That helps, thanks.
I didn't know the schema of the formatted links you were implying.
I don't know for sure, but have seen numerous postings where exact links pointing to commercial sites were posted and no comments about not doing so.
the administrator would have to answer for sure, but in general, transparency is embraced and links to places to obtain stuff that others have interest in not only makes sense but also cuts down on a lot of back and forth and frustrations.
In your search for a camera, did you run across any or software that allowed them to be completely self contained? That is, all software runs entirely on your computer or within the camera, emulating a web page or such? I know many want to stream their stuff to a web page, and I get that. There are those of us who really want to see a selection of cameras just on their own LAN, for security or just because we don't want to take up a lot of bandwidth loading images or streams which few if any others than the owner has an interest in.
I have an aging Axis camera (maybe a 214 or something like that, which takes an IP address from my LAN and becomes a web page. I just go to that address, a nice page comes up on my browser and I can see the image and do the camera controls from that page. No sending over the internet to anyone else, no one else can see it (better for my security cameras) and if I want to, I can post an image capture to my public weather page. This, to me, is the height of flexibility and configuration. Some of the IP cameras I've tried from several manufacturers require you to send your image to them, taking up bandwidth, and then you have to go to their web site to see your own info. I get their design decision, but it is not only wasteful but represents a security risk in my mind.
Oh, well. Thanks for your progress reports and story of success. These new very high resolution and improved dynamic range cameras are very interesting.