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Title: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on June 29, 2017, 03:47:15 PM
*** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !

http://photobucket.com/p500/ (http://photobucket.com/p500/)

https://www.reddit.com/r/rant/comments/6jbyhp/photobucket_has_changed_their_tos_to_not_allow/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/rant/comments/6jbyhp/photobucket_has_changed_their_tos_to_not_allow/)


Please SPREAD the word . . .

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: coastal_dan on June 29, 2017, 04:18:19 PM
I just saw all that my old photos were gone...I hate photo bucket and will never ever use them again.  I switched to Flickr...
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Shark Hunter on June 29, 2017, 04:37:05 PM
Flickr is where its at.
No advertising, no muss, no fuss.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on June 29, 2017, 04:43:47 PM
I just checked, my photos are still there, although I've not added to them for over a year. I'm also hosting elsewhere. For anyone else that didn't know, 3rd party hosting is what we do when we store our photos on Photobucket and then use links in our posts to link to those photos. The forum becomes the 3rd party, or the user of the forum does, it doesn't much matter.

If photobucket decides to not allow 3rd party access to photos stored on their site this forum is going to suffer a tremendous hit when (I presume) most people will not fork up the $40/month to maintain access to those photos. I imagine the vast majority of the photos on this forum are stored on Photobucket servers.

Sid
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mizmo67 on June 29, 2017, 04:57:53 PM
Well, glad I didn't have any super important pictures on there!
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: steelfish on June 29, 2017, 05:36:13 PM
my pics are still up on the forum, and I have uploaded many pics lately.

it would be pretty sad to see this forum as well as many others with threads almost empty of pictures from many years, at least the can leave the ones like the are (linked) and the new pictures uploaded after their revisted date with not 3rd party link allowed.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: steelhead_killer on June 29, 2017, 05:48:14 PM
Photobucket is the worst!! Now they want to charge? pffft no way.  Flickr here I come. 

Andy
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Decker on June 29, 2017, 06:03:31 PM
Quote from: sdlehr on June 29, 2017, 04:43:47 PM
I imagine the vast majority of the photos on this forum are stored on Photobucket servers.
Sid

If all this is true, it could be a large pita (bread) for the site.  There is great value in having pictures on the threads indefinitely, especially ones related to tutorials and troubleshooting.  This stuff is timeless.. and will be just as valuable 10 years from now.  I imagine that other free photo sites may follow suit sooner or later.

I wonder if PB is offering a license for the 3rd parties; i.e. could alantani.com buy a license to link into individuals' galleries?  That would be a lot simpler for the site.

In the meantime, I'm uploading my photos to this site.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Midway Tommy on June 29, 2017, 06:08:07 PM
I see their "Terms Change" banner but all my pics are still there, and here. I'm not going to fret it, I'll just keep using it, closing the annoying ads and linking to the my albums until they actually stop the process.

Maybe it's just a scare tactic to convince you to upgrade.   ;)  Or then again maybe not  :-\  , but if they close 'er down this place sure will be devoid of photo examples.  
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on June 29, 2017, 06:13:16 PM
Quote from: steelhead_killer on June 29, 2017, 05:48:14 PMFlickr here I come.

That could buy you (us, the forum) a little time, Andy, but when Flickr goes the way of Photobucket you'll (we'll) be dealing with the same problem, as Joe alluded to. I would bet there are hundreds of thousands of photos posted throughout this site, maybe even an order of magnitude more.... those files occupy a lot of disk space somewhere (actually, scattered amongst a bunch of somewheres with PB probably being the largest). To try to consolidate them into one location is also a very, very huge task unless it can be computer-automated; but the space will likely cost someone something.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: oc1 on June 29, 2017, 07:46:00 PM
To all of you who use Photobucket, from all of us who would like to get a closer look at your photos....  the ads make it almost impossible and it is not worth the effort.  Daron is right and Flickr is better in that respect.

Another approach may be to have Alan host the photos and we all kick in some bucks to defray the cost.  It's still too early in the game to predict how all the information and photos on this and other forums can be preserved for posterity.  Perhaps we flatter ourselves by thinking it's worth preserving.  Perhaps not.
-steve
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: steelfish on June 29, 2017, 08:15:54 PM
Quote from: oc1 on June 29, 2017, 07:46:00 PM
To all of you who use Photobucket, from all of us who would like to get a closer look at your photos....  the ads make it almost impossible and it is not worth the effort.  Daron is right and Flickr is better in that respect.

thanks for letting us know, I will make a flickr account right away
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Jenx on June 29, 2017, 09:21:44 PM
I noticed this yesterday when I tried posting a picture of my most recent catch on another fishing forum. So I set up an account with Imgur. I have only used it to post one picture, but so far so good.

