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Posting images

Started by DinoToyForum, March 25, 2012, 06:36:46 PM

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Stegotyranno420

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Maybe this has been answered before but sorry I am in a rush and I need answers. How can I view or restore my old postimage links. i thought postimages was stable and versatile. But when i open the links I cannot view the immages.
For example I sent links to myself on the PM feature(to send images from my phone to computer), not embedding images, just raw direct link. But now when i click on the PI site, the pictyre would not load.

for some of them im getting a 504 gate timeout


DinoToyForum

Quote from: Stegotyranno420 on September 26, 2024, 05:31:46 AMMaybe this has been answered before but sorry I am in a rush and I need answers. How can I view or restore my old postimage links. i thought postimages was stable and versatile. But when i open the links I cannot view the immages.
For example I sent links to myself on the PM feature(to send images from my phone to computer), not embedding images, just raw direct link. But now when i click on the PI site, the pictyre would not load.

for some of them im getting a 504 gate timeout

Sounds like the site had a problem with a server, so it could just be temporary.



postsaurischian

Quote from: DinoToyForum on September 26, 2024, 09:16:31 AM
Quote from: Stegotyranno420 on September 26, 2024, 05:31:46 AMMaybe this has been answered before but sorry I am in a rush and I need answers. How can I view or restore my old postimage links. i thought postimages was stable and versatile. But when i open the links I cannot view the immages.
For example I sent links to myself on the PM feature(to send images from my phone to computer), not embedding images, just raw direct link. But now when i click on the PI site, the pictyre would not load.

for some of them im getting a 504 gate timeout

Sounds like the site had a problem with a server, so it could just be temporary.

 It is temporary. Not the first time. Happens every now and then.

Halichoeres

I wonder if the first post of the thread should contain a warning about Facebook. You can host photos there, but they shuffle the URLs constantly, so you're going to get a couple of weeks of use out of it. Maybe that's enough in some instances, but not if you want a post to be useful in the longer term.
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DinoToyForum

Quote from: Halichoeres on October 18, 2024, 11:59:51 AMI wonder if the first post of the thread should contain a warning about Facebook. You can host photos there, but they shuffle the URLs constantly, so you're going to get a couple of weeks of use out of it. Maybe that's enough in some instances, but not if you want a post to be useful in the longer term.

Have you noticed anyone still using Facebook to host images on the forum recently? If so, then yeah, we should probably mention it.



Halichoeres

Quote from: DinoToyForum on October 18, 2024, 07:37:26 PM
Quote from: Halichoeres on October 18, 2024, 11:59:51 AMI wonder if the first post of the thread should contain a warning about Facebook. You can host photos there, but they shuffle the URLs constantly, so you're going to get a couple of weeks of use out of it. Maybe that's enough in some instances, but not if you want a post to be useful in the longer term.

Have you noticed anyone still using Facebook to host images on the forum recently? If so, then yeah, we should probably mention it.

Well, to be fair I'm not sure where they were hosted, but I have seen some recently posted photos with dead URLs.
In the kingdom of the blind, better take public transit. Well, in the kingdom of the sighted, too, really--almost everyone is a terrible driver.

My attempt to find the best toy of every species

My trade/sale/wishlist thread

Sometimes I draw pictures

Doug Watson

Any other free image posts out there that people have good experiences with? I was going to post an image from my recent trip to Dinoland at Disney World and I am getting warnings about PostImage being a malicious phishing site. I switched to them after I lost most of my images with Photobucket. I still haven't restored all my collection images. I am not interested in paying to add my content to web sites so if there isn't another option I guess I'm out when it comes to images.

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bmathison1972

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Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 08:23:09 PMAny other free image posts out there that people have good experiences with? I was going to post an image from my recent trip to Dinoland at Disney World and I am getting warnings about PostImage being a malicious phishing site. I switched to them after I lost most of my images with Photobucket. I still haven't restored all my collection images. I am not interested in paying to add my content to web sites so if there isn't another option I guess I'm out when it comes to images.

I use postimages a lot and I only got that odd phishing warning once. Haven't seen it in a few to several days. I am still using them.

EDIT: Reddit has a brief discussion about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/phishing/comments/1h8b4cs/why_suddenly_is_postimages_flagged_as_suspected/?rdt=58344

Doug Watson

Quote from: bmathison1972 on December 11, 2024, 08:32:46 PM
Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 08:23:09 PMAny other free image posts out there that people have good experiences with? I was going to post an image from my recent trip to Dinoland at Disney World and I am getting warnings about PostImage being a malicious phishing site. I switched to them after I lost most of my images with Photobucket. I still haven't restored all my collection images. I am not interested in paying to add my content to web sites so if there isn't another option I guess I'm out when it comes to images.

