Photo Bucket...

[Nemo667]

I got an email from Photobucket and they have a change in policy and their plans. Basically if you want to retain 3rd party hosting it will now cost you $399.00 per year. This will have a huge affect on many of the trip reports that we have on this forum including mine.

Is there a solution for this? In 30 days pictures in my trip reports will not be available...HELP!

[wnjj]

My pictures are hosted on my internet service provider's domain. Some ISP's include hosting but the interface is old school FTP and not drag -n- drop.

[kohldad]

When I tried this, I reached a fairly small limit really quickly. Like maybe 50 pics. Nobody could explain a detailed explanation (specs or stats) but 1492 said it is simply the nature of the "free" in association with he, or others, as AP style developers.

That's surprising. I think I have more than 50 pics uploaded, but may be just about there. I'll work on updating another one of my trip reports which I know will throw me over 50 pics. Since there is no way to check and see what photos you have uploaded, I can't be sure (I'll look into it more later when I get a chance).

[ScottG]

PB stinks. They lost all my images and just said "Sorry, it happens sometimes".
I have found Imgur works a lot better, faster and doesn't spam you.

[Kayteg1]

There were fixes I posted in Avon topic, but I noticed today they don't work anymore?
Strange thing happen, I linked a picture from PB couple days ago and could see it on forum with my fix.
Today there is message about updating my account and now even when I log into my account, that one picture is replaced with the message in my album.
They put too much spam on their site anyway, but I have albums with them for like 15 years and even I started new albums on imgur, don't want to transfer the old ones.

[whazoo]

While I use Blogger for my own free "blog" complete with picture storage from my computer to blog. And big thanks to Cal for showing that I can link those pics to rvnet, no fuss no muss. But...to fix old TRs you'd have to follow kohldad's instructions.

[SidecarFlip]

That is cheap. I pay 100 bucks a month for my .com site webhosting and IT services plus. Business expense however.

[cewillis]

I pay $6/m for my private web site hosting. That includes the site plus mail servers, and other services that I don't use. Other host companies charge less.
Images on my site belong to me, and will never be arbitrarily moved, changed, or deleted. Links to the images, pdfs, and other things, can be used on rv.net and most all other real web sites.
May be too much for some, but it's basically trouble free and worth it to me.

[sbryan]

Here is a vote for Smugmug. I have been using them for at least ten years, probably longer but I don't keep track. Unlimited storage, great control over your pictures and reasonable pricing. Great support as well if you have a problem.

[Dave_Pete]

kohldad wrote:
Yes, use the one available on this site for free.
Link to posting pics

When I tried this, I reached a fairly small limit really quickly. Like maybe 50 pics. Nobody could explain a detailed explanation (specs or stats) but 1492 said it is simply the nature of the "free" in association with he, or others, as AP style developers.

[54suds]

I fought with them for many ,many ,many months about their down loader I was a many year( Paid subscriber) all I ever got was sorry we're working to correct this as soon as possible . this went on until my pre paid ran out do your self favor run away from them !!! do a search for free or REASONABLE priced photo hosting sites like

fotki link

[kohldad]

Yes, use the one available on this site for free.
Link to posting pics

If you go through the trailer life portal, you can go back about 4 or 5 years and update the links in your trip reports.

That or you can use a place like Smugmug for about $50/year, best control over you photos, but then if you quit paying, your links will break.

On a side note, what I do is if I read a report I really want to reference in the future, I download the webpage complete with pics to my computer. Then it's always with me and the pic links will never get broken.