Wolf Play : Hotlinking || - PostIMG no longer allowed

Hotlinking takes place when you direct link to a website's files (images, videos, etc). As a result, this uses up the pages bandwidth. Bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred from a website to a user's computer. When you view a web page, you are using that site's bandwidth to display the files. Since web hosts charge based on the amount of data transferred, bandwidth is an issue. If a site is over its monthly bandwidth, it's billed for the extra data or taken offline. In lots of sites, it is considered theft.

Avoiding hotlinking will save a lot of trouble for you guys, as some sites that know their images are being hotlinked ban people for it.

With this explained, I would like to remind you that to avoid this, simply upload your picture to image-hosting sites, such as the ones listed below:

• gifyu (we are still learning about this one)

• 8upload

• lensdump ($$$)

• imageshack ($$$)

• If you know of other free hosting sites, feel free to suggest them as long as they are not ruled as Not Allowed.

Please note that Imgur, Photobucket, Toyhou.se and Deviantart are NOT acceptable sites to upload images from. You can see a masterlist of what is and isn't allowed in this post.

The above list will change if these sites have their Terms of Service changed.

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To post an image to the forums, take the direct link of the image. Go to Insert > Image and paste your direct link into the Source section. To prevent your image from being cut off, set your width to a value less than 600px and the height will automatically sort itself out.

Images by Kháos, 'how to use Gifyu'

(Original thread created by Dark Moon)

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2025 Update: Postimg/Postimage is no longer an acceptable site to upload images from due to the inappropriate ads that the website sometimes features. You do not have to move old art but ARE required to upload NEW art onto a safer art forum.

Edited at October 25, 2025 12:47 AM by Kháos

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July 22, 2017 02:14 PM

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thank u! for the help!

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Question: Why was imgur removed as a hosting site? It is very user friendly and easy to use in my opinion and I don't see it as any different then tinypic or say photobucket. I used to use it on here ages ago and it was fine. So just curious why it was taken off.

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August 23, 2017 12:42 PM

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Aeternum said:
Question: Why was imgur removed as a hosting site? It is very user friendly and easy to use in my opinion and I don't see it as any different then tinypic or say photobucket. I used to use it on here ages ago and it was fine. So just curious why it was taken off.

They recently updated their Terms of Use to disallow people from using it as an image host. No forum or avatar uses.

Postimg is just as easy to use, compared to Tinypic and Photobucket's tendency to lag.

Edited at July 25, 2019 04:01 PM by Cún.

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