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photogdave Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2004 Posts: 3053 Location: Vancouver Island, B.C.
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theastronaut Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2007 Posts: 1631 Location: Anderson, SC
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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I have about 25 build threads and a few "how-to" topics on multiple forums that are now all dead. Some were very popular with over 200k view. I usually posted the same project on multiple forums, so it was nice to be able to upload the pics to one place, then copy/paste the whole update to multiple forums and have the pictures show up on each site. I'd have to fix thousands of dead pic links, most of which I'm not able to due to the age of the post (past the limit for editing). I'm not deleting my PB account yet, hopefully they'll come to a reasonable fix for this mess they've made. _________________ Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exist and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough."
-Sir Henry Royce, co-founder of Rolls-Royce
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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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kinkerstinker Samba Member
Joined: July 04, 2006 Posts: 122 Location: York, PA
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:41 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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sucks to think that all of my old build threads on other sites are screwed. I liked to go back and look through them from time to time to go down memory lane. i guess all I have is the samba now. |
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IN2VWS Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2006 Posts: 2521 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 1:47 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Even if you could download all your pics from PB, and wanted to modify the links in your build threads, you can't because the of the time limit if the post is older than 86400 minutes..... _________________ ( ⫏ ⫐ )
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16883 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 6:51 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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IN2VWS wrote: |
Even if you could download all your pics from PB, and wanted to modify the links in your build threads, you can't because the of the time limit if the post is older than 86400 minutes..... |
could the moderators give power to the original poster to edit the photos? or is this just a giant ass ache to do?
moderators...what do you think?
I wish PB 1) gave us warning and 2) didn't go for the throat....40-60/year would have been a reasonable fee for most of us. 400? um...no _________________
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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. |
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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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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69829 Location: Phoenix Metro
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69829 Location: Phoenix Metro
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16883 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 10:05 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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ok, so as of now, you can go to a thread that used PB as the host. when the "upgrade" icon shows up instead of the photo, click that. it will open a link to the PB "bucket" and show the image that was once there.
it may open in another window, so look for the pop up. as long as the bucket/folder is set to public you can view the photo _________________
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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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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:45 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Kudos to the people who are going back and fixing their links. Any effort to retain information is pretty rad. _________________ Wash your hands
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Dake Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2014 Posts: 481 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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I noticed that the two other sites I go to a jeep site ad a Harley one all pics are working and when you click on them it takes you to photo bucket |
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KingOfAces Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2014 Posts: 140 Location: West Virginia
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:27 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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If you have the ability, I highly recommend moving your photobucket pictures here or somewhere else. This is not a decision that a company on good financial ground makes. Once Photobucket goes under those pictures will be forever unrecoverable. _________________ 57' Beetle
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=612922 |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13958 Location: Southampton U.K.
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didget69 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 4927 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:00 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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PB's free service was worth exactly what users paid for it. Nothing is free...
But the way in which PB handled the change sounds like a playbook page from the airline industry.
bnc _________________ I never found the need to impress people with any mechanic certifications, trophies or track wins... unless it was for Mom to post on the refrigerator door. |
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modok Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2009 Posts: 26790 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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I am not a expert on these matters in the least, but it seems to me that facebook offers unlimited free image hosting.
If using facebook in this manner is a bad idea, perhaps someone could explain to me why that is? |
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photogdave Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2004 Posts: 3053 Location: Vancouver Island, B.C.
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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modok wrote: |
I am not a expert on these matters in the least, but it seems to me that facebook offers unlimited free image hosting.
If using facebook in this manner is a bad idea, perhaps someone could explain to me why that is? |
I could be wrong but I believe in the user agreement you give FB licence to use your images for its own promotion. Depending on your privacy settings, unknown people may have access to your images.You may be limited to the size of the files and resolution. If FB is down or there is a server problem you may not be able to access your images.
I haven't put images on FB in years, and haven't even accessed my account in over a year so I may be incorrect.
As I said earlier in this thread, why bother with an online host at all? Nothing is safer, cheaper and easier to access than your own hard drive. _________________ 89 Syncro GL Westfalia 2.1 WBX/WBXaustSS
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Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery! |
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modok Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2009 Posts: 26790 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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photogdave wrote: |
Depending on your privacy settings, unknown people may have access to your images.You may be limited to the size of the files and resolution. |
oh, yeah ok. Well, giving all people access to the images would be the goal in this case, so that's fine.
I upload all images to the samba, that I use in threads, because they told me to do that. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13958 Location: Southampton U.K.
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:12 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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modok wrote: |
photogdave wrote: |
Depending on your privacy settings, unknown people may have access to your images.You may be limited to the size of the files and resolution. |
oh, yeah ok. Well, giving all people access to the images would be the goal in this case, so that's fine.
I upload all images to the samba, that I use in threads, because they told me to do that. |
I have literally thousands of images on FB but the privacy settings on most of them are set to "friends only" What that means is if used on The Samba or other 3rd party locations they would only be visible to my FB "friends"
Yes you could make a FB album with a "Public" setting so they would be viewable but as Dave says...The Samba Gallery is the safe place for Samba pictures. _________________ John.
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My 1958 Shorrock Supercharged Karmann Ghia
Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery! |
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modok Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2009 Posts: 26790 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:24 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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I would be highly skeptical of the notion that anything about facebook is "private"
Threaten your ex-girlfriend on facebook? Busted
Repo man will use it to track you down, so, make those car payments!
Pose as being police or military when you are not, busted
Make insurance claim for back injury....insurance denied based on pics of you skiing on FB.
I've seen all that happen. Private? HA! No way |
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captincanuck Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2014 Posts: 730 Location: The Great White North
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:12 am Post subject: Re: picture hosting - Photobucket sux |
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Ahwahnee wrote: |
captincanuck wrote: |
I don't seem to be having a problem with all my linked pictures in photo bucket. Wonder what's up with that... |
Yes, it does appear that PB may have backed off from there recent move -- but they have lost me anyway. I was at the point of not liking them and now I don't trust them. |
Looks like they finally got around to my account _________________ 1979 Westfalia "FireFly" Subaru 2.2 with Subaru gears 5spd.
Build Thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=634777&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 |
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