This will backfire on Photobucket, and the fallout will be fun to watch.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mo65 on June 29, 2017, 11:25:07 PM
   The way I'm understanding this is that all of my Photobucket hosted pics are going to disappear from my posts unless I either cough up $400 to photosucket...or...open a flicker or similar account and go back and edit all those posts. Sheesh! If everyone doesn't do this...the forums are going to be a ghost town! :(
   I have been just uploading my pics to the site lately...and Steve is right...it allows the viewer an easy way to get a close up view. Only drawback is it's not good for tutorials...only four pics per post...and they have to follow the text...no text between pics. :-\
   The pics in these posts here are very important, they're used over and over. This isn't just a gab forum, these threads are valuable info. Maybe Alan can look into more advanced hosting and charge a membership fee. Hell...I'm sure it wouldn't be near any $400 a year! I'd rather spend my money here anyways. 8)
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Decker on June 30, 2017, 12:26:48 AM
Quote from: mo65 on June 29, 2017, 11:25:07 PM
   The way I'm understanding this is that all of my Photobucket hosted pics are going to disappear from my posts unless I either cough up $400 to photosucket...or...open a flicker or similar account and go back and edit all those posts. Sheesh! If everyone doesn't do this...the forums are going to be a ghost town! :(
   I have been just uploading my pics to the site lately...and Steve is right...it allows the viewer an easy way to get a close up view. Only drawback is it's not good for tutorials...only four pics per post...and they have to follow the text...no text between pics. :-\
   The pics in these posts here are very important, they're used over and over. This isn't just a gab forum, these threads are valuable info. Maybe Alan can look into more advanced hosting and charge a membership fee. Hell...I'm sure it wouldn't be near any $400 a year! I'd rather spend my money here anyways. 8)

Mo, there is a way to use links to photos on this site, inline with text and without a three photo limit. You do this by putting you photos in My Gallery first, then putting links to them n your tutorial. I posted on how to do this and will put up the link later.

I tend to agree that we want to take control of the photos so that they can remain as long as the site exists.

/Joe
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: whalebreath on June 30, 2017, 12:30:59 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/Esox_Lucius/20170210_1155191.jpg)

Test

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e60/A_Fisher/IMGP3895_zpsliykaddv.jpg)

OK I see what's happening now and it's something I sort of expected.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on June 30, 2017, 04:12:40 AM
I have switched to IMGUR . . .
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on June 30, 2017, 04:15:46 AM
Quote from: sdlehr on June 29, 2017, 04:43:47 PM
I just checked, my photos are still there, although I've not added to them for over a year. I'm also hosting elsewhere. For anyone else that didn't know, 3rd party hosting is what we do when we store our photos on Photobucket and then use links in our posts to link to those photos. The forum becomes the 3rd party, or the user of the forum does, it doesn't much matter.

If photobucket decides to not allow 3rd party access to photos stored on their site this forum is going to suffer a tremendous hit when (I presume) most people will not fork up the $40/month to maintain access to those photos. I imagine the vast majority of the photos on this forum are stored on Photobucket servers.

Sid

I have made it a point to NEVER post photo's from an online host, UNLESS a Forum REQUIRES linking to a picture, rather than UPLOADING it. Otherwise I always upload directly from my computer.

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on June 30, 2017, 04:31:45 AM
Quote from: sdlehr on June 29, 2017, 04:43:47 PMIf photobucket decides to not allow 3rd party access to photos stored on their site this forum is going to suffer a tremendous hit when (I presume) most people will not fork up the $40/month to maintain access to those photos. I imagine the vast majority of the photos on this forum are stored on Photobucket servers.

Sid

It is already happening here . . .

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=11570.0 (http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=11570.0)

Tight Lines !

Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on June 30, 2017, 04:34:29 AM
Quote from: Decker on June 29, 2017, 06:03:31 PMIf all this is true, it could be a large pita (bread) for the site.  

It's TRUE . . .

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=11570.0 (http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=11570.0)

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Midway Tommy on June 30, 2017, 05:49:22 AM
Interesting, these are still active, at least at 12:50 AM CDT 6/30: http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=20584.msg222319#msg222319
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: oc1 on June 30, 2017, 06:03:16 AM
Sounds like a shakedown to me.  You face the same fate with any photo sharing site when they decide it's time to monetize what they've built.

You own web site will only cost about ten bucks per month for hosting and twenty or so per year for the domain registration.  If you don't like the hosting service just move your photos to a new host.  The photo link on the discussion forum will not change as long are you keep your domain hosted somewhere.
-steve
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Shark Hunter on June 30, 2017, 06:28:30 AM
I received an email from photobucket that my account was restricted unless I upgrade.
I have been done with them for a while now.
I played their game and now they think they can hold my pictures for ransom, like a pirate.
It is taking effect as I speak, links to posts are disappearing.
It is like A Wrecking Ball to all our precious pictures that took so much time and effort.
I can take more pictures.
They are not getting a dime from me.
I really think this will be their demise.
We can all pull together and post more pictures to our links.
We will push forward without them.
We have to. ;)
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Cadman on June 30, 2017, 11:28:34 AM
So how do you move your photos from Photo bucket to another photo hosting website? Pardon my ignorance. I assume the links will not work when this is done?
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Rothmar2 on June 30, 2017, 11:40:19 AM
Yep, same question from me too. Renders all the threads I have done seemingly useless. I'm not paying a cent.
Sayonara Photobucket.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: broadway on June 30, 2017, 12:03:18 PM
I would also like to know how we get our stuff from S**t Bucket onto a new platform?
Thanks
Dom
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Tiddlerbasher on June 30, 2017, 12:25:28 PM
Here is one way Move Photos from Photobucket to Flickr:

