oh one last thing to anyone a bit confused - if you're unsure where the photo is from, just look at the link. So if it says 'www.theguyfromrussia.com/marat_photo.jpg' then the source is TGFR. If someone was to post that photo on another board 'fullscale' (ie, it appears inside the message), it would be using TGFR's bandwidth everytime someone viewed the photo even though it appears on another board. I don't know if I've explained that clearly, it's a difficult thing to explain at the best of times! |
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Post by edible on Mar 18, 2005 8:39:55 GMT 3
Posting photos affects the bandwidth of the site they are from. So photos from getty, affects getty bandwidth: photos from yahoo! affects yahoo! bandwidth etc etc. This is called 'hotlinking' > posting a photo from a website on a different website or forum but using the same link from the original website. This is why sometimes it's impossible to post a photo on a message board: some website protect their bandwidth by disabling 'hotlinking'. Bandwidth is not affected if just a link is posted. (The bandwidth will begin as soon as someone clicks the link to view the photo) But bandwidth is affected if the photo is posted 'fullscale' - i.e you post the link between the 'img - /img' tags and the photo appears in your message. With regard to posting images on TGFR - it's usually ok to post from major sites like yahoo!, getty, news agencies etc etc, but please don't post pictures already hosted on TGFR on the message board, and avoid posting photos 'fullscale' from Safinator, Safin Lounge and other fan sites. They've been kind enough to show TGFR the same anti-hotlinking courtesy, it's the least we can do for them If you find a photo from any of these sites, it's ok to just post the link. Hope this explains things a bit! Oh one last thing to anyone a bit confused - if you're unsure where the photo is from, just look at the link. So if it says 'www.theguyfromrussia.com/marat_photo.jpg' then the source is TGFR. If someone was to post that photo on another board 'fullscale' (ie, it appears inside the message), it would be using TGFR's bandwidth everytime someone viewed the photo even though it appears on another board. I don't know if I've explained that clearly, it's a difficult thing to explain at the best of times! In a nutshell, no bandwidth = TGFR website goes kaput! |
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If you find a photo from any of these sites, it's ok to just post the link.
