How do I add pictures to my posts?
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Topic: How do I add pictures to my posts?
Posted By: Admin
Subject: How do I add pictures to my posts?
Date Posted: 02 January 2013 at 21:05
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I have tried to add pictures to my posts - could someone tell me how to do this please and what size or resolution works best? ------------- I began this forum as a place to discuss and share ALL cinderella stamps. It is my first forum and is not perfect BUT I will endeavour to make it the best available. Any positive help appreciated! |
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 00:56
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Try this 1. If you already have an online image/photo account skip to 7 (or 3 if it’s a PhotoBucket account), but note the specific URL of each image to be posted on the Forum. 2. Many of us use Photobucket. www.photobucket.com Its free, minimal advertising, and doesn’t require too many personal details. Choose a username and password. Registration is nice and quick. 3. Have your image files ready. Resize them if necessary. Hi-resolution files show details, which may be what you want in some cases, but for simple display purposes too big means too slow when loading. If you are scanning it appears that a 75dpi resolution is good enough to display stamps on a web page. They can be scaled down if needed with a graphics package. I use PaintShopPro to reduce them to a maximum of 600-800 px wide, OR 400-500 px tall. 4. Click Upload in PhotoBucket and select the images in your folders. 5. When that’s done, you can give them titles, tags and descriptions. Try to use ‘cinderellastampsforum’ as a tag. 6. Go to your album and select the first image. You get a little table of links to copy. Use the Direct Link (2nd one down); just click on it and it will say Copied 7. In the Cinderellastamps Forum start writing your post. When you come to the bit where the picture goes click on the plain Tree icon just above the message box (hover over it and it says Insert Image). A box pops up and you can paste the copied URL from PhotoBucket. At any point you can Preview Post to make sure its working okay. 8. For further images in the post go back to 6, and when complete you can Post Reply. 9. Done! ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 01:02
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An alternative to item 7. is to type in the codes needed for the image. If you type [URL] image address [/URL] you end up with a clickable link to the image which should open in a new window. The image is not dispalyed on the Forum If you type [IMG][/IMG] then the picture is displayed. The image address between the tags should be the full internet address eg http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/blah/blah/picture123.jpg And finally ensure the Enable BBCodes to format post box (below the message box) is checked before posting. I think this is the default on this Forum. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: jamesw
Date Posted: 15 July 2013 at 14:45
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Is there a way to upload images directly from my computer, without having to go through a url? thanks
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Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 15 July 2013 at 21:18
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There is a way (and a few members seem to have discovered it) but I have been told that if too many people use it then the allocation purchased from the forum supplier for images will soon be surpassed and either the images will have to be removed, which is a pity as they are then no use for researchers; or the forum owner will have to purchase more space from the suppliers and that will lead to either a subscription or advertising on the forum. A photo-host such as Photobucket is absolutely free to use, it gives you access to free software to enhance or edit your pictures if required, and you have your images saved should you require them again, and if your PC or hard-drive goes down you have a back up.
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 16 July 2013 at 04:18
Totally correct Milkman. James: if you were thinking of keeping them on your own comuter (not sure if that is what you meant) that is the worst scenario for several reasons, mainly seurity and availability. The image hosting sites are generally user friendly. Another alternative is whether your ISP has already provided you with file space on the net. Just FTP the images up to a directory you create there. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
jamesw wrote:Posted By: jamesw
Date Posted: 16 July 2013 at 16:12
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I'm sorry, I don't mean to be a dolt, but I don't fully understand. I know other sites (more than one) can upload images stored on my computer and it's not a problem. When you talk about 'allocation purchased' is that a maximum amount of storage space the site has to use? Excuse my ignorance please, I really don't know. I use computers every day in my graphics work, but I'm no IT guy. I push a button and the thing comes on. I'll certainly use photobucket if necessary, I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. But I'm just trying to understand. Thanks for your patience.