    Go to http://photobucket.com/ & sign in to your account.
    Click "Library" located at top left corner of the window.
    Select "View Library" option.
    Open an album where photos are located.
    Select the photos which you want to download.
    You will see "Media options" located right side of the window.
    Click "Download".
    Your browser prompts you to save .zip file, then click "Save" and specify a location to download. The downloaded zip file will
    contain the photo from the Photobucket.
    Your photos will now be downloaded to computer.
    Go to https://www.flickr.com/ & sign in to your account. If you don't have an account, then create one.
    Click "Upload" button located at the top of the window.
    Click "Choose photos & videos" button to upload photos.
    A "File upload" window opens up. Browse & select photos which you want to upload.
    Click "Open" button.
    You have another option to upload the photos i.e "Drag-and-drop". Here you can simply drag your photos directly from your
    computer to a location in your Flickr account.
    This is how you can move photos from Photobucket to Flickr.

The above info was copied from picbackman.com
That will at least mean you have a copy of your photos (or videos)

The main problem is changing the link in all of your posts >:(
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 01:05:00 PM
Photobucket changed there terms of use two days ago. This is what it now says, but I don't understand the difference between "image linking" and "3rd party image hosting".

Available Plus Account Plans : Photobucket offers the following Plus Account Plans:
o Plus 50 Plan: 52 GB of Storage for $59.99 / Year. The Plus 50 Plan does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting.

o Plus 100 Plan: 102 GB of Storage for $99.99 / Year. The Plus 100 Plan allows for unlimited image linking but does not allow 3rd party image hosting.

o Plus 500 Plan: 500 GB of Storage and unlimited bandwidth for $399.99 / Year. The Plus 500 Plan allows for unlimited image linking and unlimited 3rd party image hosting.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mo65 on June 30, 2017, 01:16:21 PM
   I even see folks avatars are being held hostage too! Weird though...mine are hosted by doo doo bucket...why haven't they disappeared? Maybe I'm still on the chopping block? :-\
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 01:43:32 PM
I don't think Photobucket is going to delete all these pictures, they are just going to limit access to forums (fora?) as you have seen. The pictures will probably still be there, so we have time to figure out what to do with this.... but unless Joe or someone figures a way to take care of this digitally it is going to be a major amount of work to rebuild links to all posts....


Sid
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mo65 on June 30, 2017, 02:17:01 PM
Quote from: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 01:43:32 PM
I don't think Photobucket is going to delete all these pictures.

   Right...all the pics are still at photobucket...just the links to sites like this are being deleted. I'm opening a flickr account as we speak so I can start repairing my damages.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 03:02:45 PM
It might be that there is another solution for the time being. It's called "paying ransom". I've been trying to document this problem in my own posts and cannot. So far, anyway, all my posts and pictures seem to be fine - although I haven't checked them all. The message that appears in posts (in the photos that no longer appear) seem to all say "100% 3rd Party Hosting...". I placed a Christmas photo order with Photobucket last year (at 80% off I was pleased, and still spent almost $100), and my account seems not to have been affected. It's possible that all one need do is place an order for one photo and the problem may go away.... I don't know.... and I can't test it....and my order was a sizable one, but significantly less than $400. Someone needs to order a photo and see what happens to the pics in their posts afterward.... until we come up with a more permanent solution because I'm sure they'll catch on soon, and I may be OK with paying ransom for now, but not forever on an ongoing basis.


Sid
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 03:14:22 PM
Quote from: mo65 on June 30, 2017, 02:17:01 PM
...just the links to sites like this are being deleted.
Maybe semantics, but the links are being blocked, not deleted. Important, because it implies they can be unblocked... by Photobucket if they wish to do so.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mo65 on June 30, 2017, 03:31:53 PM
Quote from: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 03:14:22 PM
Quote from: mo65 on June 30, 2017, 02:17:01 PM
...just the links to sites like this are being deleted.
Maybe semantics, but the links are being blocked, not deleted. Important, because it implies they can be unblocked... by Photobucket if they wish to do so.

