:veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry: photobucket
If you use like me Photobucket to store your photo's and use Photobucket to link photo's into topics you will get a problem as PB doesn't support 3rd party linking any more.
so apologies, any photo's I have posted over the last years are No longer visible. I will upload all photo;s to flick but will not be able to restore all links, sorry for this..
I will close down my PB account on a short notice as I feel that what they have done is not within my personal comfort zone.
They started to brass me off a few years ago so I switched to 'Dropbox' but they limit you to 2GB space
Wonderful terms and conditions at Photobucket including this little beauty:
Photobucket reserves the right to terminate your Membership at any time (even if you've paid a monthly or annual subscription), without warning for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation and without liability.
Nice people. :no:
Hi Maurits
What a coincidence - I was looking through the Horseley Fields thread earlier to see if I could find that image of the steel terminal that someone was after and noticed your pics were no longer visible. I assumed you'd migrated to a different provider and hadn't got around to de/re-linking.
This reminds me of the fotopic fiasco of a few years ago. What is it with photo hosting sites?
Cheers
Ben A.
Yes, just found out about this through another (non-railway) forum. The forum had it's own Photobucket account that all of the members had access to (it's a very small forum with less than 20 regularly active members) so all the pictures were stored there.
Now suddenly they want £300+ for the level of account you need to use 3rd party linking. Oh, and until you pay, you can't download your own pictures to move them elsewhere!!!
I have only ever used them specifically to post to forums. they have got really bad lately, almost unuseable due to the amount of spam that pops up on their page.
I will be deactivating my account as it is now pointless.
Matt
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x103/mattycoops43/class472.jpg) (http://s186.photobucket.com/user/mattycoops43/media/class472.jpg.html)
Seems to be working? I have never paid them a penny. Still a rubbish site though.
Hm.....
Anyone taking bets that 'cloud' storage will be next?
Izzy
I have up on Photobucket years ago when they lost all the photos I had with them when I changed my email address.
Luckily none were important or not stored elsewhere, and I now do not use remote storage or Clouds but simply keep my own files at home on my devices, and fully backed up.
Clouds. Ephemeral things. Here one minute. Gone the next.
Well I'd certainly never rely on any sort of hosting site or cloud as the repository for the only copy of stuff. I have a network drive for all our media, which gets backed up regularly and the backup stored away from the house.
I only iused photobucket to post on here so it's no great loss.
I certainly will not be held to sansom by them so all of my photos have now disappeared from the forum. So be it.
If I want to add a photo now, what should I do now please?
Quote from: port perran on July 02, 2017, 09:02:01 PM
If I want to add a photo now, what should I do now please?
Use a different photo hosting site, host it on your own web pages (I do that for a few things for other sites) or upload it to this forum using the "Add image to post and upload to gallery" link right above the text window where I'm typing this reply, and add as a random photo. That's what I do for all the photos I've posted on this forum so far.
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/5885-020717211643.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=53099)
Quote from: port perran on July 02, 2017, 09:02:01 PM
I only iused photobucket to post on here so it's no great loss.
I certainly will not be held to sansom by them so all of my photos have now disappeared from the forum. So be it.
If I want to add a photo now, what should I do now please?
All the personal photos I post on here come directly from my iPad photo facility. I just click on 'Add image to post and upload to gallery' found just above the box I am currently typing this reply in, and put a name for it, assign it to Random Photos, and then select it from my Photo app and thus insert it in the post.
I assume you can do the same from a PC or other tablet.
Just as Nick has said as I was typing this! :D
This is good news. I hate PB and have been meaning to change for ages but this will force me to. What are other's doing for hosting? Might give Flickr another go, although I recall it not being good for video. I've just tried embedding a video from Flickr, which gives me a still only. Is there a way of embedding the actual video?
Specifically for vids I use Dropbox, which allows you 2GB free hosting. Stills I either hold on my laptop or an external drive and load them up to the forum as and when necessary.
Thanks for the link Only Me.
I'll sign up straight away for the 500Gb plan.
Then I'll go and set fire to some more excess money. :D
I'm sure someone somewhere will think it a worthwhile service they are peddling, but for some reason I have a song in my head:
"I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all..."
