There are certain practices that people partake in online that they don’t realize are a no-no. Hotlinking is one of them. What is hotlinking? Hotlinking is when you use a picture or another file from another website and you just embed it in your site (using a code), instead of uploading it directly. It means you’re serving up a file and it isn’t on your own server. An example is if you see a picture on Awesomely Luvvie and you’re like “OOOO I wanna use it on my site.” So instead of pressing save and then uploading it, you just put … Continue reading What is Hotlinking and Why is it Bad When You Do It Without Permission?