How to post pictures

[DenStinett]

Be advised that Photobucket has changed policy and "3rd Party Hosting", which is posting photos to a forum, is now only available for people who sign up for the $400 a year plan. Imgur does not have this restriction, at this point.

Yes, this is very frustrating. There are so many posts which include photos which cannot be viewed any longer because of Photobucket policy. Any way to have them converted to a non-pay alternative?

   There is a way to fix them.

YOU can FIX Photobucket Pics Yourself.

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=23595&share_tid=91731&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eczfirearms%2Eus%2Findex%2Ephp%3Ftopic%3D91731&share_type=t

There is also a Photobucket Hotlink Fix extension for Google Chrome that works on any site where Photobucket was used to post images. I linked it in the above thread.

Also, I am working on an updated walkthrough for posting images - I am looking at Postimage which also offers a plugin for SMF forums so it will be an easier solution all around. 

Photobucket has gotten even worse as of late
Check-out this Thread:
https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=105578.0

[Grendel]

Worked for me

[jwc007]

Works great for me, too! 


Armscor/RIA/Tanfoglio MAP1 FS and MAP1 MS

[cconrad1234]

I'm having good luck with Imgur and highly recommend it! 

https://imgur.com/

IMO one big advantage of Imgur is the option of uploading and sharing  images without an account...

I agree, I am new here and signed up for IMGUR, no issues, easy to use with iPhone.  I take the picture on iPhone, use the IMGUR app to capture them and get the BB code to put into the post. 

[Lock-n-load]

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Trying out image posting

[Mods Added: This user was trying a site called Postimages (https://postimages.org/) and it obviously doesn't work here.]

[415Shooter]

Imgur is popular and solid from everything I've seen.  That said, I just tried out ImgBB and it seems to be working fine for anyone that wants to go a different direction.




https://imgbb.com/

[boatdoc55]

Longtime lurker but newbi. So is Imgur still the hosting site to use? I did a little research and as everything else in our world now, there are many not so good statements about it. I'm not the worlds best computer person and still actually use a desktop PC. I can't even turn a iPhone On/Off, but do have one. Wife made me get it. Thanks from AZ.

[jwc007]

So is Imgur still the hosting site to use?

In my definitely biased opinion, YES! I have my own Gallery there and use it extensively.

I'm not the worlds best computer person and still actually use a desktop PC.

Nothing at all wrong with using a Desktop PC.  I still prefer to use one extensively and so do many other People.
My side business is the Repair, Refurbishment, and Customizing of PC's and about 70% of those are Desktops.

[GRU7_Mike]

I am far from an expert on a computer, but this is the only forum I have trouble with posting pictures in.  All the others do not require an image site like Imgur or others. A simple go to my pictures and post directly to the forum.  Never understood why this one is different than ALL the others.

[Grendel]

I am far from an expert on a computer, but this is the only forum I have trouble with posting pictures in.  All the others do not require an image site like Imgur or others. A simple go to my pictures and post directly to the forum.  Never understood why this one is different than ALL the others.

There are several reasons. The primary one being that hosting pictures costs bandwidth, bandwidth costs money.

You're just going to have to get used to it.

[OldFinger]

Image test 1.

https://imgur.com/NHSzr2t

[Grendel]

1. If you're using imgur, select 'BB code for forums' from the available links, and just paste the whole thing into your post.

or

2.Otherwise, you need to click on the little painting in the top left of the post window and paste the imgur link between the tags that appear as >> (img] [/img). One or the other only

 

[OldFinger]

Grendel, Thank you very much. 

[Wobbly]

I am far from an expert on a computer, but this is the only forum I have trouble with posting pictures in.  All the others do not require an image site like IMGUR or others.  I simply go to my pictures and post directly to the forum.  Never understood why this one is different than ALL the others.

The answer is MONEY.

• Those other sites can afford to have those features because they are selling ad space and/or selling your private information. This site does not do that.

• If you'll take the time to read the Welcome message from the forum owner, you'll see that this entire website is run on a shoestring, blue-collar family budget, entirely as a hobby. This was not a one-time, fixed cost, server purchase; it is an on-going expense of fairly substantial proportions. There are all sorts of regular monthly bills associated with the web site, such as regular software upgrades, large electricity costs, higher phone bills, etc, etc. These must all be balanced against the rest of the family budget.

• If you would like to see the type features added that you mentioned, then you are always free to make a donation to help. The address and method are mentioned in the same Welcome message.

Hope this clears up any misunderstanding.