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Picture Hosting Site Advice Sought

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
I am not happy with Photobucket.

Some pictures I can link to, and some I can't, and there's no reason for it.

Photobucket also takes a long time to load and upload, and it is covered in ads.

Is there a free service other than Photobucket that works well?
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    www.flickr.com

    All you need to know.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Like I said to FK, I like snapfish. It is easy to use and there is no photobucket clean up when posting pictures.
    RLTW

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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I went with http://imgur.com
    Worked like a charm and their is no need to "clean up" after U select the photo to post.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    there is/was a sticky on how to clean up photobucket. You only have to do it once. Mine works just fine with no to clean up. I use the photobucket app, I just take a pic with the phone, and upload it in very short order. when you use something free, you are going to have tons of adds, that's how they pay for it without charging you. At least that has been my experience. click on the img code under the picture to highlight, right click and copy, then paste on web forums20150119_124343_zpsb4k67jwa.jpg

    click "insert image" here, then post the picture and....same thing with one extra step involved
    [img][/img]20150119_124343_zpsb4k67jwa.jpg
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    I hate photobucket.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use hunt101 club. They've had a few issues over the years but to me they are about 99% reliable.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I paid the 10 bucks to get rid of the ads for a year on photobucket. I don't mind paying for the service.

    Not sure why you are having issues have you contacted them for assistance?
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  • topdadtopdad Member Posts: 3,408 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've only ever used (Hunt101)and never had an issue with it.
    And me not being a hi tech guy, if I can do it it's gota be easy.[;)]
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use Fototime. It's not free. It costs $24 a year. That's $2 a month.

    It's very easy to use and I've never had any trouble using the site. I can order prints and they are mailed to my house cheaper than I can get them done by driving to a store.
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    Too old to live...too young to die...
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Photobucket has gotten pretty scammmy. They are pushing ads with VERY questionable content and at least 3 of my users got a VERY nasty malware infection there. (Granted these users were not Mensa candidates and really should have known NOT to click the stupid. Update your Flash player here....) Had to fire one, she just could not understand how here computer kept getting infected. Flikr.com or imgur.com seem to be more reputable.
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No ads on Fototime.
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    Too old to live...too young to die...
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
    www.flickr.com

    All you need to know.


    only if you have a yahoo acount [xx(]
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can never have too many yahoo email accounts.

    With flickr, I 1st run my camera pictures through microsoft paint and reduce the size by 50 (height and width) twice. This makes uploading faster.

    Then using Flickr's old up-loader (upper right hand corner) I can upload them fast.

    Linking them once saved is old school. Hit edit on your photostream.
    Right click on the picture, copy image location (if using firefox) or right click and manually copy the html address if using internet explorer.

    https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7635/16567566680_ac07bf954f _m.jpg
    I'm leaving a space in the above photo link. "_m" = a small picture.
    16567566680_ac07bf954f_m.jpg

    https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7635/16567566680_ac07bf954f .jpg
    taking out the "_m" = a medium sized picture.
    16567566680_ac07bf954f.jpg

    changing "_m" to "_b" = the largest picture:
    https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7635/16567566680_ac07bf954f _b.jpg
    16567566680_ac07bf954f_b.jpg

    The only issue I have with flickr is you are limited to so many pages of pictures (13 in the edit screen).
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