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Posted By: Admin
Date Posted: 16 July 2013 at 22:25
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Hi James, Yes we are limited here.
We have a small allocated area we can use for icons and avatars but if we became a library for everyone's pictures then we would have to worry about issues such as picture sizes, allocations of space to each member, copyright ownership, data protection, censorship, and moral rights and ownership in perpetuity. And we would have to own the server space to archive and back-up everyone's pictures so that if the forum went down and pictures were lost we wouldn't be held responsible. Inevitably there would be costs attached and I don't suppose anyone would want to contribute to those.
Better to have our pictures owned by the people who supplied them - that way they are individually responsible for archiving, making sure they meet copyright regulations, and maintaining the links to their posts.
And Yes, a very few pictures still get loaded up directly to the forum, despite us asking members not to do this and where I can I try to get these reloaded to Photobcuket. Sometimes those pictures will get deleted but only with the member's agreement.
This is a little forum with limited finances, created by enthusiasts for enthusiasts, so if we are going to keep it that way without having lots of banner ads and scrolling Google add-ons it makes sense to keep control of costs wherever possible but I realise (and sympathise) that this comes at the cost of convenience.
------------- I began this forum as a place to discuss and share ALL cinderella stamps. It is my first forum and is not perfect BUT I will endeavour to make it the best available. Any positive help appreciated! |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 16 July 2013 at 22:50
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I am a member of another totally unrelated forum where uploading of photos to the site is the norm; and there are very many of them. However it boasts many many members, perhaps 10,000. And there is a price to pay. At the bottom of each page there are offers to meet ladies from the Balkan countries and further afield. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 17 July 2013 at 20:55
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One pro-Photobucket argument i would add is that my pictures remain mine to do what i want with. If I allow my pictures to be hosted by another company then I would expect to give up any copyright or reproduction rights to those pictures, I am, in effect, giving these to someone else to look after for me. By hosting on Photobucket the filename and tags always remains traceable to me so if a third party, such as a magazine journalist, wants to use one of my pictures or enquire after a higher resolution option, then they can trace my Photobucket name and contact me there.
One tip for users of Photobucket... if you are going to add your pictures specifically to this forum then add a tag to them which says 'cinderellastampsforum.com' and/or 'cinderella' and 'stamps' and this will ensure that any search engine finds your pictures when asked to search for images or cinderella stamps forums. It is also a good idea to tag a description of the stamp, with a date, and your name at the same time.
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Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 14:06
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I have found Photobucket to be extremely tedious to use these days and unless you are willing to pay for their services they seem to be forever trying to sell you something which, in itself, I don't mind but it delays uploading and downloading images. Since I have a Yahoo account I have discovered that I can use Flickr which is ad free and so much simpler to use. As an experiment I have just posted in the Specimen Stamp section. I do note that, as with Photobucket, when using the Insert an Image Icon the http// bit gets duplicated and one has to be removed in order for the image to display.
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Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 01 June 2017 at 01:34
When adding pictures to my posts I just paste the code straight into the text - with a line above and below - and that seems to work fine without needing to use the 'Insert an Image' button. I agree re Photobucket - it seems very temperamental lately! ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 01 June 2017 at 04:59
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I recently had problems with Photobucket. I couldn't log in to the sitr, and images in threads using Photpbucket disn't display. Fixed by disabling the Firefox Ad-blocker add in. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Bas S Warwick
Date Posted: 01 June 2017 at 23:03
| There often seems to be a problem with PB |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 08 July 2017 at 02:02
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It appears that many Photobucket pictures on this forum are no longer accessible. Therefore, I strongly recommend getting a free Yahoo account which then allows you to get a free Flickr imaging account. As I said in an earlier post it is much simpler to use. In order to replace links in our posts we would need to be able to edit our posts.
