Recently opened a PB account. Was going to start using it but won’t now. Some people can screw up any and all things good.
Just testing imgur which I’ve only used once. I presume the “link” to copy and paste in my thread is the “BBCodes (Forums)” option. Let’s see.
EDIT: That cross-hatching isn’t in the original image, so I’ll see what the “Share Link” does when copied & pasted.
EDIT: That doesn’t do what I want. I’ll try “Embed in HTML”. (Obviously I don’t understand any of this.)
View post on imgur.com
EDIT: I’m confused. I can get a screwy image, a link, or jibberish. Help??
EDIT: Will try another image with the BBCode/Forums type copy/paste:
EDIT: I don’t see a problem with this image.
P.S. - I put imgur site on my Windows 10 start screen and it takes about 1.8 seconds to display my (2 photo) album. Maybe that fast because things were in the cache and it had just been up. I restarted the PC and then called it up and it took about 6 seconds. Pretty good. And no ads or pop-ups that I see at this point.
I use ImGur, just because the instructions Steven Otte gave in the “how to post a photo” made it seem the most simple.
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It is simple enough for me. If they start wanting money, I will just open an account somewhere else.
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-Kevin
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Testing from Flickr…
EDIT:
Not quite right…
Attempt 2
EDIT 2:
Hmmm… Close…
3rd times the charm???
EDIT 3:
Ok, it shows, but also shows it’s size?
Better than nothing I guess.
At least it works for free…
Let’s try one more, just for fun…
Edit 4:
Nope… Nada on this one…
Edit 5:
And it also erased the one above… Hmm… Ok, let’s see what happens when I delete the bottom pic…
EDIT 6: Nope… Once more…
EDIT again:
And now both show… OK. At least it works.
EDIT (I lost count…):
Ok, I just learned something here… You cannot edit a post with a flickr photio without re-doing the pic…
Good to know…
Pic again…
Thanks all for the suggestions! I’ll check into these options and see what works.[:D]
And wow, I’m amazed at how much response this topic has gotten in less than 24 hours!
Well Darth, It IS a current issue…
Try another pic…
EDIT: Well… That way don’t do nothing but link to it…
Again…
HEY!!! This looks correct!!!
EDIT 2: YES!!! Now if it stays from this edit…
EDIT 3: ALRIGHT!!! I got it now!!!
So I guess if we close our Photobucket accounts all our pictures will disappear from our previous posts. Do I have that right?
I’m also guessing that the only way to restore those photos to the threads would be to go back through the picture files on my computer, find the same photo, copy it to another photo hosting site, and then re-post the photo in the original thread. Correct?
That’s a bummer!
To me, this is a breach of business ethics of the highest order!
Dave
I’ve been using TrainBoard/RailImages.com for years and have never had an issue with posting/linking pictures to the forum. It’s free but it is limited to 50MB of online photo storage.
FWIW…
Tom
I use PB, and I subscribed to the ad free thing, for about $14 a year.
I’ll post a picture:
I see it, but do you?
I have not received any emails, or notices from PB.
Mike
Yes to all of the above, Dave. PB is just chasing the almighty buck; not getting enough income from from all those ads, they are sticking it to their customers (soon to be departed) as well.
I will be changing to something else soon, just have to figure out which one. Then propritize which photos to upload first.
[banghead] [banghead] [banghead] [banghead] [banghead]
I see the picture Mike, but the $14 Ad free will not stop the image post blocking. They have thousands of customers, and are rolling the notice out to a limited number every day. I did not see it until friday, others had it a few days before that. Your notice will show up soon.
I wonder if they have some sort of an algorithm programmed into the system? Almost 100% of my photos were embedded to this and the Tyco forum, and I do a couple dozen a year on average (which builds up over 12 years), so I suppose I’d be a prime early target for the updated policy.
I had a free account at photobucket for several years and it served me well. Then, for no apparent reason, my bandwidth allowance began to get used-up within the first two weeks of every month (it renews every month on the anniversary of your joining photobucket).
After badgering photobucket for more info, they supplied me with a list of times and sites which used-up my bandwidth…surprisingly, over 100,000 viewings in less than two weeks. Most were, expectedly, for Big Blue and the MR site, but the next biggest users of bandwidth (and much greater in total than the two forums) were “bots” from various search sites.
Photobucket suggested a paid subscription (Plus20), which offers unlimited bandwidth and much greater storage capacity, and for the last 3 or 4 (or maybe 4 or 5) years, I’ve been paying roughly $30.00 annually for the privilege of sharing my photos with others.
According to photobucket, I’ve used 8.2% of my storage capacity, with 5,543 photos stored…this is likely due to the fact that my older 4MP camera takes photos that don’t have a big file size, and when I use my newer 10MP camera, I usually re-size the photos before putting them in photobucket.
Here’s a photo from Secord Air Services, offered just because I still can…
I simply clicked on the line of data beginning with “img”, then “pasted” it here.
I’ve not yet received a notice from photobucket, but if I’m no longer allowed to do this for something comparable to the current still-manageable price, I will disappear from here.
Answering questions or demonstrating something is, at least for me, too difficult without the use of photos.
Wayne
I see the issue now…I haven’t been “chosen” yet either. If this is how it rolls, this policy is going to ruin old threads in forums across the web… Kind of a bummer…Think of all the WPFs/how tos, etc… that will be littered with these messages…
Guy
I have just opened up an account at Imgur. Let´s see whether it works!
Trying a link from Flickr. I have over 33,000 photos on Flickr, it’s going to take me a while to sort those out!
As of 3 AM on July 1, I have not received any notice from PB but, as others have pointed out— it’s probably “in-the-mail”. I’m taking a “wait-and-see” attitude and keeping my photos there until the dust settles. If they continue to enforce this new policy, THEN I’ll pull the plug.
All of my photos get automatically uploaded to Flickr as soon as I download them from my camera or scanner. Now all I have to do is create an MR-MAG album and copy the photos I want to post in modeling threads… piece of cake. [banghead]
FYI if anyone wants to compare sites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_image-sharing_websites
Regards, Ed
Wayne…I feel the same way…
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
OK, guys, settle down. There is no reason at this point to flee the forum. Somehow, somewhere, an answer will surface. As someone else pointed out, this is a problem that will affect all of the forums, not just MR. Let’s work together to find a solution, not just threaten to exit the forum. It is not the forum’s fault, it is Photobucket’s fault. What you have to wonder about is what Photobucket is doing to itself.
Rich
Same here. I can no longer embed images, but not a single word from PB.
Rich