I already use one of those "anonymous" photo sharing sites, but I have no confidence that it won't be taken down tomorrow. Plus it's just an added step that's annoying.
I’m not interested in signing up to a photo hosting site ..nah …or even looking at one …so I can post photos
Can someone recommend some good hosting sites? I had Photobucket for years but haven't used it in a long time. I had the paid for one when they started charging but it didn't have all the good stuff that the original had so I stopped paying for it. Are they still functioning?
I like Imgur, where we store and copy our photos, A picture of our spoiled hen Lucile we took with our old camera from Imgur.
"What changed" is that the computer [server] the forum is on is mis-evaluating the size of the pics we are trying to save when we Upload. Forum Hosting Servers are no different than our personal computers in that goofy things happen with them. Remember all those Out of Resources error messages we were getting? Once you got past them, the site looked the same. We're in the same spot with the Upload issue that we were with the Out of Resources issue and that we are all in when something goes wrong with our personal computers...the computer owner has to fix it. Sadly, someone else owns the hosting servers...and they are an unresponsive landlord.
I've been using Imgur.com because it's free, you don't have to sign up for an account, and they claim that they never delete photos (although they could change at any time, just as Photobucket did.) Imgur also has a function where you can save photos from other websites by using the photo's URL. For now, I use that function rather than link website photos directly to here when I think the photo on the original site might not be there for long (EBay auctions and stuff like that.) Before the Upload function stopped working, I would save the "At Risk" photos to my hard drive and then Upload them. It's the uncertainty of the permanence of website photos and hosting services that causes Ken to want members to Upload as the primary way of posting photos...that way, this forum is in control of them, because the files are saved on our servers. I Upload most of my posted photos, but since we've had the Upload problem, I've been using Imgur. The risk is that hosting services are a single point of failure. If something happens with Imgur, nearly all of the photos I've posted since the Upload issue began are gonna be replaced with {IMG}.
You don't know the half of it.she was injured a couple years ago,so the other hens picked on her. She realized we would chase them away protecting her, she would run up to us and we would hold her or pet her. She had to have her own private pen,' 15'x10'. She is next to the others so she isn't lonely. As I said, we use Imgur and it loads fine, so far no charge, although I'm sure sooner or later there will be a charge. Our camera is old so pic's aren't that clear.
I am still trying to change avatar- again. I do not like not being able to change when I want to. IS this going to last forever?