| Pages:
1
2
3 |
joerover
Banned
Posts: 676
Registered: 2-3-2011
Location: earth
Member Is Offline
Mood: sleepy
|
|
boycot photobucket
Years ago I got the idea from one nomad or another to use photobucket as a host for posting photos in forums.
Now photbucket is asking me for $39.95 a month. 0% chance i will pay to post pictures in a post. They have the most popups and rudest adds.
What is the new way to host photos and post them in your posts?
[Edited on 7-14-2017 by joerover]
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by BajaNomad]
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
|
|
|
BajaBlanca
Select Nomad
Posts: 13165
Registered: 10-28-2008
Location: La Bocana, BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
I am now using a free online photo resizer. Once down sized, I save it to my laptop and then browse and paste to bajanomad.
http://picresize.com/
[Edited on 7-14-2017 by BajaBlanca]
|
|
|
chuckie
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
Member Is Offline
Mood: Weary
|
|
That's a laugh..They have all your stuff, and you are going to boycott them....Give it up and move on..
|
|
|
AKgringo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5805
Registered: 9-20-2014
Location: Anchorage, AK (no mas!)
Member Is Offline
Mood: Retireded
|
|
I noticed that on other threads, the avatar photo has been replaced by the same notice to upgrade the account.
What it does then, is cause the author column to take up about a third of the normal sized display. Time to delete the avatar, or upgrade.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
|
|
|
TMW
Select Nomad
Posts: 10659
Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
I have all my pictures on my cameras chip as well as on my PC and a flash drive. I can drop photobucket anytime.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64476
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Quote: Originally posted by TMW  |
I have all my pictures on my cameras chip as well as on my PC and a flash drive. I can drop photobucket anytime. |
Exactly, people don't use Photobucket to safely store photos (do they?)! It is more of a hosting site for you to easily share photos with others, and
edit them, etc. All my photos are on my PC and most are saved to a portable hard drive if my PC crashes. I share my maps and photos on other forums
too and with Photobucket resizing them to 800 pixels and keeping the file space on their site (so no worry about Nomad's 250 kb limit), it was a
win-win.
In any case, anything can vanish... and between Flickr, Imgur, and whatever else is out there, we will get by. It will be a bummer to have all the
trip reports lose the photos and maps, however. Nothing lasts forever, someone says.
|
|
|
willardguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6451
Registered: 9-19-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
Which is hopefully off-site? Religious backups don't do much good when a home fire or other disaster destroys everything in your house.
Current portable drives are small enough to fit into a bank safe deposit box.  |
google photos......every photo backed up automatically for free!
|
|
|
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9215
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by TMW |
I have all my pictures on my cameras chip as well as on my PC and a flash drive. I can drop photobucket anytime. |
You should be using something like Google Photo's. It backs them up automatically anytime you are on Wi-Fi.
The organizational and sharing features are top shelf. Sorting by facial recognition, super fast and efficient album creation, built in photo
editor, etc.
Best photo/video hosting service by a mile.
Also, pops up Rediscover the Day messages periodically linking to old albums, which is really, really cool. Couldn't imagine why ppl aren't using it.
I still use PB to host to 3rd party sites. Google Photos let's you upload direct from there to PB.
Example of Rediscover the Day:
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by JZ]
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by JZ]
|
|
|
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9215
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
Which is hopefully off-site? Religious backups don't do much good when a home fire or other disaster destroys everything in your house.
Current portable drives are small enough to fit into a bank safe deposit box. |
-
Google Photos bro. You can access 50+ years worth of photos on your phone in seconds. Remember a thanksgiving memory from 1974, pull it up in
seconds.
Apple has it too, but Google is better.
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by JZ]
|
|
|
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9215
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
No thanks.
I have watched Google closely from their outset. I admire the company-- a lot-- both for their technology and business model.
But I have no illusions that they are my friend. |
Smh at how stubborn and resistant to tech some ppl are. Big mistake.
|
|
|
DanO
Super Nomad
Posts: 1923
Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: Not far from the Pacific
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | | Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
Which is hopefully off-site? Religious backups don't do much good when a home fire or other disaster destroys everything in your house.
