Direct Image Link
This is a direct URL reference to an image file. When a direct image link is used
in Internet Explorer the image will be displayed in the browser window. This display
is not to be confused with an Image Page as the only content displayed or accessed
is the image information.
FHG
Abbreviation for Free Hosted Gallery. FHGs is the pural - Free Hosted Galleries.
Free Hosted Gallery (FHG)
Sites which typically charge a fee to access their image content often provide lower
resolution samples of the images to help market their content. Often these sample
images will be orgainzed or grouped into sets of related images. Marketing pages are
then created with a set of thumbnail images which link to the sample images. These
marketing pages are often referred to as Free Hosted Galleries since they in essence
form a gallery of images which are hosted on the publisher's servers and provided for
free.
Fusk / Fusker / Fusking
In the context of Image Surfer Pro these terms are used to describe references to
multiple images. The fusk describes how the references to multiple images is
represented (e.g. a numerical fusk). The Fusker is the person creating or collecting
the image references, and Fusking is the act of creating an image fusk.
Fusker Collection
A Fusker Collection is a collection of image fusks. Essentially a collection of
image references which can be recognized by Image Surfer Pro to allow you (the
Fusker) to view the images within Internet Explorer.
Image Gallery
A webpage which has as it's primary content links to a set of related images. The
links may be a list of text entries or more commonly a set of thumbnails of the
images linke to. This includes webages typically refered to as a Free Hosted Gallery.
The links of the gallery may take you directly to the image files or to an image
page.
Image Page
A webpage which has as it's primary content a large image. Other content on the
page may include advertizement, related links, textual description of the image
or artist or group of images. An image page is however not a direct image - it is
HTML which contains an embedded image.
ISP
Abbreviation for Image Surfer Pro.
Thumbnail Image
Sometimes simply called a thumbnail, these are small low resloution images embedded
on webpages. The images are typically 250 by 250 pixels or less in size. In some
cases larger images may appear as thumbnails if their size is constrained by the
webpage displaying them. They are often used to preview images of larger size and
will link do the image itself or webpages related to the image.
Thumbnail Post
Refers to a specific type of
webpage. These pages may look very similar to a Free Hosted Gallery. Thumbnail
Images on these pages link to Free Hosted Galleries instead of Direct Image Links
or Image Pages. Thumbnail posts will often link to FHGs from several publishers.
URL
Abbreviation for Universal Resource Locator - it is essentially the address of a
file or data stream on the Internet. It is what you type into the address bar of
Internet Explorer or what appears in the address bar of Internet Explorer when
you click on a link within the browser window.