RedAngel800 Also hot-linking images is not allowed as per our rules. Any images you find from other websites must be *rehosted*. We've made a post on free image hosting tools, most of which are quick and easy to use. :)
http://www.bellyinc.com/bellyforum/index.php/topic,4017.0.html
I don't understand - what do you mean by 'hot-linking'?
RedAngel800 Hotlinking means embedding or linking *directly* to an image on someone else's website to put on another website. You must remember, it costs website owners money to store media files such as pictures & videos on a website server. So when people link directly to pictures, it's using their resources for free and it's costing them money.
For example, lets say if you wanted to share an image on a website with a friend... there's no harm there right? But when you post this link to a forum of a million members, a million people could be viewing this file and if it's a direct link it will not just cost the owner money, it will slow down their website. :)
This can be avoided if visitors simply download the pictures and upload them to a website that ALLOWS hotlinking (such as a video or picture uploading service) e.g Imagebam or Imgur.com. That's why we always say REHOST any image you find... unless the image is already on a website that allows hotlinking.
We have made it easy for members to rehost images by finding easy to use one-click rehosting tools. :P
