Fan Forum - View Single Post - Picture Posting Reminder--PLEASE READ!!

**ladyle** · 07-29-2008, 11:46 PM

Instead of going into every individual thread, we are just going to make one big post about posting pictures. If we've already edited your post, this is why. This is a reminder about FF's rules about posting pictures, taken straight from the rules post, found on every board here.

Parts that are especially important are in bold italics and/or underlined.

Quote:

Posting Pictures:
• Do not post the same picture or avatar (icon) over and over in a thread. Also, do not quote pictures or avatars (icons) - if you quote someone, please edit out the image before submitting your reply. If you don’t follow these rules, your picture(s) or avatar(s) (icon(s)) will be deleted.
• Please note that when you post pictures directly from another website, (also known as hot linking) you’re basically using that website’s bandwidth. Every time someone at Fan Forum views the picture on our forums, the owner of the website that hosts the image gets charged for bandwidth use. This is known as “bandwidth theft.” We would prefer it if you would post a text link to the picture using the [ url ] tag instead of displaying the picture in a post using the [ img ] tag, because then the owner of the website only gets charged for bandwidth use if people click on the link.
• Please don’t post pictures any wider than 800 pixels so you don’t stretch the post table. In consideration of members on dial-up, please post links to larger pictures (also known as HQ pictures) or post thumbnails of those pictures.
• Please respect people’s privacy and don’t post any celebrity pictures from private sources. This includes fan art (manipulations, wallpapers, avatars etc.) made from such pictures.
• Please be aware that the message boards here are public forums, so if you post pictures of yourself or any other personal information on these forums, that information can be viewed and copied anywhere on the Internet.

Now, we know we sometimes let people slide. But, we just don't want people to make it a habit of posting arts/pictures, etc., that are too wide and stretch the posting table. It also makes it hard for people with a slower connection to view the page/thread. Please know that we are just reminding everyone of this rule so we don't have to go back and edit everyone's posts. This will also make viewing pages/threads easier.

Thanks for reading this!

Your Mods,

Leah & Lara