Adding pictures stored on a web server

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if you're using an image frm another server besides your own, then this is bad
practice. download the file and host it on YOUR server/ISP this way you're not
stealing bandwidth from the original host of the image.
Sam said:
Does anyone know the HTML code that would be used to draw a picture from a web
server and add it to my webiste. I thought the code was the following:
 
Remove the 'border=0' bit. it works just fine if you type this address into the
browser address bar:
http://st12.flashecom.com/vintageflavor/images/80's_T-Shirts/Smashing-Pumpkins-(final).jpg

You shouldn't really be linking to images (that you want on your site), from
other servers - this 'steals' bandwith from the site that is not yours every time
the request is made to load that image.

Download the photo and host it on your own server/host.



Sam said:
Does anyone know the HTML code that would be used to draw a picture from a web
server and add it to my webiste. I thought the code was the following:
 

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