- and I don't want to. :no:
There is no cloud: It is just someone else's computer somewhere else. ;)
I see this is now a BBC News article.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668)
So it's screwed up people's amazon and eBay listings, lots of forums and all sorts of stuff. Er... I think Photobucket is not long for this world if they don't reverse this, quite frankly it's a PR disaster.
I don't use PB or any other photo hosting site, never have done. Youtube and Facebook have a few of my vids and photos, but nothing for which I don't have a master copy at home.
Quote from: escafeld on July 04, 2017, 07:52:19 PM
Quote from: ntpntpntp on July 04, 2017, 04:33:19 PM
Er... I think Photobucket is not long for this world if they don't reverse this, quite frankly it's a PR disaster.
But they may not have been around much longer if they didn't change there policy. For free accounts they rely on advertising revenue, if that doesn't cover the costs then the service wouldn't exist. If free users are mainly using the service for image linking then no adverts will be displayed and Photobucket will get no revenue but will incur the costs of hosting.
From a PR perspective they could have handled it much better and not just tell there free users that the t&c's are changing without specifically stating this change was going to happen
Hi all,
I had a Photobucket account - until last night when I removed all the photos and deleted the account.
Why?
I have been asking questions since the first time that Photobucket notified me that I would need to change the account type and pay them for hosting my photos.
The response I got worried me as they said I was using Photobucket as a hosting point for photos used in websites and forum.
As far as I am aware, this has never been the case. Checking back shows that I have only ever used the link method to my photos.
They disputed this and hence my decision to delete my account with them.
At no point have I had a straight answer to my questions and challenges.
My own thoughts are that they saw I was at the limit for Free Storage and decided to try and make me pay them.
Thanks
Thanks
Quote from: ntpntpntp on July 02, 2017, 09:17:12 PM
Quote from: port perran on July 02, 2017, 09:02:01 PM
If I want to add a photo now, what should I do now please?
Use a different photo hosting site, host it on your own web pages (I do that for a few things for other sites) or upload it to this forum using the "Add image to post and upload to gallery" link right above the text window where I'm typing this reply, and add as a random photo. That's what I do for all the photos I've posted on this forum so far.
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/5885-020717211643.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=53099)
Sorry to be thick about this but I follow what you are saying. Only problem is ......where does the photograph go?
Apparently not into a post unless I'm doing something wrong?
Ive done everything as you have but when I press the add picture button it tells me I have made an error
Yes Ive done that but the picture does not appear in the post.
Yes, I tried this out the other day. It works fine, you just need to add the info as stated.
Quote from: port perran on July 10, 2017, 09:09:11 PM
....where does the photograph go?
Apparently not into a post unless I'm doing something wrong?
Ive done everything as you have but when I press the add picture button it tells me I have made an error
What error do you get?
When I use this method, the result is a url tag containing an img tag is added to the text box with the link to the photo you've just added. If you preview your post you get to see the photo.
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/5885-100717212102.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action-gallery;sa=view&id=53249)
Anyone use western digital mycloud. It is a physical device you buy that is connected to the internet. I have used the private section but there is a public folder I will experiment with when I get the time, basically it is a 2 to 4 tera byte NAS drive accessible from anywhere
Will this work ?
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/230-110717084057.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=53254)
Yes indeedy !
In my old age the problem was that I was trying to do this from an ipad. It seems I must revert to my old slow laptop.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the picture and thanks to those who helped sort this out.
Glad you managed to post a photo PP, though I have no difficulties using my iPad to do so here (it's the only device I use for the Forum) so it's not an old age problem. :D
Maybe someone more savvy than me on the Settings front might be able to shed some light.
Nice pic BTW. :thumbsup:
Quote from: daffy on July 11, 2017, 08:59:24 AM
Glad you managed to post a photo PP, though I have no difficulties using my iPad to do so here (it's the only device I use for the Forum) so it's not an old age problem. :D
Maybe someone more savvy than me on the Settings front might be able to shed some light.
Nice pic BTW. :thumbsup:
Ah thanks Daffy. Works fine from the laptop but I cannot get it to work via the ipad.
Any ideas anyone?
Glad you like the photo. It's a test train at Redruth(travelling to Penzance and return from London) a couple of weeks ago.