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 08 July 2017 at 04:19
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The problem centres on Photobucket wanting, nay demanding, that users who provide links to their images on third party sites to upgrade their accounts in order to make such use. The upgrade cost seems to be a modest $2.49pm, but this will mount up month after month, year after year. My main objection to not kowtowing to such bully boy tactics is that it came in without notice. I do see their point of view. They are hosting millions of images, but those viewed on forums like this is that only the owner of the photos is exposed to the adverts. Viewers here see the images ad-free, gratis courtsey of Photobucket - or did until yesterday. Flickr may be an alternative but once PhotoBucket has gone down the slippery slope how long before other image hosting sites follow suit? By not paying up though, most of my images will no longer be visible to forum members. I could host elsewhere but that means copying hundreds of files (I have some but not all on onboard harddrives) and then editing hundreds of links. Not tasks I relish. I not sure of how much personal webspace I have available, and would prefer to reserve that for web pages I publish and manage. Another consideration is whether it is worth me paying $2.49pm so that my images are visible when I get SO LITTLE feedback from members. This year I have had more comments about typos I have made than discussion or appreciation of my posts. I fear that many of the posts I have made are now pointless. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Londonbus1
Date Posted: 08 July 2017 at 04:41
| Where did you get the cost from ? Most are quoting a much higher figure. I suggest a period of waiting because it is rumoured that others are going to follow suit. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 08 July 2017 at 04:55
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The first link I clicked on that site quoted $2.49 but having gone further into the bowels of Photobucket I see the unlimited 3rd party hosting alternative is $39.99pm That is out of the question. Bye Bye Phucket ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 10 July 2017 at 22:25
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The actions taken by Photobucket clearly affect the future of our forum as a whole. It strikes me we have a couple of options: Firstly, we all co-opt to create a hosting service of our own that we all contribute to in some way and via some sort of democratic agreement workout a way to jointly manage that ensures the service remains accessible and available in the long-term. Secondly, we move the forum to some other platform that does not require picture hosting and therefore hand over responsibility for all image management to whoever runs that platform. The first option will require funding, and having had difficulty in getting costs for the current forum set-up covered for the past few years now I would be reluctant to consider paying out even more when there is so little feedback from the forum as it is. I f more people were prepared to post pictures then it would be worth committing to, but as there only seems to be a 'hardcore' of about 10 people here who regularly contribute pictures here I doubt many of those would want to share cost and responsibility when the return is so thin. I think we would all rather spend our money on new stamps. The second option - transferring the forum to Facebook (for example) looks like being the way to go? Any thoughts or feedback? Anyone. Please! ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 10 July 2017 at 23:05
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Facebook looks the way to go though I am a bit wary. It would reauire us to think differently and perhaps change the focus of the Forum. What is annoying is that we are being forced into this. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Londonbus1
Date Posted: 10 July 2017 at 23:07
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What would be an approximate cost to set-up a hosting service ? Facebook is Ok too, I use it a lot and it can be fun but discussions disappear quickly.
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Posted By: Londonbus1
Date Posted: 10 July 2017 at 23:15
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I should add that I find the situation with Cinderella collectors/collecting rather odd and have done for some time. There are Cinderella groups/pages on Facebook but they don't get many responses either and I usually end up trying to initiate the uninitiated on Postage Stamps groups. It is not busy here as everyone can see. Yet there are many Cinderella collectors out there because on any given day there are tons of bidders and buyers on eBay and the like. I cannot win anything and many items go for well over the catalogue or market price. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that Cinderella Collectors are many but don't like to talk !! I am serious, it's been like this for a while. So thinking a bit more, a Facebook transfer might work but we would need to infiltrate the Postage Stamp groups and get them interested. I am doing that slowly and see that some are now collecting both Postage and Non-Postage. I'd better shut up before I am accused of being of being a collector of postage !! Londonbus1......