Current portable drives are small enough to fit into a bank safe deposit box. |
-
Google Photos bro. You can access 50+ years worth of photos on your phone in seconds. Remember a thanksgiving memory from 1974, pull it up in
seconds.
Apple has it too, but Google is better.
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by JZ] |
Totally agree. You can access your photos instantly on your phone, tablet or computer. Synchs automatically.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
|
|
|
Marc
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2742
Registered: 5-15-2010
Location: San Francisco & Palm Springs
Member Is Offline
Mood: Waiting
|
|
I post this image right of my desk top. You may see that I no longer have an avatar.
Campo Naranjo April 2017
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by Marc]
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by Marc]
|
|
|
Bubba
Senior Nomad
Posts: 957
Registered: 2-17-2009
Location: Pismo Beach, Ca.
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by joerover |
Years ago I got the idea from one nomad or another to use photobucket as a host for posting photos in forums.
Now photbucket is asking me for $39.95 a month. 0% chance i will pay to post pictures in a post. They have the most popups and rudest adds.
What is the new way to host photos and post them in your posts?
Here's an idea, ask for a refund, bwahahaha! I'm sure you have "used" photo bucket for yrs and haven't paid a dime, correct? Disclaimer, a very close
friend owns photo bucket and has for yrs, 15-16? He lost money and struggled for a very long time. Please don't bash the site in a public forum just
because you want to continue and ride a free gravy train. Thanks!
[Edited on 7-14-2017 by joerover]
[Edited on 7-15-2017 by BajaNomad] |
Making America Great Again
|
|
|
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9215
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
Google Photos Test, 4 attempts:
NOPE... none of the image links Google provides wants to open here.
Any help from you Google users would be welcomed. |
It's for photo backup of your entire album, not 3rd partying hosting to sites.
It is literally 100x better at photo backup, organization, albums, etc. than FB.
For 3rd party hosting to boards, it allows you to directly upload to FB.
For someone that likes to pull up old photos fast, it's crazy that you don't have a Google Photos account with all your stuff.
|
|
|
SFandH
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6924
Registered: 8-5-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by David K | I am looking for photo hosting so my saved images can be shared, enjoyed, utilized by others who see them on forums.
|
Apparently, photo hosting sites are not interested in acting as content servers for other websites, for free.
You could use vivabaja.com to store photos you want to display on message boards.
From your server by linking to the photo:
[Edited on 7-16-2017 by SFandH]
|
|
|
TMW
Select Nomad
Posts: 10659
Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
I have an odd thing happening with photobucket. When I try to choose a picture or image from my document file on my pc thru photobucket the document
file only shows the 25 folder files I have not the single files, if that makes sense. If I type the single file name it will come up most of the time
but not always.
I think it is a windows 10 thing. I don't have that problem with either of my laptops which are windows 7. Did I tell you I hate windows 10 for many
reasons.
|
|
|
del mar
Banned
Posts: 1057
Registered: 7-23-2016
Location: the cantina of course
Member Is Offline
Mood: lil' fuzzy
|
|
no mas ventanas....chromebook! 
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64476
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by lencho | | Quote: Originally posted by David K | | My website is only modified by my web manager, who speaks html. He fears I could mess up the page, so I do not dare add to it. I wish it was as easy
as using it to store photos. |
"Web manager"? 
It is as easy: If he's worried about you messing up "your" site, have him create a dedicated directory for your photos apart from the
other site content, and only permit you access to that directory (and any subdirectories thereof).
Assuming you're already paying for the hosting on that server and have adequate space and bandwidth allowances, it's silly not to use it for this
purpose. 
Edit: typo
[Edited on 7-16-2017 by lencho] |
I will send him your message. Thanks.
|
|
|
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9215
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
You need to fire them asap. I've looked through your sites and they are 90's format. You can redo them yourself in an afternoon using Squarespace
and have a nice modern, clean look.
|
|
|
chippy
Super Nomad
Posts: 1695
Registered: 2-2-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
google photos test.
No worky ? Help JZ!
How do I get the photo not a link to show here?
[Edited on 7-16-2017 by chippy]
[Edited on 7-16-2017 by chippy]
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2
3 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
