Polite request to posters - Photobucket

clarkefan · September 2016

True, you're right, I saw your photo of the cars and nothing bad happened

It loaded immediately as well, same time as your text, no latency.

hotpickups · September 2016

I have to admit I post 'direct' image links from photobucket on here and sometimes the image does appear in the thread for me but sometimes not and can just see the URL. However, it's very rare that I get any ads come up if I do click on them. Could it be your service provider that dictates if you get ads or not etc?

ChrisMusic · September 2016

I get the feeling that there *may* be a lot of "user error" in all this.
However there are some genuine issues with some of the hosting services.
Possibly a bit of solid research by @TTony & @monquixote might offer the exact methodology for posting correctly ? This will only work if people choose to follow it correctly, and as long as the forum, hosting sites and device OS don't cause unforeseen issues.

Hosting on site would stop the deletion of content as so often happens with images, but would use a lot of extra server space, and I for one applaud the free forum that tFB currently is.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

I have attempted to keep the index section updated in my old "How to Post Pics ~ a Little Help" thread, which was eunuch-ised after admin split it into various spin off threads, which no one seems able to find for some inexplicable reason.

I think they are all still open to post the latest advice when issues arise, so they should be the *first* port of call in resolving any issues with images or videos or even sound files, i.e. posting MEDIA help

In terms of navigation:
The "New Members" category points you to a page where you have to log in again even if you are already logged in, maybe @TTony could edit the link address to circumvent that ?
The FAQs (and posting pics is a FAQ) are a little ambiguous IMHO, you need to click on general and then it needs to go to the OP which is a hosting index, again maybe the destination could be edited please @TTony ?

I am not sure if going back to a sticky is either relevant, or even noticed by many members (another "user error" issue just like some following the classified rules (or not))

Hope my ramblings are of some help to someone (:|

ChrisMusic · September 2016

Sorry the link to the index section from my old "How to Post Pics ~ a Little Help" thread seems not to work, so please click below.

(another forum software update "feature perhaps, like the vanishing picture, video and emoticon links that happens whenever you either manually save a draft or edit your post ? )

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TTony · September 2016

ChrisMusic said:

In terms of navigation:
The "New Members" category points you to a page where you have to log in again even if you are already logged in, maybe @TTony could edit the link address to circumvent that ?

Just checked that out - and it worked OK for me without needed to re-log-in???

TTony · September 2016

ChrisMusic said:

The FAQs (and posting pics is a FAQ) are a little ambiguous IMHO, you need to click on general and then it needs to go to the OP which is a hosting index, again maybe the destination could be edited please @TTony ?

Not 100% sure what you mean there - but there's a link to an "index" of how to post pics using various hosting sites in both the New Members section *and* the FAQs *and* a stickied thread in the Help & Feedback section.

The previous approach put all the instructions for each hosting site into one thread, which became very (very) long. And disjointed as people started discussing the pros & cons of each host or difficulties in using each one. Hence the instructions for using each host were split out into a dedicated thread for each, and then linked from an index that was (hopefully) posted in enough places for people to be able to find it.

Now, a more appropriate criticism may well be whether the various "how to" instructions are still valid. Do they work with the current version of the forum software? Do they work with the current implementation of the hosting site? Do they work with the usual platforms, OSes and browsers?

I'd guess not in all cases!

We are looking at being able to provide media hosting that's tightly - and easily - embedded with the forum. That would come at a cost, but it seems that it would be useful, particularly for people who are bored of trying to work with the limitations of the various free hosts ...

ChrisMusic · September 2016

TTony said:

ChrisMusic said:

In terms of navigation:
The "New Members" category points you to a page where you have to log in again even if you are already logged in, maybe @TTony could edit the link address to circumvent that ?

Just checked that out - and it worked OK for me without needed to re-log-in???

Navigating via this route appears to have a link to a " www.thefretboard " address, which always leads me to a sign in page whenever I have happened across one, see below for where I was directed, not sure if yours is an admin permissions thing, or I am just unlucky ? When logged in I just get " thefretboard.co.uk " in my address bar Safari 7.0.2 OSX 10.9.2, and deleting the www. from the front of a normal page address (i.e. not the sign in one) usually / always takes me to the correct page circumventing the login window. I hope that make some sort of sense !