A fine looking machine.
Just done this from my ipad:
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/4156-110717111003.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=53260)
This has been uploaded to my user gallery, but otherwise, apart from selecting the picture from the camera roll, there wasn't much to do.
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/230-110717112428.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=53261)
Just managed this (nothing to do with railways) from my iphone so there must be a settings issue on my ipad which I'll check out.
Thanks for all the help
This now seems to work ok.
Thank you.
Sorry for messing about with random photos!
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/230-110717123358.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=53265)
Good news PP. Glad it's sorted. :thumbsup:
Now, about these random photos :hmmm: - I think it is against Forum Rule #57a to post pretty landscapes or seascapes without full location details. ;)
Looking forward now to seeing future pics of your excellent layouts. :)
Quote from: daffy on July 11, 2017, 01:15:57 PM
Good news PP. Glad it's sorted. :thumbsup:
Now, about these random photos :hmmm: - I think it is against Forum Rule #57a to post pretty landscapes or seascapes without full location details. ;)
Looking forward now to seeing future pics of your excellent layouts. :)
Ha Ha.
Well, the camper is our own 72 VW Westfallia at the historic vehicle gathering at Powderham Castle near Exeter on Sat and Sunday.
The view is looking West from Charlestown towards the Roseland Peninsula last week in the hot sun.
The 800 is on a test run from North Pole Jct to Penzance two weeks ago. Taken at Redruth station. A mighty fine beast.
So what are the free alternatives? I am thinking of generally rather than just uploading photos here. Whilst welcome, I doubt Tank would appreciate me uploading non-railway related photos for me to link to other sites. ;)
Drop Box and Flikr both seem to charge if you want to link. Nothing like the extortionate amount Photobucket are demanding but not an expense I wish to foot for something that is just a hobby.
Quote from: Ben A on June 30, 2017, 03:31:10 PM
This reminds me of the fotopic fiasco of a few years ago. What is it with photo hosting sites?
Sooner or later they discover that the advertising revenue from free users does not cover their running costs. Users who link their photos to a site like this do not pop up adverts and hence generate no revenue. Hosting is low return but linking is zero return.
Sadly even on the internet, there is no such thing as a free lunch. :(
Quote from: Karhedron on July 12, 2017, 03:42:13 PM
So what are the free alternatives? I am thinking of generally rather than just uploading photos here.
Do you get any free web space with your ISP?
I use my PlusNet space for stuff that doesn't get uploaded to a specific forum. I've never bothered to check if there are any fancy hosting tools, I just upload using FTP and link directly to the file.
[edit]Actually, looking at my account I only get a paltry 100Mb, and that's only because I've had the same old package for several years. Current home broadband packages don't include any web space.[/edit]
(https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B9CY_5EekIosQ2ExOE5YQ3o5Y2s)
This is a test shot of Paddington station pilot Pannier 8763. Can everyone see this?
I see it fine :thumbsup:
And me- :claphappy:
And now to repair umpteen broken links... :doh:
Quote from: Karhedron on July 12, 2017, 10:34:16 PM
And now to repair umpteen broken links... :doh:
Same here! ☹
Quote from: Karhedron on July 12, 2017, 03:42:13 PM
So what are the free alternatives?
Drop Box and Flikr both seem to charge if you want to link.
I use Flickr (though I pay something like £20/yr) but you can use it for free and hotlink provided you include a link back to the Flickr page - see their Community Guidelines:
"Flickr makes it possible to post content hosted on Flickr to other web sites. Pages on other web sites that display content hosted on flickr.com must provide a link from each photo or video back to its page on Flickr. "
Cheers, Mike
Quote from: RichardBattersby on July 13, 2017, 04:56:42 PM
Quote from: Karhedron on July 12, 2017, 10:34:16 PM
And now to repair umpteen broken links... :doh:
Same here! ☹
For some reason I'm not having any issues
(yet!) in fact I posted some images on the forum yesterday!
Same here
Photobucket links still working even although I received the e-mail from them yesterday stating I was linking to third party sites and this would be disabled.
Let's see how long this lasts
If the links brake I will just have to up load selected photo directly to the forum
I have only really used Photobucket for this forum and a few pictures for a car forum a long time ago