Photobucket Restricts My (and Yours) rv.net Photos

CA Traveler wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
I also just tried and had no problem.

I don't know where you are getting Phtobucket.com/p500, but when I typed it in directly, I got the same page you did.

If you are hitting this EVERY time you click your favorites or bookmarks, then clear the cookies and cache on your computer and then go through the log in again.

As per my first post this is a photobucket restriction/lock placed on the public link for my account. It is not a PC problem.

What do you see here for my pictures that use to display?

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28119528.cfm

OK, I get it now! yes, I see the page instead of your photos.

AsheGuy wrote:

MitchF150 wrote:
They suck for sure with all the ads, but that's the only way I can post the pics I want to post on the interweb.. I guess I could find another pic hosting site, but I'm lazy... ;)

wa8yxm wrote:
So please do not use photobucket to post photos.. Use Dropbox

At least for RV.net photo posting, you don't need a photo hosting website. RV.net provides its own hosting service. Just click on their photo hosting link, upload your photo to it from your computer and copy the provided photo link to your RV.net post and you are done. And it properly sizes your photo so you do not violate RV.net's photo size limit.

rv.net does not host ANY photos except for the signature.

The link you provided hosts the pictures on imgur.com which is not rv.net related. Moderator 1492 provided some script interface code for sizing etc of photos. His work provides a nice and simple posting access.

wa8yxm wrote:
Photobucket restricts ALL accounts. Many people post photobucket links and since I am not a member of PHotobucket or user, I can not see them, it says "Access Denied"... So please do not use photobucket to post photos.. Use Dropbox

John, Yes accounts require a login. The external link to display the pictures provides public access and anyone can see them. Many of us have used the correct link for years to display pictues.

What you are apparently seeing is the wrong link posted.

DutchmenSport wrote:
I also just tried and had no problem.

I don't know where you are getting Phtobucket.com/p500, but when I typed it in directly, I got the same page you did.

If you are hitting this EVERY time you click your favorites or bookmarks, then clear the cookies and cache on your computer and then go through the log in again.

As per my first post this is a photobucket restriction/lock placed on the public link for my account. It is not a PC problem.

What do you see here for my pictures that use to display?

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28119528.cfm

7/21/17 Update: I've changed the pictures in the above link to another hosting site so that they now display. But there are plenty of blocked PB pictures in the posts.

rockhillmanor wrote:
I haven't been to my photobucket in years and I have a LOT of my pics there and not backed up. Just logged in and all my stuff is still there.

Whew! You all got me worried I lost them all. :C

My pictures are still there when I log in. But the public link per my post above no longer works.

Bionic Man wrote:
Never tried Dropbox. How do you get the image code to link once you upload a photo?

I use both Dropbox and Google Drive as cloud services but choose Google for my photo hosting just because it is a more functional service for photos.

The image below is the Google Photos way, click on Copy to right of the provided link and paste it into your Internet post. And the image below was posted here via the RV.net hosting service.


The above image is from a screen clip, hence the low quality.

Bionic Man wrote:
To Mitch and Dutchmen, neither of your photos are showing up for me.

I'm fed up with Photobucket as well. Way too
Many ads. Never tried Dropbox. How do you get the image code to link once you upload a photo?

It might be a browser setting. Do you have a second browser on your computer? If you are using IE, do you have Google Chrome, or something else? If you are not seeing the images on this site, then something inside your computer is blocking them.

On my work computer, our system has blocked specific web sites, namely ALL email web sites, and many photo hosting sites, and YouTube.

But when I connect that same laptop outside the company firewall, everything works.

Check the setting on your browser, see if you have a setting switched on to NOT view specific images.

Edit:
I will agree, the ads on Photobucket are now just absolutely ridiculous. I think they are doing over-kill so folks will sign up for their paid subscription. Unfortunately for them, folks are not paying, they are going elsewhere.

I started using PhotoBucket the same time I joined this forum web site just for the sole purpose of being able to post photos here. I don't have any originals on Photobucket, all of them are resized before uploading there to meet RV.net requirements, and my originals are on my computer and back-up hard drives (I have more than one). I'm also on the verge of abandoning PhotoBucket. I suppose I'm one of those that want to have the "free lunch" as long as they are still making it "free!"

To Mitch and Dutchmen, neither of your photos are showing up for me.

I'm fed up with Photobucket as well. Way too
Many ads. Never tried Dropbox. How do you get the image code to link once you upload a photo?

MitchF150 wrote:
They suck for sure with all the ads, but that's the only way I can post the pics I want to post on the interweb.. I guess I could find another pic hosting site, but I'm lazy... ;)

wa8yxm wrote:
So please do not use photobucket to post photos.. Use Dropbox

At least for RV.net photo posting, you don't need a photo hosting website. RV.net provides its own hosting service. Just click on their photo hosting link, upload your photo to it from your computer and copy the provided photo link to your RV.net post and you are done. And it properly sizes your photo so you do not violate RV.net's photo size limit.

I Re-read the Photobucket terms of service.

Are you attempting to upload TO directly from another photo hosting site... like the minimal hosting site RV.net provides? If you are attempting to upload from the "3rd party" hosting site to Photobucket, I think that is why you may be getting an error.

Per the Terms of Service: The free account does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting.

If you attempt to upload form your own computer, it will work just fine.

Is that the problem you are having?