[11/02/24]ImageShack pulls plug on hotlinking to unregistered domains(ImageShack新策略)&青蛙解凍大全

一、兩個禮拜前在逛論壇網站時看到有關圖文文章即頻頻出現「冷凍青蛙」圖

這是作者在寫作插圖時將圖片上傳至國外一家有名的免費圖片上傳空間ImageShack來置入文章所發生的事，在各大論壇、拍賣、部落格上可以看到一大片的「冷凍青蛙」，至於為什麼？這是ImageShack公司的新改革，以下新聞文章引用於vr-zone.com。

Free image hosting services are a dime a dozen, so migrating over to another service should be as easy as pie, should it not? After all, the only thing one has to do is to download the entire photo album from the original hoster, extract the images from within and re-upload them into the new image hoster.

Okay, so maybe it might be a little more tedious that it sounds. However, users who often upload images to a particualar image hosting service known as ImageShack for the sole purpose of sharing them on websites or forums might want to start considering a migration to alternative services. Not because ImageShack is shutting down though: rather, this is due to a new policy implemented across ImageShack's image hosting services.

Apparently, the hoster has just recently implemented a 'registered domains' system: this policy requires that webmasters register their domains with ImageShack in order to ensure that visitors to their site can view all ImageShack-hosted images. And because no prior warning about this sudden change in policy was made to the Internet-going public, it seemed that many were caught unaware when the policy was enforced. As such, ImageShack users who have hotlinked images to unregistered domains will only see this image on the offending site:

More importantly, it appears that this issue is affecting users on a global scale, and is not just limited to users from a particular geographical region. To remedy the situation, users can either attempt to visit the link listed on the image above and register their often-visited sites with the image hosting service, or bug the webmasters of those websites to do so on their behalf.

Of course, at this point, users can also just opt to ditch ImageShack completely and go for an alternative, no-cost image hosting service. After all, as they always say, whatever floats your boat.

由上述得知，這項規定是確保網站訪問者可以查看所有ImageShack託管的圖像。後來和朋友一起研究這塊部份，順便把ImageShack圖片看不到的解決方案總結起來：

1.註冊/登入ImageShack帳號
在ImageShack註冊一個帳號，這也是ImageShack其中改革的目的之一，註冊後點選要看的圖片就看的到了。

Sign Up來到這裡註冊

2.修改失效連結
  預設為　 http://img**.imageshack.us/img**....
  改為　　http://a.imageshack.us/img**.... 
  或者改　http://c.imageshack.us/img**....

以下有更清楚的解釋，引用自I Just ME

可解開青蛙imageshack讓frontpage不會再看到青蛙(原創:改c也可)

3.申請網站許可
這方式可以讓該網站對ImageShack允許訪問，It can be done here
特別是架站的朋友，如果該網站用到ImageShack圖片空間也記得來到這申請。

4.使用火狐插件 RefControl
4、5年前青蛙也曾給用戶帶來困擾，於是有人提供這款火狐插件RefControl
來突破圖片外連的限制。許多影片、圖片空間會擋Referer，此時需要Firefox RefControl插件來欺騙網站。

 

安裝好後，將火狐重新啟動，並點選頁籤的「工具」的 「RefControl選項」來到以下畫面↓

之後新增網站，將http://imageshack.us加進去按確定，圖片就能看了。
這種方式不僅可以bypass Imageshack，看漫畫、影片時只要發現網站會擋Referer開不起來，都能嘗試這個方式，但前提是需要安裝Firefox 火狐才能使用此插件。


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