   Blocked, deleted, decapitated...whatever ya wanna call it...the forum already looks like a photobucket graveyard. :D   I'm Jumping ship, opened my flickr account and uploaded a few pics, seems to work very smooth. I guess I'll be busy reposting pics for a while, but at least my posts will be viewable/useable. 8)
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: biggiesmalls on June 30, 2017, 04:04:27 PM
Quote from: Alto Mare on June 30, 2017, 12:27:54 PM
Funny how this went down, seems as bribery to me, unless they were already doomed. If not, they better wake up, they should be paying us.
Its bad for all of us, but what botherts me the most is my Tank.
Almost 120,000 visitors and 36 pages with no pictures ...worthless :(.
We all have the original pics, it will be a lot of work, but should be able to put them back through anothe source, unless Photobucket wakes up. :-\

Sal
Didn't even realize the tank thread was down until you said something. That thread gave me a ton of ideas for my 9/0, sad to see the most important part of it go because of a company getting greedy.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: steelfish on June 30, 2017, 04:26:10 PM
I was a loyal user of Phobucket and all my threads since many years ago on this forum and anothers I used PB, now all those threads look sad.
I will do my part and from time to time will re-do all my threads, later I will search posts I made on another threads with pics and re-do them too.

yep, you read right.. I WAS
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Alto Mare on June 30, 2017, 04:58:10 PM
Quote from: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 03:02:45 PM
It might be that there is another solution for the time being. It's called "paying ransom". I've been trying to document this problem in my own posts and cannot. So far, anyway, all my posts and pictures seem to be fine - although I haven't checked them all. The message that appears in posts (in the photos that no longer appear) seem to all say "100% 3rd Party Hosting...". I placed a Christmas photo order with Photobucket last year (at 80% off I was pleased, and still spent almost $100), and my account seems not to have been affected. It's possible that all one need do is place an order for one photo and the problem may go away.... I don't know.... and I can't test it....and my order was a sizable one, but significantly less than $400. Someone needs to order a photo and see what happens to the pics in their posts afterward.... until we come up with a more permanent solution because I'm sure they'll catch on soon, and I may be OK with paying ransom for now, but not forever on an ongoing basis.


Sid
Maybe you won't mind paying ransom, but I do. They won't get a penny from me and I'm not cheap...
Obviously we're generating lots of interest, there are 465 guests checking in. We should all pull out at the same time instead of paying.
I'm wondering if flickr will do the same for when the time comes :-\.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: steelfish on June 30, 2017, 05:11:51 PM
Quote from: Alto Mare on June 30, 2017, 04:58:10 PM

I'm wondering if flickr will do the same for when the time comes :-\.

i have the same feeling.

I was a the photo gallery member in this site but suddendly Im not able to upload pics in my gallery anymore.
I would gladly pay a fee to the Boss to have my pics here than pay Flickr in 3 years more when I might have tons uploaded

Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mizmo67 on June 30, 2017, 05:16:46 PM
I assume PhotoBucket is using an program to pin down the 3rd party image loading.
Just a matter of time til they are all down, really. Probably getting queued up in a list as they are accessed here.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: gstours on June 30, 2017, 05:38:24 PM
To All Readers;  This seems like a bad threat.  n it took me a very long time to figgure out how to post pictures.  I,m not computer nor phone savvy.  I,m not paying more money to them PB folks as I have expanded my library lately worth more storage and dont like their barmbardment of commercials.  As long as I can just do what i,m doing (little) I will watch you folks and try to move my files to another way. (server?)  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! :-[
 Thanks everyone for the heads up.   Thats what makes this a great site!!!!! :)
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on June 30, 2017, 06:01:07 PM
I doubt PB made this decision without careful thought. I can only imagine they are not doing well financially and are trying this before they go belly up; they knew it would be unpopular and cause a lot of people a lot of trouble, and I doubt very much that or greed was their motivating factor. I'm guessing we'll see Photobucket go the way of the Dodo in the next year or two. I saw that happen once before many years ago with my very first online photo storage website - they migrated their files over to someone else's server and went under. That was in the days of film cameras and they maintained a digital version of the file on their server until film went the way of the Dodo; they followed soon after. Seattle Filmworks was their name.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Tiddlerbasher on June 30, 2017, 07:05:06 PM
Most folks with a net connection have access to cloud storage (as part of the deal). The terms and conditions may vary but we could try and make use of this varied online storage facility. I'm currently checking my 'storage portals' to see if "3rd party hosting" is allowed :-\
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Midway Tommy on June 30, 2017, 07:07:02 PM
Quote from: steelfish on June 30, 2017, 05:11:51 PM
Quote from: Alto Mare on June 30, 2017, 04:58:10 PM

I'm wondering if flickr will do the same for when the time comes :-\.

i have the same feeling.

I was a the photo gallery member in this site but suddendly Im not able to upload pics in my gallery anymore.
I would gladly pay a fee to the Boss to have my pics here than pay Flickr in 3 years more when I might have tons uploaded



I think reality is that many of the internet "freebies" we are all accustomed to will slowly, but surely, go by the wayside. Those internet gurus aren't stupid. Money talks and always ends up being the driving force. They're in business for a reason. Sometimes I think we lose track of that aspect since access to a lot of internet goodies has been free for the taking for so long. It's frustrating, but it's just business.  ::) 
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: oc1 on June 30, 2017, 07:37:13 PM
I agree Tommy.  There's no free lunch even though it may seem free at the time.

I am curious to know.....  If you go to a previous post where you included a photobucket link that no longer works, will you be able to identify exactly which photo is was? If someone wanted to take the time to repair the damage, what would be involved?

-steve
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Shark Hunter on June 30, 2017, 07:58:27 PM
I have had several photobucket accounts.
I downloaded my whole library off one of them and it only took a few minutes.
I now have them on my hard drive, without their tag on the end.
There is hope.
I just need to remember my other passwords. ::)
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: steelfish on June 30, 2017, 08:01:50 PM
its really time consuming but its doable, if you put the pointer of the mouse over the blocked picture you will see the link and address of the picture on which appears the name of the picture, then you can search that picture on your computer again and upload it on another webhosting and link it again.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Decker on June 30, 2017, 08:35:11 PM
Quote from: steelfish on June 30, 2017, 08:01:50 PM
its really time consuming but its doable, if you put the pointer of the mouse over the blocked picture you will see the link and address of the picture on which appears the name of the picture, then you can search that picture on your computer again and upload it on another webhosting and link it again.

You can also right-click on the photo (or where it is supposed to be) and select "Copy image address."   At that point the web address (URL) of the photo is on your clipboard.  You can paste it in Notepad or in the address bar of a browser, and see the PB account, and the name of the image file.  For example:

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g431/[account name]/07c08bb7-3cb5-4f84-bab9-591e8633ce53.png
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mo65 on June 30, 2017, 09:02:55 PM
Quote from: Midway Tommy on June 30, 2017, 07:07:02 PM
I think reality is that many of the internet "freebies" we are all accustomed to will slowly, but surely, go by the wayside.

   I agree Tommy...but sheesh...from free to $400 a year? That's a big change. Just think if they had made it $30 a year. Most would have just paid up instead of all the trouble of leaving. That would have been thousands of $30s...versus a dozen $400s...almost laughably stupid business! For what it's worth, I just uploaded all my AT hosted pics from photobucket over to flickr, and it took only a few minutes. Flickr must be having some technical difficulties with their pop-ups...I didn't see a single one...;D
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Post by: Alto Mare on June 30, 2017, 09:30:41 PM
Just moved 1,500 pics and still have a couple of thousand to go ::). Don't ask how I did it, I had to get my daughter to help and since she moves like lightning, she lost me :-[.
I did not open any accounts I have them sitting in a folder until I decide where to place them.

Sal
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on July 01, 2017, 02:34:38 AM
Quote from: Cadman on June 30, 2017, 11:28:34 AM
So how do you move your photos from Photo bucket to another photo hosting website? Pardon my ignorance. I assume the links will not work when this is done?

Download all of them and re-upload all of them . . . Then, change all of your photo links to match, which could take a very long time

Tight Lines !
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Post by: ez2cdave on July 01, 2017, 02:35:59 AM
Quote from: Alto Mare on June 30, 2017, 12:27:54 PM
Funny how this went down, seems as bribery to me, unless they were already doomed. If not, they better wake up, they should be paying us.
Its bad for all of us, but what botherts me the most is my Tank.
Almost 120,000 visitors and 36 pages with no pictures ...worthless :(.
We all have the original pics, it will be a lot of work, but should be able to put them back through anothe source, unless Photobucket wakes up. :-\

Sal

Use IMGUR . . .
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Post by: ez2cdave on July 01, 2017, 02:43:34 AM
I'm surprised that Alan hasn't posted yet . . .

Tight Lines !
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Post by: Shark Hunter on July 01, 2017, 04:03:59 AM
It is being talked about on the Moderator Board Dave.
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Post by: alantani on July 01, 2017, 06:38:55 AM
Quote from: ez2cdave on July 01, 2017, 02:43:34 AM
I'm surprised that Alan hasn't posted yet . . .

Tight Lines !

still dealing with hospital visits on a daily basis, plus they are telling me that i need to increase my caloric intake or they are going to stick a tube into my stomach, through my abdomen!  we have 150 gigs worth of memory/bandwidth here.  not sure how many photos that is, but it's a lot!  we should be able to cover all the fishing photos for everyone. joe/decker is running the numbers and is trying to figure it out.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: RowdyW on July 01, 2017, 12:16:29 PM
More milkshakes! More ice cream!  I hope you feel better soon. We are all here for you.                                        Rudy
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Swami805 on July 01, 2017, 01:03:21 PM
Man I sure hope you feel better soon Alan.
I don't post many photos and I'm clueless about photo bucket or the other ones. I've been just taking photos with my iphone and and posting them right off that. Is that bad?
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Post by: ez2cdave on July 01, 2017, 03:28:35 PM
Quote from: alantani on July 01, 2017, 06:38:55 AM
Quote from: ez2cdave on July 01, 2017, 02:43:34 AM
I'm surprised that Alan hasn't posted yet . . .

Tight Lines !

still dealing with hospital visits on a daily basis, plus they are telling me that i need to increase my caloric intake or they are going to stick a tube into my stomach, through my abdomen!  we have 150 gigs worth of memory/bandwidth here.  not sure how many photos that is, but it's a lot!  we should be able to cover all the fishing photos for everyone. joe/decker is running the numbers and is trying to figure it out.

Alan,

I didn't know that you were having health problems . . . Get well soon !

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Bill B on July 01, 2017, 06:07:03 PM
Just finished downloading my files.....wondering why I havent got the $400 message, but did notice my PB account was only at 5%...maybe they are hitting the larger accounts first....Bill
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mo65 on July 01, 2017, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: TARFU on July 01, 2017, 06:07:03 PM
Wondering why I haven't got the $400 message, but did notice my PB account was only at 5%...maybe they are hitting the larger accounts first.

   Same here Bill. I'm only at 15%. I'm sure it's just a matter of time though.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Alto Mare on July 01, 2017, 08:09:46 PM
Pics are back up for the Tank, but I'm not able to replace Lee, Justin, Daron and a couiple more from others.
I did used IMGUR...thanks Dave!

Sal
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Shark Hunter on July 01, 2017, 08:38:09 PM
Good work Sal.
I've fixed a few of mine.
This is going to be a long road.

Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Tiddlerbasher on July 01, 2017, 08:40:04 PM
I've registered accounts with Imgur and Flickr and uploaded my Photobucket crap to them. I'm checking out other 'Cloud' based storage for their third party 'hostage' rules ::)

If I try and replace all my old Photobucket links I think I'll end up a few fries short of a happy meal. So if anyone wants any specific photos re-linked let me know and I'll do it.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: foakes on July 01, 2017, 09:56:39 PM
Just been calmly considering this brilliant business move by PB for a couple of days now.

It is obvious that it is a move by a failing company to gain a little extra revenue for the short term -- while also getting rid of accounts that are costing them storage and bandwidth.

However, any company with integrity, would give users a 30 day notice of their policy changes.

Make no mistake -- this is nothing more that a "Shakedown".

Think of all of the folks active on ebay, others whose businesses are dependent on their stored photos, millions of forum sites like ours, and so many others -- who would actually consider, or have little choice, but to ante up $400 a year -- to stay relevant on the internet.

Let's just say that 1,000,000 folks decided to pay the ransom -- that would raise $400,000,000 that they do not have right now -- per year.  Plus, there is no refund when you pay the $400 annual fee -- so where will the folks be when PB tanks 8 months down the road, anyway?

This will make us wiser in the future -- and we should all open multiple accounts with other host providers such as flickr, IMGUR, or others -- to protect and spread out our options.

Eventually, we should consider having our own server and equipment -- because this is only the tip of the iceberg, IMO.

As to rebuilding past threads -- I have all of my pics downloaded on my computers.  However, the chore of repopulating 2529 pics on threads that are between 18 to 48 months old would take me not days or weeks -- but likely months.  Plus, maybe some of these threads are not so relevant anymore -- so my plan is to just remove the dead photo links -- close my PB account -- and start posting new threads as needed.

With a backlog of 82 repair jobs, 21 reels to build out for members, timber and firewood splitting of nearly 300 cords, family, household, and job responsibilities -- time must be weighed against possible benefits.

However, it isn't just about me -- all of us have full life plates.  And each of us will decide for ourselves how we want to handle this.

So, not a big deal -- once I made the decision to not be blackmailed by a flaky corporation.

What would be really nice -- if we blocked all PB images on our site -- and about 2,000,000 other sites did the same.  PB would quickly get a good payback for their blundering business decisions -- and would just become a smaller and smaller image in our rear view mirror -- as we move forward.  The nice advantage to PB of this action -- they would have a lot of bandwidth and storage space freed up.

If you replaced the "B" in photobucket with the 6th letter in our alphabet -- we would all understand this a little better.

Just my opinions.

Best,

Fred

Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Midway Tommy on July 01, 2017, 11:18:54 PM
Spreading photos over multiple accounts only sidesteps the inevitable for the time being. The only true way to protect AT photos out into the future is to figure out some way to adapt and adopt self storage right here at the site. Fortunately for them, ORCA did that a few years back as they could see what was eventually coming down the pipe. What a shame for all those that have spent hours upon hours trying to help others of the Ohana have an easier time finding information they need, and what a shame for those in need of information and examples that will no longer be available. I've never trusted outside storage of any kind, not even Clouds.    
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: foakes on July 01, 2017, 11:44:29 PM
Quote from: Midway Tommy on July 01, 2017, 11:18:54 PM
Spreading photos over multiple accounts only sidesteps he inevitable for the time being. The only true way to protect AT photos out into the future is to figure out some way to adapt and adopt self storage right here at the site.   

That is exactly the point, Tommy --

The issue is to do something to protect our photos now -- until we get serious about our own system.

So having multiple storage hosting sites -- with backups on our computers -- will kind of give us a safety net until such time as we get storage and equipment we can actually be in charge of -- along with backups at least every few days. 

If we go this route, I and many others would certainly chip in a share to get it going and paid for.

I am not willing to spend the months needed to bring back my photos -- if this could and will happen again.

Plus, it may be time for housecleaning anyway.

This will be up to a lot of folks on our site to decide -- and it is being talked about now.

First step in any situation like this is triage -- second step is evaluation and recovery -- third step is implementing a plan for our future.

Stay tuned...we have good, solid folks on our site who are working on this now.

Best,

Fred
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: mo65 on July 02, 2017, 12:36:21 AM
Quote from: foakes on July 01, 2017, 09:56:39 PM
It is obvious that it is a move by a failing company to gain a little extra revenue for the short term -- while also getting rid of accounts that are costing them storage and bandwidth.

   Exactly, which is why I only downloaded copies of my pics and left them right there. I figure if I can clog a little of their bandwidth all the better, consider it a parting gift. :D
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on July 02, 2017, 01:43:50 AM
Quote from: foakes on July 01, 2017, 09:56:39 PMIf you replaced the "B" in photobucket with the 7th letter in our alphabet -- we would all understand this a little better.

Fred

Fred,

I think you meant the 6th letter, rather than the 7th letter . . . LOL !

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: foakes on July 02, 2017, 01:47:39 AM
You are right -- guess I can't count with my fingers very well!

Thanks Dave!

Now you all get the idea...

Best,

Fred
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Decker on July 02, 2017, 05:10:52 PM
Guys,

I communicated about this with Alan.   We definitely have room for photos on alantani.com, so any member using PhotoBucket can upload their forum photos here, and correct the links.  Unfortunately, there is no way to do this wholesale.  Members will need to move their own photos and correct their own links.

Some guidelines for uploading photos to alantani.com:

I will try to start some other threads soon with more detailed instructions, as needed.  I don't use Photo Bucket myself, but maybe someone else can start a thread about how to download from there, or maybe its not necessary.  I'd like to put these threads on the  "Website Issues or Technical Problems with the Board":  http://alantani.com/index.php?board=114.0 

My time is limited, but I will try to stay on top of these discussions,

/Joe
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Midway Tommy on July 02, 2017, 06:31:18 PM
Joe,

Do you know if there is a way to modify threads or posts, especially in tutorials, by being able to reinsert the same photo in between text lines if the photos are stored here at AT?

If so, could you or someone jot down detailed step by step instructions on the procedure? With this PB debacle I'm done storing any of my photos on an outside site. When I want to consolidate my photos from here on out I'll put them on a disc, chip or stick. Therefore, on any site or forum that requires 3rd party hosting, from this point on, won't be seeing any pics in any of my posts. Kind of a shame, but I've never really liked that 3rd party hosting process or procedure anyway.  :(  
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Alto Mare on July 02, 2017, 06:57:30 PM
Tom, i'm not that sharp with the computer and don't even know if I'm doing this righ, but will share how I do it.
I just got done replacing all the pics on this 14/0 thread: http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=6086.msg50954#msg50954
It takes a really long time to do so, maybe Joe or someone else has an easier way. :-\
I opened an account with IMGUR, first think I did was to go to the thread that needed the pics reinstalled and hit the modify button, this will give you the pic number, without that number it will very hard to find.
I  downloaded those individually to my desktop backgroud from Photobucket.
I went back to Imgur and pressed "add image", I dragged the pic from my desktop the box and copied where it says BBCode.
Came back here and pasted it to replace the previous...lots of time and effort to get it done ::), they got us good.
I have many many more to go :-\

Sal
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Shark Hunter on July 02, 2017, 07:15:11 PM
I have all mine downloaded on my hard drive at work.
I still have one account that I can't remember the password to and they will not answer my emails.
All these pictures will be backed up on a flash drive, so I will be ready the next time someone drops the hammer.
I'm glad you rebuilt the 14/0 thread Sal.
That was the first one I went to, when the wrecking ball came through.
Daron
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: johndtuttle on July 02, 2017, 07:46:50 PM
Crapola, I gotta lot of work to do....

I paid for a "plus" account for the last few years because my tutorials need bandwidth....It was ~$3 a month or something but now they want $100 up front for the year...and who knows how long they will be around at this rate...

TBH the only "safe" way for alantani.com to go forward is to host the photos. Alan offered this to me in the past but it was just laziness on my part to not take advantage.

Now I have a ton a posts to fix...when a thread of yours has 66k views you feel like you gotta keep it alive.

My solution will be to download the photos, create a folder of just the images used in the threads, then upload that folder to my gallery here. That shouldn't take up too much space. Then in the future for just back up I will use flickr/imgur and abandon PB.

