Anyone use Fototime for photo hosting?

Bummer.....

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AsheGuy wrote:
RV.NET Photo Upload & Post does just that for a photo downloaded to your PC from Google Photos.

Yes, I know. I wrote it.

1492 wrote:

AsheGuy wrote:
I use Google Drive for all non-photo document needs, but I just don't understand what Google Drive brings to photos. I guess I am dense, but Google Photos meets ALL my photo needs. In either case, the photos are in the Google Cloud and the two apps are just the tools Google offers to manage/access them.

The question I was addressing is whether one can post a photo to appear in a forum post? Can you do so with Google Photos? Not just a link to the photo in your Google Photos account? I don't see where they provide a direct embed link?

No, you can't get a direct imbed link from Google Photos that will result in the photo being a part of the RV.NET post. But RV.NET Photo Upload & Post does just that for a photo downloaded to your PC from Google Photos.

AsheGuy wrote:
I use Google Drive for all non-photo document needs, but I just don't understand what Google Drive brings to photos. I guess I am dense, but Google Photos meets ALL my photo needs. In either case, the photos are in the Google Cloud and the two apps are just the tools Google offers to manage/access them.

The question I was addressing is whether one can post a photo to appear in a forum post? Can you do so with Google Photos? Not just a link to the photo in your Google Photos account? I don't see where they provide a direct embed link?

AsheGuy wrote:
In either case, the photos are in the Google Cloud and the two apps are just the tools Google offers to manage/access them.

Thanks. Great info.

1492 wrote:
Regarding posting Google Drive photos, I used the browser's developer tools to find the URL link.

However, there may be an easier way. A search found this tool that reports to convert a Google Drive photo link to a URL link you can use to post photos.

Google Drive Direct Link Generator

Just note that since Google is not providing the URL hotlink directly, they could change the link method used to access the photos at any time.

I use Google Drive for all non-photo document needs, but I just don't understand what Google Drive brings to photos. I guess I am dense, but Google Photos meets ALL my photo needs. In either case, the photos are in the Google Cloud and the two apps are just the tools Google offers to manage/access them.

Information on the subject: Google Drive vs. Google Photos: What's the difference?

2oldman wrote:
Thanks, but I mean display it on here sans links. 1492 did it but I'll be darned if I can figure out how.

Regarding posting Google Drive photos, I used the browser's developer tools to find the URL link.

However, there may be an easier way. A search found this tool that reports to convert a Google Drive photo link to a URL link you can use to post photos.

Google Drive Direct Link Generator

Just note that since Google is not providing the URL hotlink directly, they could change the link method used to access the photos at any time.


Sample Google Drive photo using the above app (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1nAYngkZNrW64lGp7R6dvhNYiURaSR_qI):

Gdetrailer wrote:


Actually, you can use the RV.net photo posting is great for other websites..

Please do not use this for other websites. This app was meant for only this forum to help members who were struggling to include photos in their posts. The photo posting process here is so annoying even to myself, I decided to quickly put this together one night.

IMGUR.com sets a daily limit on the number of uploads using their API, and requires a request to increase the limit if they are exceeded. If the this app is not working on some occasions, it could be due to the daily limit being exceeded.

Gdetrailer wrote:
:R

Read the TOS..

Everything is backed up. Settle down.