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/entry/signin?Target=discussion/54241/posting-pics-vids-soundclips-how-to

ChrisMusic · September 2016

TTony said:

ChrisMusic said:

The FAQs (and posting pics is a FAQ) are a little ambiguous IMHO, you need to click on general and then it needs to go to the OP which is a hosting index, again maybe the destination could be edited please @TTony ?

Not 100% sure what you mean there - but there's a link to an "index" of how to post pics using various hosting sites in both the New Members section *and* the FAQs *and* a stickied thread in the Help & Feedback section.

The previous approach put all the instructions for each hosting site into one thread, which became very (very) long. And disjointed as people started discussing the pros & cons of each host or difficulties in using each one. Hence the instructions for using each host were split out into a dedicated thread for each, and then linked from an index that was (hopefully) posted in enough places for people to be able to find it.

Yes Tony, I totally understand, and support, the reasons for splitting the information into more easily digestible, and more relevant chunks. My original thread was becoming quite cumbersome, that is one reason why I originally indexed the main advice posts, which in itself is problematic when the software guides you to #latest post. I didn't mean to come across as critical, sorry if I did, that was not my intent. (Brit, born and bred, but sometimes I think that English is a foreign language to me !)

However members on the forum seem to have a lot of difficulties with posting pics, for whatever reason, which could be easily resolved by referring to the relevant help thread, yet we seem to have numerous threads, mostly in classifieds I grant, littered with issues over posting pics, just take a quick trawl and I'm sure you will come across a few.

Quote from TPD (I couldn't get the quote to appear in the right place so just copied and pasted in):
I vaguely remember @RaymondLin doing a very detailed and extremely useful post on the best way to get pictures on the forum. I use Flickr - which is okay, but a bit of a hassle. I think Raymond recommended imgur.

So even long standing members seem to only have a hazy awareness of how to find the relevant info, hope I am not misinterpreting you there @ThePrettyDamned , or overstating this.

I didn't realise that there was a sticky in the Help and Feedback section as I never go directly in there, but it does seem to be the most logical place to put it. Just goes to show, "you can lead a horse to water..." (or maybe not!)

To clarify your original question, #latest address is the problem I was referring to, the index you have posted @TTony is the OP of the thread, but the link address takes you to the #latest post, relevant for an ongoing thread, but not where the entry point is the OP = index.

bingefeller · September 2016

Use imgur!

RaymondLin · September 2016

IMGUR, pick the HTML link.

Problem solved, it really is that simple.

JCA2550 · September 2016

So the general consensus is give up on photo bucket and use Imgur?

ThePrettyDamned · September 2016

JCA2550 said:

So the general consensus is give up on photo bucket and use Imgur?

YES!

I have opened an imgur account now and will use it from now on, far quicker than the annoying route through Flickr.

JCA2550 · September 2016

So , should we push for the lovely lovely fretboard to be a photo bucket free space, or is that a bit too political?

andyp · September 2016

Me too. I've shifted over to Imgur tonight too. Coupled with new versions of iOS and iTunes and my phone dumping all my music I've had an enjoyable evening...

martinw · September 2016

RaymondLin said:

Any hosting site, pick the HTML link.

Problem solved, it really is that simple.

FTFY.

I've got loads of pics on Photobucket. I post the direct links and no-one has convinced me that there's any issues with that. Teach forum users that there's a difference between embedding and linking-to.

As always, it's education!

JookyChap · September 2016

An alternate host that doesn't come with adverts is to use a Google Blogger blog. Just create one, then add a post with your fotos on. You can direct link to the images and they display perfectly on here.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZchsbtDBxU/VkJaYy7HVBI/AAAAAAAAJT8/1T69_x9IS7I/s1600/IMG_0341.JPG

Grunfeld · September 2016

I've never had a problem with Photobucket but then again I can't be arsed with a smart phone and I use an adblocker.
However, I sometimes want to sell stuff so...
Test pic from new imgur account...

http://imgur.com/a/xJfe8

EDIT: this isn't working as well as I'd hoped. Any idea how to get a pic from Imgurl to display in the thread?

