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[Zero Talent]

I was wondering, in light of Angelfire's new .txt hotlink fix, if there was any site I could hotlink from for free. I usually use it for visual representation of help, so yeah.. Anyone have a good site for this kind of thing?

[cxwq]

Some of the sites on this list may be worth a try.

Let us know when you find one that works out for you.

[Groove]

As I'm sure you've seen from NHQ, I use lots of images to reply to posts...I use www.villagephotos.com. It's not the best, but their servers are fast, upload is fast, and they're easy to use.

[Zero Talent]

Awesome, thanks everyone! Call me ungrateful, but I eventually found what I was looking for in a cheap, crappy little geocities account, and a .txt hotlinking ability.

Sorry I didn't end up using most of these sites you've recommended, but thanks for helping out!

[Langley]

What's the .txt hotlinking ability? I've tried the http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/ anonymizer deal, and nerfhaven doesn't support it, and I tried the msn picture hosting thing from cxwq's list, and nerfhaven doesn't suport that either because it uses a linear URL or something.

[Zero Talent]

A free one: Sony's Imagestation.com... If you can see the picture below, it works!!!

Hehe.. Awww...

Awesome! Thanks for all the help!

The .txt is just a cheap cheat. If I can, I'm going to use Imagestation instead. Basically, before or after you upload the file, change the file suffix to .txt. The browser should be able to identify it as an image file from it's coding, and will display an image. But Geocities allows hotlinking of .txt files, for some odd reason, so it's all good. Still, I feel bad for taking advantage of their apparent ignorance. Thanks for all the help, Julie!

[Zero Talent]

Apparently, not so. NH's board coding doesn't allow a .txt extention for an image. Boo.

[cxwq]

Apparently, not so. NH's board coding doesn't allow a .txt extention for an image. Boo.

Try it now.

[Zero Talent]

http://www.geocities...dified/Post.txt

[cxwq]

This Twilight Zone moment has been brought to you by Zero Talent.

Glad it works now.

[Langley]

What type of image do you use with the .txt thing? What do you usually do to change the extension?

[Zero Talent]

What type of image do you use with the .txt thing?  What do you usually do to change the extension?

I usually use the .png file format (Efficient with the images I use), and use Irfanview to convert files to that format. As to the extension change, it's just a simple matter of renaming the file with a .txt extention... No biggie... Unless your OS is rabidly against that. For example, under Win98, just make sure that your file manager is displaying the file with it's full name ("Details"), press F2 to rename it, and change the extention.