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Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:05 pm

or...

http://www.weirdal.com/alb18.htm

OK, I give up! Why am I never able to post an actual image like everyone else?

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Well, that's not actually Al's body. That is the head from In 3-D stripped onto some old painting.

Post by **Squirrelygirl** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:11 pm

:dontgetit:

Post by **Stupidhippie** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:14 pm

Well Dave, I have tried that many times over the only problem is I don't know how to just put in the URL for only the pic and not the whole page. I think I have used this phrase A WHOLE BUNCH these past few days but I am very "technologically impaired"! I Sincerely thank all of those who have put up with my CSS syndrome. See Stupidhippie does have more than one meaning. :lookround: I'm sure we can get back on topic I just had to take the opportunity to ask the question while it was on the table. Thanks for puttin' up with me.

Stupidhippie

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:21 pm

If you left click or hold-click (depending on your computer/mouse) on the picture you should get "Open image in a new window" or something similar in the drop down menu. If you select this, it will take you to a page with only the pictue and nothing else. Use the address for this page rather than for the page that you first found the picture.

Post by **Squirrelygirl** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:44 pm

:dontgetit:

Post by **scottidog** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:02 am

OK, I give up! Why am I never able to post an actual image like everyone

Well, since it would have been a direct link to The Mothership, I'd have unlinked it anyhow...

:biggrin:

Post by **Squirrelygirl** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:31 am

:dontgetit:

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:40 am

Yeah. I've wondered that myself. Why can't we link directly to weirdal.com? This is a "Weird Al" forum, isn't it?

Post by **scottidog** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:07 am

You mean we can't even indicate a picture on Al's website?

I give up

Providing a link, like you did is fine. Direct linking is not. Technically speaking, direct linking to anyone's site without their permission is bandwidth theft. Wouldn't be good to steal from our boy.

A direct link is what you need to put a picture here, for example:

The image downloads directly from my webpage. If I am paying by the amount downloaded, you can see why it could be a problem. It could also slow down load times for people who are actually trying to look at my webpage.

Providing a link so that people have to actually click on it isn't the same thing.

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:24 am

Oh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up, Scottidog. I was under the impression that direct linking was the same thing as providing a link.

So just to be clear, this is okay?