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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76948 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:26 pm Post subject: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Just noticed that Photobucket no longer allows 3rd party hosting. So now billions of pictures in forums are dead.
What's a good free hosting site? _________________ Glenn
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67ctbug Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2016 Posts: 3624 Location: CT
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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There's imageshack, I've never used anything but the samba gallery though. _________________ '67 Beetle L41
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76948 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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I have my own domain but uploading is difficult from a smart phone. I also post on other sites. _________________ Glenn
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69830 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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http://imgur.com is super popular on Reddit (4th largest site in USA), is free, and I think they have an App too.
If you upload there, make sure you post your pics as "private" so you don't get morons posting comments.
Private just mean it doesn't appear on imgur for everyone to see, you can still link to them everywhere. _________________ How to Post Photos
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16886 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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yea...this is b/s
https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06/30/photobucket-now-charges-399-for-third-party-hosted-images/
300 a year? not gonna happen. all of my builds are now broken links here and on other forums. _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
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Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Q-Dog Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2010 Posts: 8700 Location: Sunset, Louisiana
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Giving a service away for free is not a sustainable business model. I'm surprised it took them this long. _________________ Brian
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16886 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Q-Dog wrote: |
Giving a service away for free is not a sustainable business model. I'm surprised it took them this long. |
I understand that...I paid for the ad free b.s. and would have gladly paid a REASONABLE amount per year...300/year is fucking extortion. FWIW I am only at 3% of my "allotted" free space....
guess it's time to find another alternative.... _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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hazetguy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2001 Posts: 10773 Location: iT StiNgeD iTseLf tO dEAd
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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skillz, it's $39.99/mo or "discounted rate" of $399.99/year, not $300.
i said "f off" tp photo phuckit years ago. they've been sucking for way too long. i've been using flikr with good success.
this is what skillz and i have to say about it
_________________ thebucket: I invested in hoodride, now DBD won't return my call?
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76948 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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I have 20GB of server space and pay $80/yr.
It's just that i have to FTP the pictures and want a easy app to do it from the phone. _________________ Glenn
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blue72beetle Samba Member
Joined: April 23, 2008 Posts: 846 Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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sputnick60 Samba Moderator
Joined: July 22, 2007 Posts: 3916 Location: In Molinya Orbit
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vwjetboat Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2017 Posts: 1732 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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I have been using google drive.. seeing as everything is connected to my google account.. any photo or document it automatically uploaded to google drive and i can access from any computer or smart phone |
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76948 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Test...
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76948 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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OK... seems like IMGUR works the same as Photobucket. Drop and drag in a PC and a decent smartphone app.
So i'll be abandoning PB, just as soon as I download all my pictures there and delete my account. _________________ Glenn
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16886 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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glenn, do you like it? I was looking at flickr myself.
this has to be a huge ass ache for forums all over....I know I'm not the only one but man, lot's of my build threads/how to's are dead.
photobucket did a fantastic job leaving the internet a wasteland.... _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12728 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
glenn, do you like it? I was looking at flickr myself.
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Flickr does a great job of turning all your images into clickable links that take you back to Flickr. It's annoying as hell when you want to click an image to see it full size and it takes you to a landing page, just like Photobucket… Hmmm……… _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
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heimlich VWNOS.com
Joined: November 20, 2016 Posts: 6622 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:22 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Glenn wrote: |
I have 20GB of server space and pay $80/yr.
It's just that i have to FTP the pictures and want a easy app to do it from the phone. |
In windows you can FTP directly from the windows explorer where you browse files. You just type the address there just as you would in a browser.
If you have an Office 365 account you could post them to your one drive/sharepoint. You could then set the access level to anyone and link to them there. I've not tried it but should work. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69830 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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kawfee wrote: |
Glenn wrote: |
I have 20GB of server space and pay $80/yr.
It's just that i have to FTP the pictures and want a easy app to do it from the phone. |
In windows you can FTP directly from the windows explorer where you browse files. You just type the address there just as you would in a browser. |
Make sure you are doing SFTP. This is not native in Explorer last I checked but it looks there is a product called Swish (and maybe others) that adds this functionality.
I'm sure there are Apps to FTP/SFTP from your phone to a server too. _________________ How to Post Photos
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kamzcab86 Samba Moderator
Joined: July 26, 2008 Posts: 7925 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 1:23 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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asiab3 wrote: |
Flickr does a great job of turning all your images into clickable links that take you back to Flickr. It's annoying as hell when you want to click an image to see it full size and it takes you to a landing page, just like Photobucket… Hmmm……… |
Flickr easily allows you to choose photo sizes to post, which is quite convenient. The image code you copy automatically inserts a link-back, which appears under each photo you post... I just delete that portion.
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skillz, it's $39.99/mo or "discounted rate" of $399.99/year, not $300. |
There are multiple tier levels. If you wish to use Photobucket for posting photos on forums, blogs, eBay, etc., you must pay the $399 fee; all of the cheaper tiers no longer not allow it. :fist:
A good majority of the images I have on PB are stored elsewhere, but there are many that are not, which I've been trying to download before PB goes bankrupt for good. A real chore because their stupid site is not following through with album downloads (after having to deal with their infuriating CAPTCHA), which means individual image downloading.
Photobucket is getting hammered all over the Internet, including their Facebook site, over this extortionist ploy. _________________ ~Kamz
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:19 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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$400/year makes no sense to me. Maybe they're hoping to drop the price to something reasonable in the near future and everyone will come flocking back. Risky idea though..
Outside of the ACVW world, I have a LOT of motorcycle related builds documented - all image hosting via PB because it was easy. No longer I guess, like above I'm going to download my albums and move everything. I'll never be able to fix everything - oh well!
Their site has also been impossibly slow the past couple days.. _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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