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Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 11 July 2017 at 04:55
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Here are my thoughts. Firstly, with Photobucket, it would appear that the first 2 GB of storage are still free. My recent Photobucket images are still showing. Secondly, Photobucket is not the only show in town. I've mentioned Flickr and there are many other free alternatives including Imgur, TinyPic, PostImage, IMGHST and Imgbox, to name but a few. Londonbus has suggested that other sites will follow the lead of Photobucket but I very much doubt that they would be anywhere near as audacious with their charges if they were to charge. I would not favour Facebook, it is too timeline based. It would be interesting to know what you currently pay for this forum, perhaps you could message us with this info. As has been suggested elsewhere in the forum at least some of us might be willing to pay a straightforward contribution. I have previously suggested broadening the forum to attract more mainstream stamp collecting interest. So, as Londonbus has also suggested, this may be one way forward. Or, and rather sadly, we migrate, en masse, to another forum!
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Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 11 July 2017 at 06:21
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Some comments to questions asked above... Apart from cost, setting up a hosting service brings other problems - who owns the materials?, who is responsible for any legal consequences of misuse or copyright contravention?, what happens should the forum close? what happens to their pictures when people leave the forum (or die)? The cost of a dedicated picture hosting site could be as littele as $5-10 /month but would rise as the amount of pictures grew. We would have to limit the size of pictures hosted, someone would have to edit pictures to fit. We do not know how many pictures we would accrue, I have no idea how much space our current pictures take up, but I wouldn't want to be in the position of having to limit the number of pictures per thread. The forum costs me about £150 every year in licence and registration fees and maintenance, plus the annual cost to register the website and email contact details. Despite selling anniversary stamps to offset the costs, we have never quite achieved this because the cost of printing and perforating regularly exceed sales. I have persevered with the idea of the stamps because I had hoped membership would increase and sales would improve but while more people have been voting, fewer have been buying. It is very good of members to offer to pay a contribution but creating the structure to be able to do this fairly, gathering contributions and managing where the money goes in a 'proper' manner would be more time-consuming and would require a commitment I couldn't guarantee. I would rather spend my spare time designing stamps. Facebook IS an option but there are lots of stampgroups there already, often dominated by the same few people, lots of duplication of posts between groups pages making them seem the same at a glance. I have joined several over the years but have only one or two have held my interest. Broadening the interests of the forum to include non-cinderellas would just make us the same as other general stamps forums. As a consequence we don't get as many members as general forums - but we have had a couple of places on the forum where non-cinderella interests can be posted but there hasn't been much of a response to these, apart from the same few of us who post everywhere else! I would rather run a smaller forum for people who are really interested in the subject matter, than a thriving mainstream board that is all things to all people. I agree Facebook is too timeline based. Forums are so much better for archive-based information. Facebook is great if you have the attention span of a small insect. For a while we have had the option here to add a link to a Facebook page so that posts can be 'liked' there but I have always thought that takes away from being a discussion forum. Being able to click a 'Like' button just isn't the same as spending time to put some thoughts down. Perhaps the short-term answer is to use other free hosting services as Daniel suggests. Replacing all the links to existing pictures currently on Photobucket just isn't an option for most of us, so do we leave the current 'holes' or attempt to patch them up, only to potentially have the same problem happen again with the next supplier a couple of years further along?. I have checked my Photobucket account btw, and my current use only amounts to 312MB and they still 'blanked' my pictures, so i don't imagine it will be long before they start coming after other smaller users too. I think their problem is that we are using their free facilities to draw attention to our forum - it's not about the volume of pictures stored. It's understandable when they are struggling to attract adevrtising to the Photobucket site and we are to all intents and purposes using their facility to advertise our hobby without them getting any revenue from that service. All Forum and associated fees are paid up until next April/May so no need to make any rash decisions on the future just yet - beyond the need to show pictures here of course - so PLEASE carry on discussing this and let's come up with a solution that suits everyone... Thanks again everyone for your contributions :-) ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 11 July 2017 at 22:25
