Posting pictures ~ a little help

ChrisMusic · July 2017

With reference to the post above:

"This whole issue of historic threads loosing their pictures really devalues the whole forum IMO, or at least the usefulness of forum content as a reference, and hence the worth of posting in the first place."

On further consideration, and this is only a suggestion open to discussion: would it be worth the members leaving all their PhotoBucket accounts just as they are for now ? The temptation is to stick a digit up at "the man" and move all content, if you indeed can get it off successfully, then close the account. Some have done this already.

BUT if you leave the content as it is, then all links in old threads are still valid, so *IF* this gets resolved with PhotoBucket, then it would be business as normal, which would be a huge relief. Now the chances of PB having a change of heart / policy may well be remote, but think of the time and effort saved if they were to reconsider, at least in a historical sense.

It also occur to me that it would be good practice (read "safety net"), to copy all the image files you want to preserve for future reference, or just the ones which apply to this or other forums, etc, to another safe haven, be that another hosting service, cloud storage, or just on a hard drive or stick somewhere. (This is probably good practice anyway in case any company or device should fail in the future)

That way your images are safe and backed up. Should PB change policy, then all your old links should pop back into life. Best of all, you then have the opportunity to rebuild any old threads from your new host at your leisure, as and when you desire (read "can be arsed!"), and you are freed from the tyranny which many have viewed PB's service to be recently.

Worthy of thought, discussion, and refinement ? :bz

P.S. I have no idea whether this service would be helpful in achieving any of the above, I have not even looked at their site yet. If anyone checks it out and finds it useful, maybe you could report back here ?
cloudsfer ~ Cloud to Cloud migration service

ChrisMusic · July 2017

So maybe PB won't be resolving this any time soon !
Thanks for posting the info @FX_Munkee ;

FX_Munkee said:
Which includes me, because I haven't got my lazy arse in gear yet.
They've decided you need to pay $400/year to post your images in forums!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/30/photobucket_charging_400yr_3rdparty_pgs/

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/107377/for-those-still-using-photobucket#latest

ChrisMusic · July 2017

digitalscream said:

Well, Photobucket appear to have saved me the job of trying to figure out where the hell the forum code talks to it...which, by the way, appears to be impossible to find.

Anyway, having just exhaustively gone through the code, here's a list of all the media services the forum has direct, explicit integration with:

- Imgur
- YouTube
- Google Calendar
- Vimeo
- Pastebin
- Soundcloud
- Bandcamp
- Google Maps
- Twitter
- Github
- Vine (RIP)
- Instagram
- Pinterest
- Getty Images
- Hitbox
- Twitch

Aside from those, you can embed an image from pretty much anywhere using the "Attach image/file" button in the editor toolbar, as long as you can get a direct URL for the image itself. This will generally only work if the URL ends in .jpg/.png/.gif/etc.

ChrisMusic · July 2017

I have added the "Official Host Services" list above to the main index, very useful to know, thanks Lee

Should you want the main index anytime...

>>> Go To INDEX >>>

andyp · July 2017

I can't get it to work using the Attach Image File button, what am I doing wrong?

If I paste the Direct link into the body of my post, then it works... but I can't see those on my phone.

Sorry if this is a well-trodden path, but I've read loads of posts on this and I am still having this problem. Anyone got any advice?

If it's any help, I use Google Chrome on two Windows laptops and have the same issue on both, and use Chrome on an iPhone running the latest iOS. I just want to be sure folk can see what I'm posting if I put photos on.

ChrisMusic · July 2017

@andyp ~ I just tried using the Attach Image File button on your Sub n Up sale thread, it looks like it has worked OK, maybe you could let me (us) know please.

I just copied and pasted your link from the body of your post into the AIF box and voila, there it was. I know some people have reported that you need to put a space after the address for some strange reason for Imgur images, I have had to do that in the past myself. I use an old steam powered Mac with Safari, so there may be a difference there...

andyp · July 2017

Thanks Chris, I'll see what I can do with this. Appreciate the help!

ChrisMusic · August 2017

Interesting new discussion considering whether to offer image hosting integrated with the forum itself.
(The INDEX, page one - post two, has been updated with a link too)

Photo hosting Webs - are we running out?
It also includes a quick "How To" on posting from Flickr, hope you don't mind me reposting it here @spark240 ;

"Flickr has been my choice since PB committed suicide....open your pic, go to "photo page" click on the down arrow, view all sizes, click on the size you want to open it, right click on image, select image, go to forum post, and paste. sou ends long winded but actually tales a few seconds honest....Im very impatient so it must work."

added note from me ~ probably good to post it onto the forum using the "Attach Image / File" tool / icon above the text editor box, it looks like a sheet of paper with a folded corner. Just make sure that the default text in the "Attach Image / File" tool is selected and overwritten by what you paste in. That should make your image appear and be more compatible across devices.

Hope this update helps

ChrisMusic · September 2017

I am playing major catch-up, 100 pages of "Recent Discussions" now I'm into just 50+ to go. Jeez you guys can talk a lot !

Just noticed @impmann 's potentially rather useful post in the Help and Feedback section ~ you can download plug ins that by pass the Photobucket display block.

Getting around the Photobucket curse

I will add it to the main index too...

ChrisMusic · December 2017

Just a reminder that this thread is still here...

and...

actively looking for any comments about posting pics and video content, especially any techniques or help for the community. What works & what doesn't, etc.

(note ~ I have now moved it from the "Guitar" section, which is more heavily trafficked, to "Help and Feedback", which is probably more appropriate.)

Hopefully a flood of NGD posts to come over Xmas, with plenty of pics (& some playing too, so we can hear them?)

*** Please don't post huge image files though ~ small is beautiful ~ and respects those of us with limited bandwidth and old tech (computers, etc), ta

Nitefly · December 2017

For months I had a problem where I couldn't see Imgur pics, even on my own Imgur account, which suddenly stopped me uploading any more pics.

It turns out that there is a known problem between Imgur and Vodafone (we changed ISP from TalkTalk earlier this year).

The fix is in the Vodafone router settings - change DNS from "automatic" to "manual", and enter an IP address of 8.8.8.8 and behold - normal service resumed!

I believe this is a Vodafone thing, so it may affect other hosting sites as well as Imgur.

ChrisMusic · December 2017

Thanks for the info @Nitefly , appreciate you sharing.
(edit: added to the index too)

Glad you have it sorted now, you are nothing if not tenacious

ChrisMusic · January 2018

PhotoBucket is back (allegedly) ~ although I would treat it with caution after the companies recent demonstration of callus disregard for it's customers !

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/121719/photobucket-is-back-you-can-post-pics-again-on-3rd-party-sites-like-here#latest

Thanks for the PSA @siraxeman ;

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