Wow, I wanted to use third party image hosting from the begining so that everyone can see the pictures of my work, not just members here.
Now photobucket wants 400 bucks a year.
Oh well.
There goes years of extremely hard woodworking and speaker design plans.
Is there a way to retrieve photos on past threads?
Now photobucket wants 400 bucks a year.
Oh well.
There goes years of extremely hard woodworking and speaker design plans.
Is there a way to retrieve photos on past threads?
One option, if you're running Firefox or Chrome and need any particular images - try Googling 'Photobucket Embed Fix' - it works for me with Firefox, and means I can still see many of the now 'empty' linked images - certainly enough to be able to save a copy of those that I find particularly useful... until PB decide to block or disable it in some way I guess.
I have no connection to, or interest in, the Add-On, it's just something I came across on the AK forum.
I have no connection to, or interest in, the Add-On, it's just something I came across on the AK forum.
I think that is a bit harsh Andrew. What photobucket has done is very underhanded. I too have quite a few images here that are photobucket hosted, which I did before I knew you could inline images that had been attached to a post. I also have them at other forums that had no other way of posting an image other than at externally hosted sites!
One can only hope that photobucket reverses the decision for images that were already uploaded before they changed the rules, As one of the things that they advertised was the fact you could link images, they even had the menus to give you the different types of links you might require. It had been that way for years then all of a sudden all of those millions of images are blocked and they expect the people who were told they could do it for free will now pay $100's a year to keep the privilege.
This is the sort of decision that kills companies. It's a wakeup call though. Just shows how temporary the internet really is.
Another alternative is to go to the wayback machine and put in the url for the thread, It will hopefully have it with all of the images intact. That worked for my p2p lm3886 blog posts.
Tony.
One can only hope that photobucket reverses the decision for images that were already uploaded before they changed the rules, As one of the things that they advertised was the fact you could link images, they even had the menus to give you the different types of links you might require. It had been that way for years then all of a sudden all of those millions of images are blocked and they expect the people who were told they could do it for free will now pay $100's a year to keep the privilege.
This is the sort of decision that kills companies. It's a wakeup call though. Just shows how temporary the internet really is.
Another alternative is to go to the wayback machine and put in the url for the thread, It will hopefully have it with all of the images intact. That worked for my p2p lm3886 blog posts.
Tony.
The plugin for firefox works a treat (however you would need to view the threads with a different browser to see which images are broken). It would certainly make things easier having one browser showing how it should look (and being able to save the images) and then edit in the other one to restore to how it should be. Still tedious, but not as bad...
Tony.
Tony.
Last edited:
I'll definitely be implementing some kind of Photobucket solution once we move to XF to allow members to easily re-upload their images and fix broken images/links.
We'll also likely enable forum images to be viewed by non-members. If I recall correctly, that feature / decision dates back to the days when bandwidth was very expensive.
We'll also likely enable forum images to be viewed by non-members. If I recall correctly, that feature / decision dates back to the days when bandwidth was very expensive.
Is Photobucket working again!??
I can see the inline pictures in the first post posted back in 2013 under this link and they are hosted on Photobucket.
2SA1215 2SC2921, identify genuine and fake
I can see the inline pictures in the first post posted back in 2013 under this link and they are hosted on Photobucket.
2SA1215 2SC2921, identify genuine and fake
Just stop using these remote servers.
Attach your pics and related information using the Attach recommended by the Forum.
How to attach images to your posts.
Attach your pics and related information using the Attach recommended by the Forum.
How to attach images to your posts.
For crying out loud, please, whether you see them or not isnt the point, most everyone else does not. These hosting places photos are always, repeat always lost eventually. Upload the pics directly as Andrew points out. Then they are here for all to see, and always will be.
This is hardly a new issue here or other forums. Just say no to third party hosting sites as far as forum posting is concerned. Otherwise you may as well not bother as most cant see them anyway. The solution is more trouble to avoid than to use, unless some users in some locations are unable to post here, and I dont think thats the case.
I might also point out I am not the most computer savvy person here and maybe there are reasons which would favor using these sites, but as a long time user here and other sites/forum, this problem is epidemic. Every pic I have ever posted is here and other places. Sorry if I am unknowingly hogging bandwidth. I assume if that is a problem, there would not be facility here for managing such attachments?
Of course whats done is done regarding older posts, and I applaud Jason for taking time to repair links that were broken, much appreciated!
Russellc
This is hardly a new issue here or other forums. Just say no to third party hosting sites as far as forum posting is concerned. Otherwise you may as well not bother as most cant see them anyway. The solution is more trouble to avoid than to use, unless some users in some locations are unable to post here, and I dont think thats the case.
I might also point out I am not the most computer savvy person here and maybe there are reasons which would favor using these sites, but as a long time user here and other sites/forum, this problem is epidemic. Every pic I have ever posted is here and other places. Sorry if I am unknowingly hogging bandwidth. I assume if that is a problem, there would not be facility here for managing such attachments?
Of course whats done is done regarding older posts, and I applaud Jason for taking time to repair links that were broken, much appreciated!
Russellc
Last edited:
- Status
- This old topic is closed. If you want to reopen this topic, contact a moderator using the "Report Post" button.