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Let's not rush into making any sudden decisions here. There must be a solution that suits everyone. Am I right in thinking that Photobucket and our own Forum actually share the same problem? What might have started out as a 'for-free' nice idea has developed into something that is now large enough to require proper funding and a sensible long-term strategy which might include the prospect of asking its members to make a contribution if they want the service (and that is what this forum IS!) to continue? I have been a member here for a while now and a fairly frequent visitor. I have never got round to posting pictures of my stamps (I have never been one for thinking something I collect would be remotely of interest to anyone else) so never had to deal with picture hosting. I have never put pictures on any forum. However I am sure if the system were made easier I would give it a try. You only have to look at the number of requests for information on how to get scans onto the forum to realise that it is a problem for many of us older members who haven't grown up with internet, computers, scanners ect. So lets see what can be done before going to Facebook or elsewhere, which might be a step too far away for many of us. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 12 July 2017 at 01:38
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I am not trying to be argumentative but I cannot see what age has to do with using a computer/lapto/mobile device. I am both a pensioner and work in IT as system manager and superuser for a number of health care systems. For me it is the twenty-somethings who are clueless. I get asked to copy files from an attachment to a rive and run macros to load an array of parameters by a science graduate who has full instructions with screenshots. We oldies have had the benefits of years of Windows versions and running progranms from typing a command line in MSDOS. What fun I had explnoring Unix! Oh! And I put together my own PC system. These days it's probably simpler than Meccano or Ikea furniture. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: milkman
Date Posted: 12 July 2017 at 04:33
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I was only trying to flag up the number of requests there have been about putting pictures on the forum (and many of these have mentioned a lack of knowledge or ease with computer systems) reflected by the fact we are all posting these messages in a thread dreamt up as an FAQ to address this need. I don't want to be argumentative either, but perhaps that FAQ response needed to be written by someone who was not capable of exploring Unix coding or running parameters for macros to a rive (whatever that is?) so that those non-technical members could understand it and put it to use. It doesn't appear to have been a great success as evidenced by so few people posting their pictures here since. I agree many of us did grow up with MS-DOS and have watched the digital world become increasingly idiot-proof since, but that doesn't apply to everyone. Many of the members here and in my PhilSoc are in their 80s and 90s and couldn't give a toss about learning how to use a smartphone any more than they would want to build IKEA furniture. We need a forum where members can throw pictures up on screen as quickly and as easily as clicking the 'add' button to their Facebook posts or Twitter feed. Is that impossible? Is there an App for that, as we used to say in the olden days? |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 12 July 2017 at 04:42
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What I do not want is some young fellow, who thinks taking a selfie and posting on Facebook as the acme of the technological revolution, patronising me because because that are responding to comment like yours. Both old and young have issues using computers etc in equal measure. I wrote that FAQ because nobody else could be bothered. I thought it made sense, used simple words and proceeded logically stepwise. No-onr has said they couldn't follow it, so I assumed it was okay. Perhaps I should not waste my time in future, and leave it to you to recruit someone capable of communicating better. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 12 July 2017 at 23:48
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Posted By: Perky
Date Posted: 14 July 2017 at 01:00
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Looking good! Nice collection
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Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 14 July 2017 at 05:08
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I've only just noticed I'm wearing that same shirt and jumper today... how sad is that!?!
