Arcade Art Library Note

[mahuti]

Hey guys,

Problem: I'm losing a lot of bandwidth to people directly linking to thumbnails at the arcade art library in their blogs, other forums... especially as signatures and avatars, and in off-topic sites in general.  

Solution: I've disabled direct hotlinking to -thumbnails- from outside of the localarcade domain.

Note: I have selective control over sites that have access to the thumbnails, so I have allowed the arcadecontrols domain to continue having full access to them. Also, if anyone here has a site that uses a direct link to a thumbnail image, and it no longer shows on your site, I can turn access back on for you, just let me know that you've been affected. I'm not stingy with my bandwidth, but leeching out capriciously to forums and blogs doesn't do any good for me or our hobby.

You can still post a direct link to anything on the site without me authorizing access, but the thumbnails can't be directly embedded in another site.

Please contact me if you have any problems with the art library. I've tested, and the thumbnails should still work fine there. Also please PM me if you want access to the thumbnails on your sites... I'll gladly give it.

[Witchboard]

I wonder how many repro sites just lost their thumbnails on all their products?

[mahuti]