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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 18, 2002, 01:05:43 pm

Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 18, 2002, 01:05:43 pm
As many of you already know, my current webhost is a piece of crap, as when I try and post an image here I get, "REMOTE LINKING FORBIDDEN". Now, this is most annoying, and I want to know if anyone can suggest to me a decent host. I have tried freewebspace.com and geocities and they're both sh1te.
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: an0n on September 18, 2002, 01:41:48 pm
Wait a few days and a solution may present itself.

*goes to kick Kamikaze*

In the mean-time, PM me the links and I'll host 'em fer now. Or better yet, e-mail me the pics.
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 18, 2002, 03:05:52 pm
I'd host you, but you'd have to pay for your portion of the webspace. And since I'm already sublet, that idea might not seem to attractive...
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Stealth on September 18, 2002, 03:06:43 pm
try renaming the images to .TXT files and link to the .TXT files

otherwise apply for HLP hostin
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 18, 2002, 03:16:57 pm
Yeah, brilliant idea. Can tell you use computers a lot.


If you name something a text file, you WILL get a text file. Not a picture- unless you tell someone to turn the downloaded file's tag to that of whatever type of image file you're using, which is even less convienient than posting the full, normal web address. I have no intention of rooting around in my cache, or spending ten minutes to download some picture into a specific file and changing the file tag, only to find that the damn thing got corrupted along the way.
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: an0n on September 18, 2002, 03:25:02 pm
Yes, normally renaming to txt would cause it to transfer as an ASCII file instead of a binary, but for some stupid reason (probably through their screwing with htaccess) this sometimes works.
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Kamikaze on September 18, 2002, 06:36:06 pm
Quote
Originally posted by an0n
Wait a few days and a solution may present itself.

*goes to kick Kamikaze*


not my fault :p

I might be able to host pictures if need be....
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Xelion on September 19, 2002, 01:58:54 am
Check this out... :nod:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,10117.0.html
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Windrunner on September 19, 2002, 05:11:47 am
As i said in one thread before. Try www.freewebs.com. They are pretty good. You can find all the info and thier page.
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Stealth on September 19, 2002, 12:35:50 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
Yeah, brilliant idea. Can tell you use computers a lot.


If you name something a text file, you WILL get a text file. Not a picture- unless you tell someone to turn the downloaded file's tag to that of whatever type of image file you're using, which is even less convienient than posting the full, normal web address. I have no intention of rooting around in my cache, or spending ten minutes to download some picture into a specific file and changing the file tag, only to find that the damn thing got corrupted along the way.


not true... on many 'FREE' hosting services you can rename a picture to a .TXT file, and then when you link to the .TXT file it displays the picture...  perhaps that doesn't work on MOST servers, but on a lot of free ones... it does!

0wnj00
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Stealth on September 19, 2002, 12:55:45 pm
FYI:

This thread:  http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,9963.0.html

about halfway down... vyper posted this:
http://www.geocities.com/lionrampant31uk/capella.txt

(http://www.geocities.com/lionrampant31uk/capella.txt)

that's a TEXT file i'm linking too btw... do you see ACSII?  I see the picture, i don't know about you :p
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: vyper on September 19, 2002, 01:13:46 pm
Gee, an argument settled and free p1mpage... wot more can a man ask? ;)

And yes, all my posts with images use the txt "trick".
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Stealth on September 20, 2002, 10:57:37 am
Quote
Originally posted by vyper
Gee, an argument settled and free p1mpage... wot more can a man ask? ;)

And yes, all my posts with images use the txt "trick".


;7
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 20, 2002, 01:25:35 pm
I have started using freewebs, now lets see if image linkage works,
(http://www.freewebs.com/petrarch_of_th_vbb/aeolus.gif)

No, BUGGER!
Can anyone see it?
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: an0n on September 20, 2002, 01:29:35 pm
I can see it, but for some reason I can see all anti-hotlink pics, even when people use Geocities.
Title: In dire need of web hosting.
Post by: vyper on September 20, 2002, 01:52:09 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
I have started using freewebs, now lets see if image linkage works,
(http://www.freewebs.com/petrarch_of_th_vbb/aeolus.gif)

No, BUGGER!
Can anyone see it?


try actually renaming it to a .txt and then try linking it. :rolleyes: