Pix

garyhaupt wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

2oldman wrote:
Must it be free?

Just because you pay for online pix hosting does not mean that it will last forever.

Over the years I have been a victim of multiple paid and free online hosting sites that either disappeared with no trace or changed their TOS to not allow direct hot linking.

If it is posted on the wobbly web, never bet that it will always stay there.

Personally, after losing money on paid pix hosting that disappeared with my money, I have no intentions of EVER paying for online hosting again.. I am done losing money to those shysters.

If you have a Gmail address, you do have access to FREE ONLINE STORAGE which can be used to host photos and documents that you wish to share.

You can go to your Google drive, create a folder, make that folder shareable, you have several options for sharing, you need the one that does not require a login.

Once the folder share has been set you can copy your photos and docs to that folder, make sure you make that shared folder READ ONLY access.

You have two options, create a URL link of the folder then you can use that link to post. That gives anyone with the link full access to the entire contents.

OR create a URL link of each file/pix and post only that link.

Note, Google drive DOES NOT resize the photos, you MUST manually set the size when posting on this forum OR resize them to the correct size before copying to the Google drive.

If you do not have a Gmail address, SIGN UP AND GET ONE. Doesn't mean that you HAVE to use the email address. I use it more as a disposable address if I don't want to get a bunch of junk mail to my main Email address and the free online storage is a nice side benefit for allowing Google handle the spam and junk mail for me :B

I have Amazon Prime and use it to store all my photos. The 'free' pic service I am seeking is only used to put pix up on a notice board or forum...like RV.Net. And yes, I have a g.mail account.


Gary

Gary, you should be able to use your Gmail account to host your photos via Google drive as I mentioned above. It is free to do so and they do give you 15 gig of storage space to work with.