hrm.. how did it happen? anyone got hit?
and WHY IS THIS GIRL STILL DIRECT LINKING MY PIXEL even tho it shows up as THE BIG I’M A THIEF IMAGE (look in her iframe).. what’s up with people.. too dumb? anyone registered at that fake non english speaking site? please advise her. thanks
[EDITED]alright i created something MORE SPECIAL for my beloved direct linkers. what you think?[/EDITED] – i will keep my creativity alive 😉
Pure-Essence.Net 
Ugh… direct linking… don’t people realize that they are actually STEALING from other people when they do that? There oughta be a law…
Take care.
I think it had to do with shutting down the generators at Niagra Falls. 😦
the outage stuff was kinda freaky… i imagine ppl should believe was some terrorist sabotage 😦 i wish i should know Lelerz is fine 😥
stinky direct linkers!
The image is too big, maybe. Hmm… How about something smaller but more repulsive? I remember visiting narcissistic.org years ago and seeing a photo of some girl eating poo (and not a cute, pink bunny poo either). That might make her unlink you? I wonder if there is a way to set up your .htaccess to redirect someone’s browser when they hotlink you. Of course, that is purely for revenge, not really for making a point. ^^; But hey, revenge is best served sweet.
LOL ok good idea.. rediretion will be nice.. actually i’m using a php script for it 🙂 let me find a more “appropriate” image 🙂
Is it possible to redirect if someone direct link to your images? I searched Google for it before and read that it can’t be done
Also, I don’t advise that you put offensive image because those people whose browsers don’t support/turned off redirection will see that image on your own site too.
i use a php script called CHImageGuard – i’m sure you heard of that. but i modified the script to show the thief image. i might be able to edit it so it redirects.
I don’t think browser support would be relevant to server-side redirection, because the server does everything. 🙂 Just client-size methods like META or JavaScript requires browser co-operation.
Not sure about it. I searched about it before cause a few of my visitors were seeing the error image eventhough they are surfing my own site. I read in 1 forum that the .htaccess anti-direct linking thing doesn’t work for all. Not sure if that’s the same way with what Dodo uses though. I did used a cgi one before and it also doesn’t works for all people.
I meant redirecting it to a page/site instead of an error image only.
By the way, I also hate direct linkers. X(
Well, i was part of the power outage. It all started out in Canada, possibly Ontario, and well, went all the way down the edge of the United states on the east. Like spilt water, it was like 5 hours over here in New Jersey, but some states still have a power outage.
Actually, I heard that i was from upstate New York and it affected canada 😛
Because in order for us to restore power, we had to ‘disconnect’ ourselves from US power lines 😛
Nonetheless, it was pretty freaky in the dark O___O;
Glad power came back! 🙂
Yup, Kozzi I heard that too, didn’t Ernie Eves say it wasnt Ontarios fault in the press confrence this morning? I got the power out too, I live near Toronto 🙂
Eww…that’s disgusting…having people direct linking. The I’m a big thief image is funny! =D Just wanted to compliment you on your many adorable themes!
Damn direct linkers….
We got hit with the power outage, but since we have a generator due to the presence of a “magic box” for our phone line that occasionally knocks out the power we’re pretty okay. Ever had to drive almost 40 miles to find a place where you can get gas though? Now that’s fun.
Maybe he/she doesn’t know about it yet and hasn’t seen it. Did u e-mail him/her?
and her email address is?
well, I don’t know her e-mail address. but just wondered if u tried to e-mail her, if you knew it. But I noticed she also has a guestbook at the end of the iframe, too
well if you couldn’t find an email, why should i be able to? guestbook signed. but it’s up to her to read it.
Trust me, that girl simply doesn’t know X( most people over there don’t know any html, they truly think the only way to get an image showing up is, is copy pasting the url *shrugs* =|
ignorance unfortunately DOES NOT make you free of restrictions of laws or rules.
Direct linker image – they deserve it!!
The girl is dutch and it says she is on vacation for 4 weeks! She will be back on september just letting you know 🙂
well i believe she understands simple english from the fact she posted english poems/song lyrics on her site. my message is pretty simple to grasp or she just needs to LOOK at the image 😉
That was quite disgusting! I’m not direct linking u again. lol
Ahem..that was gross lol.
POOP! bahaha that was so nasty
OMG!!! that is disgusting!!! but, maybe that girl will get the idea. is that real poop though? i’ve changed many dipers before and that looks very unique to me. haha…. i’m guessing your gonna through away those cloths. they are covered with POOP!!!
That is a nasty nasty photo. I think you should warn people before they click. LOL. Thank goodness I finished eating already. That’s some nasty stuff… they’d be dumb to NOT take that image out. LOL. I tried that htaccess to stop the bandwidth theft from my site, but it like, won’t show AT ALL. Even when the stupid image is from my server. So it’s like, what’s the point if the image won’t show at all, you know! 😦 I’m prolly just doing something wrong.)
LMAO It’s interesting, I’ll say that.
Hahaha! The new image is indeed nasty 😛
LOL excellent idea… *wipes off her tears*
thats very ew. i wanted a warning.
ewwww. har har har.
lol! she’s so STUPID! she dont know english.. i guesS? lol. that’s a pretty good graphic 😀
well i believe she understands simple english from the fact she posted english poems/song lyrics on her site. my message is pretty simple to grasp or she just needs to LOOK at the image 😉 a picture is worth a thousand words. hopefully she doesn’t interpretate the wrong way (altho i don’t really know how else you can interpretate it XP)
hehe i found the picture in google. i think it’s real =P
ewww eww, that is such a gross picture! i really wish i did not see that. Even though the girl is a horrible direct linker, spare innocent viewers the disgusting image please. maybe you should just make a text image. i mean, she would start taking your images down from her site if they weren’t properly showing up, wouldn’t she?
hrm.. you are missing out the whole discussion here. refer previous comments. i did have a text image but someone suggested otherwise. i think letting the direct linker’s viewers be disgusted by his/her site is the least i can ask for ha
If a designer doesn’t take pride in their work, broken images don’t mean a thing. Sometimes text doesn’t get the message through either. This poopy image was not dodo’s first try at a solution. But this girl did not respond to dodo’s attempts to get her to stop direct-linking. The definition of insanity or frustration is performing the same actions over and expecting different results. So a different action was taken. 😉 Hehe, Helen, if this picture would make you stop direct-linking someone, maybe it’ll stop this girl from direct-linking someone. But hey, dodo, I wonder if this might contribute to why your bandwidth usage is so high. Might be easier just to say “stuff it” and disallow direct-linking with no substitute image in place…
actually i don’t see that many direct linking in my referrals. unless my referral script isn’t doing the job correctly.
This is awesome Dodo!!!!!!! I like what you wrote beside the pic, hehe, now if that doesn´t convince her, she is not to be saved. 😀
pretty nasty picture xDD hahahaha
LOL! I love the no direct linking picture. This is a free site, so the (Dutch) girl probably doesn’t maintain it anymore.
…whoa… that poo picture O_O that is some really disgusting crap. must go wash my eyes lol o.O grossness
haha that picture is really creative 😀 she asked for it
Our power was out. We lost it while I was at work. Do you know some people had the nerve to ask if they could check out while the whole store was completely dark?! We had to put everything away… that was fun.
ROFL! That’s a great picture Dodo! I about died laughing when I saw it on that girl’s site. =)
People just don’t learn… ‘_’
The NYC blackout was caused by something in Canada! GO CANADA! XD
DODO! THATS SO FUNNY! ROFLMMFAO!
That should teach her…lol…