Reference remote hyperlinks

[Guest]

Hello,

I have created a website in FrontPage 2003. The website has some images in
it. Rather than downloading the images from their originial location, saving
them on my harddrive and then uploading the images, I would like to reference
image hyperlinks elsewhere on the web (for example: an image of camera, if it
exists at sears.com I have chosen to reference the url of the image at
Sears.com). This also helps speed the ftp process as images are not
uploaded/downloaded.

The problem is when I save this file with referenced hyperlinks in FrontPage
2003, Frontpage 2003 wants to store the images locally and will not allow me
to save with the referenced hyperlinks. It gives me a window, while saving,
to overwrite the hyperlink and to store the images locally. If I save, it
changes the html code automatically to refer to a position where image is
stored locally.

I find this totally absurd - currently, I am not saving any files in
FrontPage 2003. Once I edit in Frontpage 2003 I copy the entire html code in
notepad and then save the file. This is a hassle and creates too much work.

I was wondering if anyone has a fix for this problem. Thanks,

DM

 

[Steve Easton]

What you want to do is called hot linking and is frowned upon by web masters because it is stealing
their bandwidth.
Do you have permission from these web sites to hot link to their images??

If not, make the images a part of "your" web.

Also if their server is down, then your site is also "broken" because the images won't display in
your web site.

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Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[Tom Pepper Willett]

....and, people like sears.com and others where you "steal" their links have
been known to do some "nasty" things.

Like changing the links of their images so porn images come up on your
website.

Also, search engines can delist you.

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| What you want to do is called hot linking and is frowned upon by web
masters because it is stealing
| their bandwidth.
| Do you have permission from these web sites to hot link to their images??
|
| If not, make the images a part of "your" web.
|
| Also if their server is down, then your site is also "broken" because the
images won't display in
| your web site.
|
| --
| Steve Easton
| Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| 95isalive
| This site is best viewed............
| .......................with a computer
|
| | > Hello,
| >
| > I have created a website in FrontPage 2003. The website has some images
in
| > it. Rather than downloading the images from their originial location,
saving
| > them on my harddrive and then uploading the images, I would like to
reference
| > image hyperlinks elsewhere on the web (for example: an image of camera,
if it
| > exists at sears.com I have chosen to reference the url of the image at
| > Sears.com). This also helps speed the ftp process as images are not
| > uploaded/downloaded.
| >
| > The problem is when I save this file with referenced hyperlinks in
FrontPage
| > 2003, Frontpage 2003 wants to store the images locally and will not
allow me
| > to save with the referenced hyperlinks. It gives me a window, while
saving,
| > to overwrite the hyperlink and to store the images locally. If I save,
it
| > changes the html code automatically to refer to a position where image
is
| > stored locally.
| >
| > I find this totally absurd - currently, I am not saving any files in
| > FrontPage 2003. Once I edit in Frontpage 2003 I copy the entire html
code in
| > notepad and then save the file. This is a hassle and creates too much
work.
| >
| > I was wondering if anyone has a fix for this problem. Thanks,
| >
| > DM
|
|

 

[Wes]

Not a good idea. If you must use the images, why not copy them to your HD?
Accessing files from another site is frowned upon and could get you into
legal troubles. Suggest you read the site's copywrite statement.

 

[Wally S]

It would also be frowned upon to copy their images to your site without
their permission.

Wally S

 

[Wes]

Yes!

It would also be frowned upon to copy their images to your site without
their permission.

Wally S