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@Ficoproblems247 wrote:Hey @ddamage , just want to throw it out there that sometimes people get tripped up on the whole image hosting part (imgur or other services.) To make that part easier if you have issues, you can always pull up a pic of the card from the bank's website and then copy and paste the image address into the html code in your signature. Sometimes it's a lot easier that way.
Ok thank you. Im old and not computer savvy. It looked confusing so I think I'll pass for now. Hehe.
@Ficoproblems247 wrote:Hey @ddamage , just want to throw it out there that sometimes people get tripped up on the whole image hosting part (imgur or other services.) To make that part easier if you have issues, you can always pull up a pic of the card from the bank's website and then copy and paste the image address into the html code in your signature. Sometimes it's a lot easier that way.
Hey -- @Ficoproblems247 -- Please, either don't do this or, at the very least, don't advertise you're doing it/recommend this method to others. This method is taking bandwidth from the host (in this case, whichever banking institution) by using their direct image links (hotlinking is actually theft and while rare, there could be reprecussions). You don't have their expressed permission to point to their web server files and the site operators have to pay for the bandwidth you're using each time ficoforums displays your signature. There are plenty of free photo-storing/sharing sites around that provide links. Just save the card images and upload to one fo those sites -- https://postimages.org/ is a good one.
@thornback wrote:
@Ficoproblems247 wrote:Hey @ddamage , just want to throw it out there that sometimes people get tripped up on the whole image hosting part (imgur or other services.) To make that part easier if you have issues, you can always pull up a pic of the card from the bank's website and then copy and paste the image address into the html code in your signature. Sometimes it's a lot easier that way.
Hey -- @Ficoproblems247 -- Please, either don't do this or, at the very least, don't advertise you're doing it/recommend this method to others. This method is taking bandwidth from the host (in this case, whichever banking institution) by using their direct image links (hotlinking is actually theft and while rare, there could be reprecussions). You don't have their expressed permission to point to their web server files and the site operators have to pay for the bandwidth you're using each time ficoforums displays your signature. There are plenty of free photo-storing/sharing sites around that provide links. Just save the card images and upload to one fo those sites -- https://postimages.org/ is a good one.
@thornback @I will edit my post to delete. I apologize as I did not realize all of this/fully think that through! Thank you so much for pointing that out!
@Ficoproblems247 wrote:
@thornback wrote:
@Ficoproblems247 wrote:Hey @ddamage , just want to throw it out there that sometimes people get tripped up on the whole image hosting part (imgur or other services.) To make that part easier if you have issues, you can always pull up a pic of the card from the bank's website and then copy and paste the image address into the html code in your signature. Sometimes it's a lot easier that way.
Hey -- @Ficoproblems247 -- Please, either don't do this or, at the very least, don't advertise you're doing it/recommend this method to others. This method is taking bandwidth from the host (in this case, whichever banking institution) by using their direct image links (hotlinking is actually theft and while rare, there could be reprecussions). You don't have their expressed permission to point to their web server files and the site operators have to pay for the bandwidth you're using each time ficoforums displays your signature. There are plenty of free photo-storing/sharing sites around that provide links. Just save the card images and upload to one fo those sites -- https://postimages.org/ is a good one.
@thornback @I will edit my post to delete. I apologize as I did not realize all of this/fully think that through! Thank you so much for pointing that out!
No worries -- most people have no idea that 'hotlinking' is even a thing. I just happen to work in IT and I've been a site manager - we would actually send warnings to hotlinkers all the time and in some extreme cases, we'd pursue legal proceedings for copyright violations and theft. The biggest issue is that it can have a large effect on the speed of the host site - especially with a forum like myfico with a lot of user activity - the constant requests to retrieve the images can potentially overload the host's server.
Been trying to follow the directions myself and having a tough time.
