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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts) Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:41 PM Jun 2012

Other than the spicy sausage, what is a "hot link" and how do I know when I do it?

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Other than the spicy sausage, what is a "hot link" and how do I know when I do it? (Original Post) ohiosmith Jun 2012 OP

I'm planning on getting a hot link tonight and I'm pretty sure I'll know when I'm doing it. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #1

Kali scolded me for posting one. I didn't know I did. ohiosmith Jun 2012 #2

So, you want to know what it is... Wait Wut Jun 2012 #3

I'm a victim of circumstances! ohiosmith Jun 2012 #4

I believe it involves Tiger Balm, and you'll know... bluesbassman Jun 2012 #5

AAAHHHH!!! I haven't heard "Tiger Balm" in years!!! Wait Wut Jun 2012 #6

Ah, a practioner I see... bluesbassman Jun 2012 #7

Not in like 100 years. Wait Wut Jun 2012 #10

In all seriousness. Chan790 Jun 2012 #8

Thanks! ohiosmith Jun 2012 #9

Is there a way to tell if an image is a hot link? ohiosmith Jun 2012 #11

Yeah. Chan790 Jun 2012 #12

Thanks Chan790. I guess I've been doing it wrong all these years. I use an iPad and click on the ohiosmith Jun 2012 #13

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

1. I'm planning on getting a hot link tonight and I'm pretty sure I'll know when I'm doing it.

Reply to ohiosmith (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 04:09 PM

Jun 2012

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

2. Kali scolded me for posting one. I didn't know I did.

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 04:12 PM

Jun 2012

Enjoy tonight!

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

3. So, you want to know what it is...

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 04:35 PM

Jun 2012

...to link another one so Kali can spank you again, right? The links you'll go to for a little "attention".

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

4. I'm a victim of circumstances!

Reply to Wait Wut (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 04:58 PM

Jun 2012

bluesbassman

(19,387 posts)

5. I believe it involves Tiger Balm, and you'll know...

Reply to ohiosmith (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:02 PM

Jun 2012

you'll know.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

6. AAAHHHH!!! I haven't heard "Tiger Balm" in years!!!

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:16 PM

Jun 2012

Wait...wut? I have no idea...

bluesbassman

(19,387 posts)

7. Ah, a practioner I see...

Reply to Wait Wut (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:01 PM

Jun 2012

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

10. Not in like 100 years.

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #7)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 07:48 PM

Jun 2012

That was way back when I was a lot more versatile and limber...and...other stuff.

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

8. In all seriousness.

Reply to ohiosmith (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:37 PM

Jun 2012

A hot-link is when you post an image or file to a website that is not hosted on your own server. Every time someone new views the website, it has to download the image to their computer thus using the bandwidth of the site or person hosting the picture. In the case of DU that can be a problem because that might be 2000 people or more, thus using up all of someone's website bandwidth for a month causing them to get charged an overage...at which point they send Skinner a nasty email about how his website cost them $100 in bandwidth-overages, which in the case of large corporations sometimes includes words like "bandwidth theft" and "litigation" so the site rules frown on hotlinking. Most websites frown on hotlinking.

What you're supposed to do is download the image to your own computer, then upload it to a image-hosting site like Flickr or Imageshack and link to the one on the image-hosting site so you're not stealing someone else's bandwidth.

The image up top is a hot-link of hotlinks.

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

9. Thanks!

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 07:07 PM

Jun 2012

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

11. Is there a way to tell if an image is a hot link?

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 10:08 AM

Jun 2012

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

12. Yeah.

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #11)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 10:38 AM

Jun 2012

When you right-click on the image, choose "view image info" (or something similar, it varies by browser) and you'll see the web-address of the image...if it's not your own server or a picture-hosting site, it's a hot-link. It's any image you're not hosting yourself or is not hosted on an image-hosting site. About 90% of the images posted to this site (and most internet messageboards) are hot-linked. It's possible for a website creator to make it impossible to hot-link their images but most people don't know that or how to do it.

When in doubt, save the picture to your computer and upload it to imageshack.us (or another image-host), you can then use that image-link as much as you'd like.

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

13. Thanks Chan790. I guess I've been doing it wrong all these years. I use an iPad and click on the

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #12)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 10:45 AM

Jun 2012

image, paste it in my notes, click copy, and paste it in the DU message text. I'll have to check out imageshack.

Thanks again.

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