Posting Images on the Downs - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 11-16-2003, 04:17 PM

As has been stated elsewhere in topics devoted to images, it is important that those members who do use images in their posts do not download them directly from another site (hotlinking is what I call it). That is to say, any image you intend to add to your posts must reside on a space owned and controlled by you. If the image resides on someone else's space (ie. ninecompanions.net or any other site), then you may not use it in your posts on the Barrow-Downs. The reason for this is that every time a hotlinked image is viewed, its size is deducted from the owners bandwidth limit (if they have one), and if their limit is low, they may end up getting charged extra by their site host or even have their site shut down. Obviously, we don't want that to happen, so please do not hotlink images.

Thanks

Trippo The Hippo · 12-11-2003, 07:41 PM

Does this apply to avatars also?

Alkanoonion · 12-11-2003, 09:25 PM

yep it all uses bandwidth.

If you don't have a host and you would like you avatar hosted, send it to me at jwahl@bigpond.com
[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Meela · 12-12-2003, 04:38 AM

I link directly from my own sites. Is this okay with you?

***Sharkû*** · 12-12-2003, 05:41 AM

Read what BW wrote. "Any image you intend to add to your posts must reside on a space owned and controlled by you".

Meela · 12-12-2003, 01:30 PM

Okay, thanks. I'm not too bright-eyed when it comes to reading things.

Lyta_Underhill · 12-12-2003, 03:06 PM

Thanks, BW for your explanation here and to my (probably a bit uninformed) PM some time ago. I fully understand now, and, rest assured, my little sleeping Frodo on Amon Hen avatar is hosted on my own web space! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] (In fact, I think it is the only thing on there besides my old avatar, Gandalf and Pippin riding towards Minas Tirith on Shadowfax. I'm not very good at keeping up websites.)

Cheers and thanks again!
Lyta

Imladris · 12-12-2003, 08:00 PM

Not to worry: my brother hosts my avatar.

Meela · 12-13-2003, 06:14 AM

My site already contains a large collection of Lotr avatars if anyone wishes to link to one, and I don't mind adding a few extra images if you want to link to one. Just let me know.

Imladris · 01-25-2004, 03:47 PM

I have a question that might be considered stupid, but it's been bugging me for quite some time.

When the Barrow-wight says this:

Quote:

If the image resides on someone else's space

Does that include images found on a Google search? I ask this because I'm not sure if Google could be termed as "someone else's space" or a true site because it's a search engine right?

So forgive this question if this is stupid.

Cheers!
Istawen

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 01-25-2004, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Does that include images found on a Google search?

I would assume so, since Google doesn't in fact host the images (or text) it links to, it merely finds them on someone else's space. So any image you find on Google and link to is actually residing on someone's bandwidth, and it certainly isn't Google's bandwidth we're talking about. Usually there will be a link that shows the page that the image comes from.

Imladris · 01-25-2004, 05:04 PM

Ah, okay...I had not realized that...Many thanks.

11-16-2003, 04:17 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Posting Images on the Downs As has been stated elsewhere in topics devoted to images, it is important that those members who do use images in their posts do not download them directly from another site (hotlinking is what I call it). That is to say, any image you intend to add to your posts must reside on a space owned and controlled by you. If the image resides on someone else's space (ie. ninecompanions.net or any other site), then you may not use it in your posts on the Barrow-Downs. The reason for this is that every time a hotlinked image is viewed, its size is deducted from the owners bandwidth limit (if they have one), and if their limit is low, they may end up getting charged extra by their site host or even have their site shut down. Obviously, we don't want that to happen, so please do not hotlink images. Thanks __________________ The Barrow-Wight

12-11-2003, 07:41 PM	#2
Trippo The Hippo Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: somewhere with hippos that say jolly o and wear spectacles Posts: 195	Does this apply to avatars also? __________________ Shouldn't he be the disco steward?

12-11-2003, 09:25 PM	#3
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	yep it all uses bandwidth. If you don't have a host and you would like you avatar hosted, send it to me at jwahl@bigpond.com [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

12-12-2003, 04:38 AM	#4
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	I link directly from my own sites. Is this okay with you? __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

12-12-2003, 01:30 PM	#6
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	Okay, thanks. I'm not too bright-eyed when it comes to reading things. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

12-12-2003, 05:41 AM	#5
*Sharkû* Hungry Ghoul Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,719	Read what BW wrote. "Any image you intend to add to your posts must reside on a space owned and controlled by you".

12-12-2003, 03:06 PM	#7
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	Thanks, BW for your explanation here and to my (probably a bit uninformed) PM some time ago. I fully understand now, and, rest assured, my little sleeping Frodo on Amon Hen avatar is hosted on my own web space! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] (In fact, I think it is the only thing on there besides my old avatar, Gandalf and Pippin riding towards Minas Tirith on Shadowfax. I'm not very good at keeping up websites.) Cheers and thanks again! Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

12-12-2003, 08:00 PM	#8
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	Not to worry: my brother hosts my avatar. __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry.

12-13-2003, 06:14 AM	#9
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	My site already contains a large collection of Lotr avatars if anyone wishes to link to one, and I don't mind adding a few extra images if you want to link to one. Just let me know. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

01-25-2004, 05:04 PM	#12
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	Ah, okay...I had not realized that...Many thanks. __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry.