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Gents,
I’ve used photobucket for years, predominantly just for posting pic’s on forums.
However they’re getting worse and worse, my ‘upgrade renewal’ isn’t due for another six months but now they’ve blocked my ‘direct links’ to upload and they’re ignoring my emails too.
Please could you recommend a better alternative?
I don’t mind paying, I just want something simple to use and forum-friendly to upload pics.
Thank you.
I use https://postimages.org/
post image
I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
Flickr ??
Stuart
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SmugMug, the basic package is excellent and the storage is unlimited.
F.T.F.A.
Spuds,
FWIW, far from me to be supporting Pb here, but are you using their new version? I'm asking as I was having real problems using the 'direct links' too (along with various other issues) but by chance I found the new version and it works much, much better - including the direct links.
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
Thanks for the tips Gents and Ralphy thanks for the Pb steer too, I’ve no idea which I’m using but will have a go at seeing if I can find out!
A bit left field but I have a couple domain registered with one.com and one of them is also registered with web space. This gives me a control panel within which I can upload files which can then be shared. It was an accidental discovery after pb lost it but it works for me.
imgBB for me. has some limits but I stay within them easily as i only post watch and cat pics.
Imgur. As others have said, very easy to use.
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
If Ralphy has successfully used the 'new' version of PhotoBucket, then he must be one of the lucky ones.
Evidently (according to dozens of comments on their FaceBook page) it's another unmitigated disaster.
Many users who've converted to the 'new' version appear to have lost all their previous hosted images.
This was PhotoBuckets's latest typically understated post on FaceBook two days ago. Says it all really.
In the words of the Bard:
Last edited by Seiko7A38; 1st July 2020 at 10:42.
Postimage. Simple and it works.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Re: Photobucket,
I was simply stating what my own experience was since they revamped their site to a new version - and I was doing that in response to the OP who seemed to be considering moving away from them and perhaps was still on the old version.
After quite a number of years of acceptable service I then began to experience a number of problems using Pb and after that I wouldn’t have recommended them, nor am I recommending then now.
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
Thanks again for all the tips Gents, I’ll have a bash at a couple at the weekend...
and incidentally still no reply from photobucket and still my images are locked for upload.
You're not alone in that respect. I have a suspicion that effectively locking users accounts is part of their (undeclared) plan to migrate all paid-up users to the new version - by disabling uploading / navigation on the old version. Like their ill-conceived P500 'ransomware' plan of 3 years ago, this may be their final undoing, as more and more once loyal customers simply walk away in disgust.
If you've got 5 minutes (or maybe a bit longer), you may want to read this:
https://www.seiko7a38.com/apps/forum...ltdown-?page=3