A nice step in imagelinking

[Ignominy]

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2274739

I created this to get around the annoying procedure of saving images, uploading them to WaffleImages, then copying and pasting the resulting URL into a post. Now, instead of doing all that crap, just show the image "http://imgred.com/URL". For example, if you want to show the image http://www.google.com/logos/holiday06_5.gif, then instead of typing this:

[ img]http://www.google.com/logos/holiday06_5.gif[/img ]

..you should type this:

[ img]http://imgred.com/http://www.google.com/logos/holiday06_5.gif[/im g]

It accomplishes the same thing. ImgRed keeps a database of all image URLs and the corresponding local filenames. When a new URL is loaded, it downloads and stores that image locally, and serves up the local version forever after. And all you have to do is type "http://imgred.com/" before the URL. A thumbnail is automatically generated that is accessed by using "http://imgred.com/tn/" instead, if the image is large enough to warrant a thumbnail. (If not, /tn/ just mirrors the normal image.)

Not only will no bandwidth be consumed by the host site, but this also lets you view images from sites that actively prevent hot-linking (in most situations).

(as seen in SH/SC)

EDIT: Oh, I have source code available for anyone who wants to incorporate this functionality into their own message-boards or blogs (STRONGLY ENCOURAGED)


Summary: type "http://imgred.com/" before your image URLs and you magically aren't leeching

[Miku19]

EDIT: OMG ELITE!

[Blueblaze]

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2274739

I created this to get around the annoying procedure of saving images, uploading them to WaffleImages, then copying and pasting the resulting URL into a post. Now, instead of doing all that crap, just show the image "http://imgred.com/URL". For example, if you want to show the image http://www.google.com/logos/holiday06_5.gif, then instead of typing this:

[ img]http://www.google.com/logos/holiday06_5.gif[/img ]

..you should type this:


[ img]http://imgred.com/http://www.google.com/logos/holiday06_5.gif[/im g]

It accomplishes the same thing. ImgRed keeps a database of all image URLs and the corresponding local filenames. When a new URL is loaded, it downloads and stores that image locally, and serves up the local version forever after. And all you have to do is type "http://imgred.com/" before the URL. A thumbnail is automatically generated that is accessed by using "http://imgred.com/tn/" instead, if the image is large enough to warrant a thumbnail. (If not, /tn/ just mirrors the normal image.)

Not only will no bandwidth be consumed by the host site, but this also lets you view images from sites that actively prevent hot-linking (in most situations).

(as seen in SH/SC)

EDIT: Oh, I have source code available for anyone who wants to incorporate this functionality into their own message-boards or blogs (STRONGLY ENCOURAGED)


Summary: type "http://imgred.com/" before your image URLs and you magically aren't leeching

Whats wrong with leeching?

[NaiLed]

Blueblaze: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking

I'm gonna sticky this for a while

[Mr. Peanuts]

Sweet as tits.

[Dack Falu]

it worx. I think. Imgred epic win.

Edit: Changed to Jesus so Blueblaze won't get upset.

[Blueblaze]

Showing the execution of a man is just as bad as showing pornographic images.

[Subjugation]

Not to Americans.

[Fit of Rage]

Nice find, Ignominy.

[Money]

rofl nice

[Fidel Castro]

Nobody sits like this rock sits. You rock, rock. The rock just sits and is. You show us how to just sit here and that's what we need.

[Ignominy]

in a lame move, it seems they've added a watermark to whatever you upload, effectively quartering imgred's worth to me



they also seem to have coding in place to prevent a watermark infinite (watermarking the watermarked watermark, and so on), which is also lame

[MetalHeadz]

in a lame move, it seems they've added a watermark to whatever you upload, effectively quartering imgred's worth to me



they also seem to have coding in place to prevent a watermark infinite (watermarking the watermarked watermark, and so on), which is also lame

For a quick, easy and free way of showing off pictures a small watermark aint really that much of a problem.