<a href="http://imgur.com/0sE5b2q"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/0sE5b2q.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

">

[img]http://i.imgur.com/0sE5b2q.jpg[/img]

[url=http://imgur.com/0sE5b2q][img]http://i.imgur.com/0sE5b2q.jpg[/img][/url]

photobucket url:

Image: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t289/kv8kv8/2213-small_zpsd7d790bf.jpg

WezV · September 2016

martinw said:

Nobody has addressed the point I raised: if you post the 'direct' link instead of the url, there's no issue using Photobucket with either PC or mobile that I know of. On my android phone I just see the pics unless someone has posted the link.

I use photobucket all the time because i have so much on there and they recently gave me a lot more space.

I right click on the image itself to get the link and paste it into the image box, not the text editor.

I have checked on android, windows phone and an iphone - it always seems to work for me

This pic is direct from my photobucket:

but yeah, i ignore most when all i see is links!

ChrisMusic · September 2016

@Grunfeld ;
http://i.imgur.com/0sE5b2q.jpg

can anyone who can't see this or @WezV - @JookyChap - or @martinw 's pictures, or just sees a link please post back with your observations, as they are all with different hosting sites it would be extremely helpful, cheers

Grunfeld · September 2016

ChrisMusic said:

@Grunfeld ;

can anyone who can't see this or @WezV - @JookyChap - or @martinw 's pictures, or just sees a link please post back with your observations, as they are all with different hosting sites it would be extremely helpful, cheers

I can see it, and NOW I can see it in my post.
Imgur has 6 options of code:
Image
Direct
Markdown
HTML
BB
LinkedBB

I'm not sure which one of these turned out to be successful! I tried them all. And also, don't know if I just pasted it into the forum text area or used the little "image URL" icon to paste it.

WezV · September 2016

I can see the Photobucket one on the iPhone, but I only see a link for imgur.

admittedly, it isn't as annoying as a Photobucket link.

WezV · September 2016

JookyChap said:

An alternate host that doesn't come with adverts is to use a Google Blogger blog. Just create one, then add a post with your fotos on. You can direct link to the images and they display perfectly on here.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZchsbtDBxU/VkJaYy7HVBI/AAAAAAAAJT8/1T69_x9IS7I/s1600/IMG_0341.JPG

It displays as a link on the phone

Grunfeld · September 2016

Grunfeld said:

Imgur has 6 options of code:
Image
Direct
Markdown
HTML
BB
LinkedBB

Doing it the cave man way: trying each using each forum option:

Image
Pasted into text area:
http://imgur.com/3HimoTJ

Pasted using Image URL icon

Direct
Pasted into text area:
http://i.imgur.com/3HimoTJ.gif
Pasted using Image URL icon

Markdown
Pasted into text area:
[guinea pig](http://i.imgur.com/3HimoTJ.gif)
Pasted using Image URL icon

HTML
Pasted into text area:
<a href="http://imgur.com/3HimoTJ"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/3HimoTJ.gif" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
Pasted using Image URL icon

BB
Pasted into text area:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/3HimoTJ.gif[/img]
Pasted using Image URL icon

Linked BB
Pasted into text area:
[url=http://imgur.com/3HimoTJ][img]http://i.imgur.com/3HimoTJ.gif[/img][/url]
Pasted using Image URL icon

clarkefan · September 2016

The only image that appears for me on this Samsung Galaxy is the second one, Direct.

pintspiller · September 2016

Bollocks. can't get imgur to work

paul_c2 · September 2016

Clearly the issue is more complicated than "don't use Photobucket". I'll await something definitive.

andyp · September 2016

I think I've got it working fine. I use the IMG link and delete the [IMG] at each end of the link. I don't know why, but it works. This is for either Photobucket or Imgur.

The ads are why I'm leaving Photobucket.

stickyfiddle · September 2016

i love imgur for browsing its own front and usersub pages, but I've never used it for uploads myself. If it's better for everyone else I'm happy to move over and work out how to make it work on here

Moss · September 2016

Just so ya'll know, I got a virus from clicking on a photobucket link that ended in me spending over an hour clearing my mac

Maybe consider imgur?

FRockStar · September 2016

I've been using Imgur, but only get links showing up..
This is (on Android Samsung) long clicking on image, share direct link, copy to clipboard & paste.. Does it work?
http://i.imgur.com/IkfA6BH.jpg

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