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Posted By: tomiseksj
Date Posted: 21 July 2017 at 02:31
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Putting aside the discussion of an image host, is it possible to allow the editing of posts so that images hosted on Photobucket can be replaced? I'm in the process of replacing hundreds of images on a forum that I moderate. I would like the opportunity to replace my image links on this forum that are being held captive by Photobucket as I am not going to pay their US$399 per year ransom. ------------- Steve Tomisek APS#130102, SRS#1570, ATTS |
Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 22 July 2017 at 00:20
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Yes, I need to transfer all my photos from Nastybucket to Imgur.com Can editing be re-introduced, please? |
Posted By: Admin
Date Posted: 23 July 2017 at 04:36
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Thanks Bruce for flagging this up. Unfortunately our Forum software provider only allows for up to two weeks of editing for posts or pictures. This also applies to Moderators access here. I have altered the settings to 2 weeks but appreciate this is not going to help at all. All best Colin ------------- I began this forum as a place to discuss and share ALL cinderella stamps. It is my first forum and is not perfect BUT I will endeavour to make it the best available. Any positive help appreciated! |
Posted By: Pabayman
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 02:47
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Hi I hqave tried to upload photos but they are not accepted. Is using Photobucket the answer?? Thanks ------------- Jeff (Pabayman) |
Posted By: tomiseksj
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 02:57
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Photobucket is only the answer if you intend to pay its US$399/year ransom to enable 3d party hosting. If your website is capable of hosting images then linking by URL from that site is probably your best option. After having been burned twice, first by Imageshack and then Photobucket, I acquired my own website to host images. Here is an image linked from your website:  Here is how I inserted the image:  ------------- Steve Tomisek APS#130102, SRS#1570, ATTS |
Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 03:43
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Great image Steve! Another good solution is to use imgur. http://www.imgur.com   |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 08:54
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Personally I do not think any image hosting site is safe to use any longer. I feel there has been a distinct but subtle change across the internet recently. Making money from it is no longer as it used to be with too much competition. Larger concerns like Google are rolling up their acquisitions into single portals. They closed Panoramio and no longer support Picasa development. Instead they want us to used Google Pictures, which to me is a mess with no clear picture of purpose or use. Smaller concerns are feeling the pinch with more competition and they can no longer get by on ad-clicks. Hence PhotoBucket. The cat is out of the bag. Look for freeware these days. There is less and less. 30 day restricted use applications are in the majority. Forums are dying a slow death. I see this elsewhere. The number of posts decrease each month. Forums replaced things like Yahoo Groups, and now social media is where many hang out. These are more device friendly, allowing you to read posts on a phone or pad. You need to turn a phone around, expand the text and move it about to read a forum post on a phone. Facebook and Twitter though are much safer bets. They have billions of users. Commercial interests pay to have their posts promoted, and users will follow them. As a business model they have it all. It is in their interest not to charge general users as it is a case of the more the merrier for companies who are paying. It is easy (and reasonably cheap) to attract new followers. Posting images is the simplest yet. Facebook has some nice features as well as irritating ones, but those can be overcome. But these work quite differently to a forum. They require people to think and work differently. My only concern is with all the posts, pictures and vids just how many servers will they need in 5 years time. Meanwhile I won't be using 3rd party image hosting sites. Now Photobucket has taken the lead watch for a domino effect. I shall be using my own web space offered by my ISP, but it does mean FTPing files across. Repairing the damage done by Photobucket for me is a task too far. I feel we need a fresh start and have a clear idea where that should be. Steve ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: tomiseksj
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 10:18
Twice burned (first Imageshack, then Photobucket), I recently acquired an image host and thus far have replaced over 4,500 blocked Photobucket images. Sadly, the end is not yet in sight. On a positive note, moving forward I have the peace of mind of knowing that I am in control of my images. ------------- Steve Tomisek APS#130102, SRS#1570, ATTS |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 10:32
I would like to resurrectsome threads but have a full intray of other stuff. Even deciding which threads are most important is fraught. Do I concentrate on my favourites or those I think are more popular with members? ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Pabayman
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 21:46
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Hi Steve, Its not often you meet a genius!!!! Thanks so much for that information, I'll check it out and see if it works for me, I can see no reason why not!! Will keep in touch with you. Who runs the Forum, where is it based and how do you get in touch with the administrators ? Best regards and many thanks for your efforts and information. Best Regards ------------- Jeff (Pabayman) |
Posted By: Pabayman
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 21:55
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Hi Steve Tahnks for your very informative reply, very useful. I have other members alsi saying that I should be able to transfer pictures from my web site and wil be testing that later today. Keep in youch. Best regards ------------- Jeff (Pabayman) |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 01 August 2017 at 22:10
