Dave Ambrose Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Photobucket has, without prior announcement, stopped serving picture links from "3rd party" web sites. That means that a lot of our embedded pictures will not show up. My feelings about this run afoul of our bad word filter, but I do hope that the fleas of a thousand camels settle in their beards.Photobucket pictures will display if you right click the link and select "Display in new tab." This doesn't help the funky display on the article itself, but will at least let you see a picture in an old post. Going forward, I recommend that you just embed the picture(s) directly in the post. You can drag the file into the paperclip region at the bottom of the post editor, or click choose files in the same region. We have unlimited storage on our server, and I removed all storage quotas. Please let me know if you have any problems.This is an incredible pain, but if you used Photobucket links in old posts, please go back, edit the post, and embed the pictures. Thanks,Dave Ambrose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I Wondered what was going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 So the new server has unlimited storage? In the past we had to use a 3rd party hosting site because of limitations, you're saying that is not now the case? Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Great! I was already moving my photos to Google. This makes everything better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizz62 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Photobucket has, without prior announcement, stopped serving picture links from "3rd party" web sites. That means that a lot of our embedded pictures will not show up. My feelings about this run afoul of our bad word filter, but I do hope that the fleas of a thousand camels settle in their beards.Photobucket pictures will display if you right click the link and select "Display in new tab." This doesn't help the funky display on the article itself, but will at least let you see a picture in an old post. Going forward, I recommend that you just embed the picture(s) directly in the post. You can drag the file into the paperclip region at the bottom of the post editor, or click choose files in the same region. We have unlimited storage on our server, and I removed all storage quotas. Please let me know if you have any problems.This is an incredible pain, but if you used Photobucket links in old posts, please go back, edit the post, and embed the pictures. Thanks,Dave Ambrosethanks. You are the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Can the embedded pictures be strategically placed within paragraphs or will they just show up grouped together at the bottom of the posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 We have unlimited storage on our server, and I removed all storage quotas.Hi,W0W, you did?Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotto Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Thanks Dave! This is great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizz62 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I've got alot of posts . can you delete them and I'll repost some ? Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) This is very useful information....Thank you for removing the quotas.....It was easier to do that, anyway.....And Thank You, Photobucket.....Not sure if you'll ever get any more of my money....Guess I'll be using Fotki, again..... Edited July 1, 2017 by kilrathy10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) So if I am understanding this correctly I should be able to upload a photo directly from my PC without needing a third party host site? Without limits or restrictions? testing:... . Edited July 1, 2017 by BrianC added limits question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 I've got alot of posts . can you delete them and I'll repost some ? Wow!You should be able to go back and edit them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Going forward, I recommend that you just embed the picture(s) directly in the post. You can drag the file into the paperclip region at the bottom of the post editor, or click choose files in the same region. We have unlimited storage on our server, and I removed all storage quotas.Dave AmbroseYou're a class act. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizz62 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 You should be able to go back and edit them. I'll do I'll do it, thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 (edited) YOU ALL BETTER CHECK YOUR DOWNLOADS FROM PHOTOBUCKET, IF YOU REMOVE YOUR FILES FROM THAT POS PLACE.I JUST DID A TEST DOWNLOAD OF ONE ALBUM TO BEGIN RELOADING ONTO THIS SITE, AND THE PHOTOS ARE SQUASHED WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. UNUSABLE.They do not display properly in the Windows photo viewer (Windows7 PICTURES LIBRARY) but appear to display properly when uploaded here. The odd image compression in "Pictures Library" makes it difficult to identify exactly what image you want prior to uploading here. Edited July 2, 2017 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Hmm...photobucket still working as usual for me? I open the album I want, then the pic. Then I right click and"copy image." Then I go back to my MCM thread here and hit "Control V." And the pic appears just fine. I will say this though...there has been a BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH ton of ads on Photobucket over the past week or so. It's ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Photobucket is disabling 3rd part hosting (which is what we do when we link to Photobucket images in our posts here) on free account in waves, so not everybody will see the problem at the same time. They disabled mine already. They will re-enable the functionality, but it will cost you $500/year.Forum Admins: disabling quotas and allowing us all to upload our photos directly to this forum is an awesome news! I always preferred forums which allowed this. That way the photos will always be available, even in older threads, for as long as the forum is online.Now if someone (with admin rights) would download all of Harry P's photos and upload them to the appropriate threads, that would be really good. That way we could preserve his legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Photobucket is disabling 3rd part hosting (which is what we do when we link to Photobucket images in our posts here) on free account in waves, so not everybody will see the problem at the same time. They disabled mine already. They will re-enable the functionality, but it will cost you $500/year.Forum Admins: disabling quotas and allowing us all to upload our photos directly to this forum is an awesome news! I always preferred forums which allowed this. That way the photos will always be available, even in older threads, for as long as the forum is online.Now if someone (with admin rights) would download all of Harry P's photos and upload them to the appropriate threads, that would be really good. That way we could preserve his legacy.We're looking at doing that. If we can download the pictures from the links, we can probably write a program to update Harry's posts. Unfortunately the P'tak at Photobucket haven't made it easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 We're looking at doing that. If we can download the pictures from the links, we can probably write a program to update Harry's posts. Unfortunately the P'tak at Photobucket haven't made it easy. I wonder if his children (Amy?) could provide Harry's username/password to Photobucket. Assuming that they even have that info. That way the albums could be downloaded easier than clicking each link to a photo in a post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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highway Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 The above picture is posted from Facebook, but appears as if posting pics from there to here do not like to have text with them. As soon as I tried to edit the above to add text, I got a "404 Page not found" message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr68gts Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 YOU ALL BETTER CHECK YOUR DOWNLOADS FROM PHOTOBUCKET, IF YOU REMOVE YOUR FILES FROM THAT POS PLACE.I JUST DID A TEST DOWNLOAD OF ONE ALBUM TO BEGIN RELOADING ONTO THIS SITE, AND THE PHOTOS ARE SQUASHED WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. UNUSABLE.They do not display properly in the Windows photo viewer (Windows7 PICTURES LIBRARY) but appear to display properly when uploaded here. The odd image compression in "Pictures Library" makes it difficult to identify exactly what image you want prior to uploading here. Used the laptop today with Win 10 and no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 My better half clean up my computer today and it seems to work a lot better, and so does Photobucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) I'd been with PB for over 5 years on a Free 2.1GB deal and had used just 0.6GB!10 days ago all of my pics on 7 sites that I post to were all wiped off by Photobucket! No warning, no explanation! On trying to talk to a human they sent a robot answer, 'How to deal with troubleshooting?', then 'You need to buy our top priced deal or else', something like $500 per year!I went onto Fotki as I know of no one else who does this 3rd party hosting, and got 3 years for $120. That's good for me as a pensioner! I've since found out from another modeller that he has gone to Imgur for free! Hey Ho, at least I'm back on and have been able to refresh at least my latest posts! Edited July 5, 2017 by PatW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I went onto Fotki as I know of no one else who does this 3rd party hosting, and got 3 years for $120. That's good for me as a pensioner! I've since found out from another modeller that he has gone to Imgur for free! Hey Ho, at least I'm back on and have been able to refresh at least my latest posts!As it has been said, if you only post here (don't need to link to the same photos on multiple forums), then just uploads them directly to your posts here. It is free, and guaranteed to be there for as long as the Model Cars forum is active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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