MancheKid86 Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 it seems as photobucket has come out with a new plan. P500 which includes third party hosting. when you link enough photos to forums it will lock your photos out. view any of my threads to see the error message at this point i have too many photos uploaded to this site that i am committed. and have to purchase it to continue my build threads :fs1: not impressed with how they did this with a new policy update any thoughts and anyone else affected?
fiatslug87 Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 Just checked, yup no pictures!! Bastards! I guess I'll have to find another hosting site.
Minuit Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 Never been a fan of photobucket and this just makes me not like it even more. I can't imagine how much work it would be to go back through and re-do all of my pictures. That sucks man :(
HOrnbrod Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 Hmmm. I've been linking photos here for several years using Photobucket and no problems. So far..........
DirtyComanche Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 Imgur. Photobucket is dead. They're just starting to implement this policy. It's already destroyed a lot of good tech on other sites.
Alexia Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 Photobucket was never good for hosting pictures for forums.
cruiser54 Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 I hate those bastards. Alexia, any recommendations?
Skorpyo Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 Disregard, this didn't work right... Flickr and Imgur seem to be the best options for forums...
Minuit Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 I've always used Imgur but that site is getting more and more bloated. As long as you ignore the cringeworthy social media side of it it makes a fine image host... for now, until it goes the way of Photobucket too.
Blue88Comanche Posted June 29, 2017 Posted June 29, 2017 i use Flickr.com all you need is a yahoo account. If i recall correctally the free account gives you 1TB of picture storage and the pro (what i use) gives unlimited storage at $25 per year. uploading pics as simple 1 by Blue88Comanche, on Flickr 2 by Blue88Comanche, on Flickr 3 by Blue88Comanche, on Flickr Untitled by Blue88Comanche, on Flickr
Pete M Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 photobucket is ruining my world and I don't even use it! soooooo many tech writeups out there where the pics are all gone :( :fs1:
Minuit Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 photobucket is ruining my world and I don't even use it! soooooo many tech writeups out there where the pics are all gone :( :fs1: Yeah, I was looking through the DIY index just now. Pretty depressing to see just how many good articles are useless now.
Skorpyo Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 One more option I found is http://postimage.io/which is free and you can use the "do not expire image" option when uploading.
Skorpyo Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 photobucket is ruining my world and I don't even use it! soooooo many tech writeups out there where the pics are all gone :( :fs1: So I figured out that if you see the error message and you right click on it and select "Open image in new tab" it'll show you the photo on photobucket. If people (or admins) can edit the tech articles and move the photos to imgur or other then they can be restored back to the thread. Just a thought... Tim ps. I'd be willing to help do so if more hands make light work.
Minuit Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 Yes, moving the pics to imgur would probably be the best way to go for now. It'll be a big job but will help a lot of people out. I for one would be very happy to get some help doing that. :thumbsup:
Hypoid Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 I have been missing out on a lot of the pictures you guys post anyway. My Norton blocks them as a malicious web site.
HOrnbrod Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 it seems as photobucket has come out with a new plan. P500 which includes third party hosting. when you link enough photos to forums it will lock your photos out. view any of my threads to see the error message at this point i have too many photos uploaded to this site that i am committed. and have to purchase it to continue my build threads :fs1: not impressed with how they did this with a new policy update any thoughts and anyone else affected? So how much did the bastids charge you to continue using their site?
Pete M Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 photobucket is ruining my world and I don't even use it! soooooo many tech writeups out there where the pics are all gone :( :fs1: So I figured out that if you see the error message and you right click on it and select "Open image in new tab" it'll show you the photo on photobucket. If people (or admins) can edit the tech articles and move the photos to imgur or other then they can be restored back to the thread. Just a thought... Tim ps. I'd be willing to help do so if more hands make light work. try it out. you should be able to alter that forum now.
MeanLemons Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 it seems as photobucket has come out with a new plan. P500 which includes third party hosting. when you link enough photos to forums it will lock your photos out. view any of my threads to see the error message at this point i have too many photos uploaded to this site that i am committed. and have to purchase it to continue my build threads :fs1: not impressed with how they did this with a new policy update any thoughts and anyone else affected? So how much did the bastids charge you to continue using their site? probably $400
Skorpyo Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 photobucket is ruining my world and I don't even use it! soooooo many tech writeups out there where the pics are all gone :( :fs1: So I figured out that if you see the error message and you right click on it and select "Open image in new tab" it'll show you the photo on photobucket. If people (or admins) can edit the tech articles and move the photos to imgur or other then they can be restored back to the thread. Just a thought... Tim ps. I'd be willing to help do so if more hands make light work. try it out. you should be able to alter that forum now. So I'm not seeing the error any more... Did something change? I checked the first page of articles and all of the photos were showing up fine. If that changes I'll help out, but I don't wanna mess with success. Tim
DigitalBman Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 I would be happy to help as well with transferring photos. What are yalls thoughts on drop box? Or what If we raised some money and just bought space that's hosted on comanche club and allowed images to be uploaded directly to comanche clubs hosting services?
Strokermjcomanche Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 I would be happy to help as well with transferring photos. What are yalls thoughts on drop box? Or what If we raised some money and just bought space that's hosted on comanche club and allowed images to be uploaded directly to comanche clubs hosting services? I know it's been asked before , but it may make more sense now ? I too will have succumbed to the PB drama ...
johnj92131 Posted June 30, 2017 Posted June 30, 2017 I would be happy to help as well with transferring photos. What are yalls thoughts on drop box? Or what If we raised some money and just bought space that's hosted on comanche club and allowed images to be uploaded directly to comanche clubs hosting services? I know it's been asked before , but it may make more sense now ? I too will have succumbed to the PB drama ... The issue with space for photos on the Comanche club is "Who is going to take care of the problems". Pete sure doesn't need more volunteer issues. For me, Imgur solved the Photo Bucket problem. But I did not have that many pictures on Photo Bucket. Others have tons of them. Facebook also screws with picture links now and then. TDIClub hosts its own pictures, but does not allow links to the outside for those pictures. That assures that the pictures stay with the TDI thread. Maybe something like that would help. But again, What works best to minimize volunteer time is best in the long run.
cruiser54 Posted July 1, 2017 Posted July 1, 2017 I've got over 325 images on photobucket. Would there be an easy way to transfer all to imgur?
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