Pabayman its not so much as a transfer from your web site but providing the location of the image. If you have all images on an existing web site you are halfway there already ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 21 November 2017 at 11:57
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Well, I, for one, have decided not to give up. I have found using Flickr a very easy process and so much more simple than Photobucket. I scan images into my computer using Windows Fax and Scan and find it better to select documents rather than photos. I then go to my Flickr account and select Upload (a cloud image with an arrow inside). Clicking on 'Choose photos and videos to upload' brings up my Desktop and I then click on 'Scanned Documents' and up come my scans. I can then drag and drop these scans to Flickr (it is best to do just a few at a time) and then press 'upload 1 (or 2 or 3) photo(s)' and confirm upload on the pop-up window and lo and behold it is in my Flickr account ready to download to the forum. I do this by using 'Quick Reply' on this forum (for an existing topic) and start writing the post. When I need to add an image I go back to my Flickr account, click on the image and then click on the 'Share Photo' symbol. Up pops a BBCode which I copy and paste into the post that I am writing. Pressing 'Post Reply' results in a forum post with image(s). Once you've gone through the routine a few times it really is very simple. Good Luck and Good Posting. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 25 November 2017 at 12:26
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I have not given up through lack of interest. I am just really hacked off by the actions of Photobucket. I put a lot more effort into this Forum than anybody else. Replacing all my posts or editing existing ones would just occupy too much of my precious time. Apart from finding all the origunal images and loading into Flickr, however easy that may be, I just don't want togo over the same process again. And do Flickr guarentee that they won't go down the same route that Photobucket did, Remember these hosting sites are there to make money. Pure and simple as that. I have my own webspace that I could use but just do not have the time to re[air the damage done. I had hoped that a more radical approach to the Forum would be forthcoming, but that seems an increasingly distant possibility. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 26 November 2017 at 01:28
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I haven't tried flickr, but I am now hosting all my images on imgur: http://www.imgur.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.imgur.com/ They let you host for free, as long as it is only for sites like this (informational, reference, etc.) If you use images to make money (such as putting them on Ebay etc), they will close your account promptly! So use a different image library for your sales stuff. While I fully sympathise with Steve, what gets me most cheesed off is that we cannot re-edit the old posts, and REPLACE the evil photobucket non-events with new imgur pics. I just cannot comprehend why this is not possible! The Australian forum Stampboards (which was almost ruined by the photobucket crisis), allows any members who are keen, to have edit privileges on all old threads to re-populate the old images. When you have them all done, you tell the moderators, and they restore the thread to "normal" non-editable-ness. Easy apparently! Have a look: http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=77850" rel="nofollow - http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=77850 |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 27 November 2017 at 22:07
imgur may have that usage policy today but like flickr they could change it tomorrow, just like photobucket did, with barely a word of warning. I will only settle for a platform where the source of income is guaranteed from elsewhere and free image hosting is essential to their business model. Been bitten once. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Carole
Date Posted: 13 February 2018 at 11:15
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Just tried postimage to replace my avatar which I had not noticed had vanished (haven't been on here for a while) managed to upload image to hosting site but failed to get it to load to the board all of the links showed as broken For thos who still have your avatars intact who is hosting them it may be that I'm just being dim one up there one the system supplies |
Posted By: Keith
Date Posted: 16 February 2018 at 04:31
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Carole. Your avatar looks OK to me but you can just upload images from your pc by going to the edit your profile function. Just under your avatoar image box there is a blue linbk with words like upload avatar. Click on that and it takes you to a pretty standard "upload an image" function. Hope this helps. Keith |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 18 February 2018 at 05:05
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I am trying Flickr and can see no way to obtain a photo URL in order to link it to a post here. The Help page tells us to go the Actions, but fails to tell us where to find Actions. Quite a few complaints about this on the help forum. Can someone do a step by step guide for Flickr please ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 18 February 2018 at 05:37
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Just noticed this comment on Flickr help forum "Beware using the direct URL of the .jpg file, if you're trying to display images on another website. Flickr has strict rules about linking back to the photopage when you display a Flickr-hosted image on another site." I wonder what those rules are. https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/72157625903552736/?search=url" rel="nofollow - link ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 18 February 2018 at 10:34
The guidelines can found at the bottom of the Flickr website and are straightforward. They ask that you provide a link back to Flickr when posting images (but this is done automatically). There are more rules if you post on Commercial sites. So, don't worry about them. |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 18 February 2018 at 10:59
See my post above on page 8. To summarise on this particular point: 1) If you have uploaded an image to your Flickr account, you simply click on the image 2) You will then see 4 symbols on the lower right 3) Click oh the second one, the shooting arrow, up pops a 'Share 1 Photo to:' box with a highlighted BB Code 4) Copy that highlighted BB Code and paste directly into your post 5) Post your post Job done.
