Hi there, quick question.... Sometimes I post in design contests, and in the past if we host our image on a site like imgur or something, we can remove our image when the contest is over. Seems the last few days, they now do not remove, and when you click the image in the past went to the hosted image site, but now shows as an image here on DP. So question is, will this be like this for now on? Thanks so much! S
Probably like this from now on. The change actually happened quite a while ago - to speed up the forum load times referenced images are cached on the dp servers. I could probably wade back through my skype messages to find out the details of the caching and how often they're rechecked etc but not right now. It might be more practical to use dropbox, save the files locally in a folder called "active contests" or something, and then when you want it removed move it away. When/If the cache is refreshed the file won't be there and it'll disappear. Remember to watermark your work! If you do that it shouldn't matter (should it?) if the cached version stays up for as long as the forum owner wants.