Hotlinking

[Frankie]

I couldn't find anything about this in the TOS but just in case, is hotlinking allowed?

 

And when I check the server status page, I see "Server Load 7.29 (1 cpu)" and the red light flashing, what does that mean? Is it something I should be worrying about?

[Wizard]

Depends, what are you trying to hotlink?

 

If you're going to hotlink an image, why not just use a photobucket account instead?

[Frankie]

  Wizard said:

If you're going to hotlink an image, why not just use a photobucket account instead?

I assume that mean I am allowed to. Anyways, that is what I plan on doing if I can hotlink, the images take up about 90% of the space used on my site.

[Ashoat]

You can do whatever you want with your bandwidth. Most people don't allow hotlinking because it saps their bandwidth - if you allow hotlinking and people do it, then your bandwidth will quickly run out.

 

Or do you mean hotlinking HelioNet's images?

[Frankie]

I want to hotlink Images to my heliohost site from an outside source (photobucket).

[Ashoat]

That's a question to ask Photobucket, not us

HelioHost doesn't regulate much, and we certainly won't regulate something that has absolutely no bearing on our service.

[Frankie]

Ah, so that's what they mean when they say no hotlinking in the TOS. I always thought it meant they didn't want you to hotlink things from other websites.

[Trippin]

Photobucket is BASED on hotlinking. If you are talking about the pictures YOU've uploaded into your photobucket account.

[JcX]

Noticed that many people in the forum host their avatar/images on photobucket?

The hotlink is already done.

I once post a tutorial on flash on this forum which hotlink the images from photobucket.

http://www.helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=3310

 

I get no reply from that thread.. LOL