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 18 February 2018 at 11:17
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If you click on the image in Camera Roll in Flickr all that happens is that it is selected (but no clue what you can do with them having done so). You have to create an Album and move the image into that first; then click on it. From the help forum it seems Flickr keep updating how this is done. I found that I could do it from Camera Roll. Click on the top left of the thumbnail (two opposite diagonal arrows overlay this area). The larger image pops up and a right click offers a Copy Image Location option. Two different ways, neither clearly exaplained. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 18 February 2018 at 11:18
We'll see. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 18 February 2018 at 11:25
I view my images under 'Photostream', you can then follow the step-by-step instructions that I gave above.
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Posted By: Carole
Date Posted: 19 February 2018 at 07:48
My computer did not
want to play ball the other night. |
Posted By: Carole
Date Posted: 19 February 2018 at 08:00
It worked this time. Thanks for the reminder on how to do it |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 22 April 2018 at 21:22
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Interesting information. The emphasis is mine We’re excited to announce that Flickr has agreed to be acquired by SmugMug, the photography platform dedicated to visual storytellers. SmugMug has a long history of empowering people who love photography and who want to improve their craft, making them a perfect fit for Flickr and our creative community. With SmugMug, we’ll continue to focus on you, the Flickr members who inspire us all with your work. Nothing will change immediately with regard to your Flickr account. You will still access Flickr with your current login credentials and you will have the same Flickr experience as you do now. We will continue to work to make your Flickr experience even better. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 22 April 2018 at 22:25
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Sounds ominous, but I suppose no-one goes into business without wanting to make a profit. ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 13 June 2018 at 12:37
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I don't know if anyone else has noticed but Photobucket has restored all of its images. See this article from The Denver Post: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/17/photobucket-image-hosting-plans/" rel="nofollow - https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/17/photobucket-image-hosting-plans/
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Posted By: Bas S Warwick
Date Posted: 13 June 2018 at 13:07
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Having spent days and days replacing images on various forums I wouldn't use Photobucket again even if it was free for eternity. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 17 June 2018 at 20:48
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A true sign of contrition would be for the bucket to apply charges for new links and to restore the old ones forfree ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: tomiseksj
Date Posted: 20 June 2018 at 12:43
From the "new management team" at Photobucket: "For a limited time, our current customers’ hosted images have been restored and Photobucket is introducing a new pricing plan that is built around Undetermined is exactly how long those hosted images will remain restored. ------------- Steve Tomisek APS#130102, SRS#1570, ATTS |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 14 November 2018 at 12:01
So, SmugMug has decided that for up to 1,000 images the account will remain free but for over this number you will have to go Pro and pay for the account. This is based on, apparently, the fact that 97% of free Flickr accounts have less than 1,000 images. I have used about 300 so far, so I will continue with Flickr for now.
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 15 November 2018 at 01:39
I have noticed that the bucket has backed down and my images are appearing again. For how long? Has the Flickr decision influenced bucket, or the other way around? I shall continue to do my own thing for now. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |