Hi,

I hope this is the appropriate forum for this question.

I recently posted on a certain web board and included some photos in the post, not links to photos or thumbnails. The admins of the board deleted the links to the photos and I'm sure I know why.

It is my perception that posts that included a link to call a graphic file to the body of a post do not put a bandwidth "drag" on the server hosting the board if the graphic files are hosted on another server. The board host merely includes the code that when parsed by the viewers browser calls the the file from the hosting server (where the grahic file is hosted) to the viewers computer. The "transaction" is between the that machine and the viewers machine and is not a drag on the forum host.

Is this correct?

Before I say anything about it I want to be sure.

If someone has a more succinct explanation of this I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

Ken

You are correct. This is the exact reason why some people dissallow people being able to link directly to images because it eats up their bandwidth.

As the cap'n said, you're right, but you should also look at the rules of whatever board it was cos they may not allow linked images for another reason. Just might save you from looking a little silly

Thanks guys,

Another consideration is the actual page viewer. I've had broadband so long I forget that some people still have dial up and might have a problems with too many graphics. But my original question was to be sure about a misconception that some have about graphics in posts being a drag on the forum's bandwidth allotment.

Thanks again,

Ken