I use postimages a lot and I only got that odd phishing warning once. Haven't seen it in a few to several days. I am still using them.

EDIT: Reddit has a brief discussion about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/phishing/comments/1h8b4cs/why_suddenly_is_postimages_flagged_as_suspected/?rdt=58344

B @bmathison1972 Thank you for that I will try later and see if I get the warning. If anyone else has another option please let me know just in case.

Duna

Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 08:40:51 PMIf anyone else has another option please let me know just in case.
When photobucket disaster came, I switched to this page https://imgbb.com/ and I have been using it very nicely for many years. The preview of the pictures is very LARGE and you can copy the link for each photo in several ways (direct, embed ...). You can upload the photos by simply dragging them to the web and voila.

DefinitelyNOTDilo

Can second that I use imgbb and it has worked perfectly, completely free too!

Doug Watson

avatar_Duna @Duna & avatar_DefinitelyNOTDilo @DefinitelyNOTDilo thank you if I still get the warnings I'll check it out.

DinoToyForum

Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 08:23:09 PMAny other free image posts out there that people have good experiences with? I was going to post an image from my recent trip to Dinoland at Disney World and I am getting warnings about PostImage being a malicious phishing site. I switched to them after I lost most of my images with Photobucket. I still haven't restored all my collection images. I am not interested in paying to add my content to web sites so if there isn't another option I guess I'm out when it comes to images.

Another option, you can upload images as attachments directly to the post, but there is a size limit, so you'd have to resize the images first.




Doug Watson

Quote from: DinoToyForum on December 11, 2024, 09:50:56 PM
Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 08:23:09 PMAny other free image posts out there that people have good experiences with? I was going to post an image from my recent trip to Dinoland at Disney World and I am getting warnings about PostImage being a malicious phishing site. I switched to them after I lost most of my images with Photobucket. I still haven't restored all my collection images. I am not interested in paying to add my content to web sites so if there isn't another option I guess I'm out when it comes to images.

Another option, you can upload images as attachments directly to the post, but there is a size limit, so you'd have to resize the images first.

Thanks avatar_DinoToyForum @DinoToyForum, Directly from my computer? What is the size limit?

DinoToyForum

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Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 10:04:27 PM
Quote from: DinoToyForum on December 11, 2024, 09:50:56 PM
Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 08:23:09 PMAny other free image posts out there that people have good experiences with? I was going to post an image from my recent trip to Dinoland at Disney World and I am getting warnings about PostImage being a malicious phishing site. I switched to them after I lost most of my images with Photobucket. I still haven't restored all my collection images. I am not interested in paying to add my content to web sites so if there isn't another option I guess I'm out when it comes to images.

Another option, you can upload images as attachments directly to the post, but there is a size limit, so you'd have to resize the images first.

Thanks avatar_DinoToyForum @DinoToyForum, Directly from my computer? What is the size limit?



Yes, directly from your computer/device. The current size limit is 1MB per attachment, which is plenty big enough for any image posted to the web. To be honest, for viewing on the web, an image 1/10th that size (100KB) would still be perfectly fine. Most cameras save images much larger than that, but it's overkill for most of our purposes.

There is also a quantity limit, set to 4 images per post.

I can change the limits.

Attaching images is easy enough, but there's a final step to include the attachment in the post, which many people miss. Instructions here: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=11637.0





Doug Watson

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Quote from: DinoToyForum on December 11, 2024, 09:50:56 PM
Quote from: Doug Watson on December 11, 2024, 08:23:09 PMThanks avatar_DinoToyForum @DinoToyForum, Directly from my computer? What is the size limit?



Yes, directly from your computer/device. The current size limit is 1MB per attachment, which is plenty big enough for any image posted to the web. To be honest, for viewing on the web, an image 1/10th that size (100KB) would still be perfectly fine. Most cameras save images much larger than that, but it's overkill for most of our purposes.

There is also a quantity limit, set to 4 images per post.

I can change the limits.

Attaching images is easy enough, but there's a final step to include the attachment in the post, which many people miss. Instructions here: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=11637.0




Thanks avatar_DinoToyForum @DinoToyForum

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