I advise getting on this "pronto" as PB could go belly up tomorrow (which was always the case I suppose).



:( :( :(
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on July 02, 2017, 07:47:36 PM
Quote from: Shark Hunter on July 02, 2017, 07:15:11 PM
I have all mine downloaded on my hard drive at work.
I still have one account that I can't remember the password to and they will not answer my emails.
All these pictures will be backed up on a flash drive, so I will be ready the next time someone drops the hammer.
I'm glad you rebuilt the 14/0 thread Sal.
That was the first one I went to, when the wrecking ball came through.
Daron

Daron,

I absolutely NEVER used Photobucket for any STORAGE of my images.

The ONLY time I EVER uploaded anything to it was if a Forum required a URL link for images, rather than being able to upload them directly to the Forum website.

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Shark Hunter on July 02, 2017, 08:07:51 PM
It used to be that way Dave.
The picture options we have now didn't exist back in 2012.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Bill B on July 02, 2017, 10:06:54 PM
6 hrs so far downloading from PB and uploading to Imgur.....now the hard part replacing my photos...Does anyone have any ideas of what to do for the long ago posts that we may have forgotten about?   Bill
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: johndtuttle on July 02, 2017, 11:34:50 PM
Could someone please tell me the best way to download in bulk from Photobucket?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Midway Tommy on July 03, 2017, 01:25:48 AM
Quote from: Alto Mare on July 02, 2017, 06:57:30 PM
Tom, i'm not that sharp with the computer and don't even know if I'm doing this righ, but will share how I do it.
I just got done replacing all the pics on this 14/0 thread: http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=6086.msg50954#msg50954
It takes a really long time to do so, maybe Joe or someone else has an easier way. :-\
I opened an account with IMGUR, first think I did was to go to the thread that needed the pics reinstalled and hit the modify button, this will give you the pic number, without that number it will very hard to find.
I  downloaded those individually to my desktop backgroud from Photobucket.
I went back to Imgur and pressed "add image", I dragged the pic from my desktop the box and copied where it says BBCode.
Came back here and pasted it to replace the previous...lots of time and effort to get it done ::), they got us good.
I have many many more to go :-\

Sal

Thanks for the tips, Sal! Luckily, every photo I have on PB is still organized and filed on my hard drive so I don't have to save or transfer any before they shut them off. I only used PB for photos where a 3rd party host was required to post a photo. I don't intend on ever using any outside storage again so I'm wondering how I can let AT have storage and use of pertinent images yet insert them into the threads just like they were originally setup from the hosting site.   
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Marcq on July 03, 2017, 01:45:57 AM
Weird!! No message from PB, nothing is changed, all my pics are there. My storage is only 8% full, how much is yours?

Marc..
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Alto Mare on July 03, 2017, 01:46:05 AM
I'm glad this one from the Maestro wasn't affected...
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=19277.msg204938#msg204938
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: ez2cdave on July 03, 2017, 02:07:41 AM
Quote from: johndtuttle on July 02, 2017, 11:34:50 PM
Could someone please tell me the best way to download in bulk from Photobucket?

Thanks in advance.

John,

I think this will help you out, Buddy !

http://onlytutorials.net/how-to-download-albums-on-photobucket-to-a-computer/ (http://onlytutorials.net/how-to-download-albums-on-photobucket-to-a-computer/)

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f159/solved-download-entire-photobucket-albums-to-computer-596394.html (http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f159/solved-download-entire-photobucket-albums-to-computer-596394.html)

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on July 03, 2017, 02:36:18 AM
Quote from: Marcq on July 03, 2017, 01:45:57 AM
Weird!! No message from PB, nothing is changed, all my pics are there. My storage is only 8% full, how much is yours?

Marc..
Marc, same with me. All my PB pics in posts are fine. For now. I did order some Christmas pics from them, so my account isn't 100% 3rd-party hosting.... I suggested back on page one of this thread that a simple fix for this might just be to order a picture from Photobucket so that your account isn't 100% 3rd party hosting also, but it would appear no one thought that a good enough idea to try or even to discuss it. It won't solve the long-term problem of the impending demise of PB, but it'll delay the pain for awhile and give you a lot more time to move photos and rebuild links.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: johndtuttle on July 03, 2017, 02:43:10 AM
Thanks for that. :)
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Marcq on July 03, 2017, 03:12:18 AM
Quote from: sdlehr on July 03, 2017, 02:36:18 AM
Quote from: Marcq on July 03, 2017, 01:45:57 AM
Weird!! No message from PB, nothing is changed, all my pics are there. My storage is only 8% full, how much is yours?

Marc..
Marc, same with me. All my PB pics in posts are fine. For now. I did order some Christmas pics from them, so my account isn't 100% 3rd-party hosting.... I suggested back on page one of this thread that a simple fix for this might just be to order a picture from Photobucket so that your account isn't 100% 3rd party hosting also, but it would appear no one thought that a good enough idea to try or even to discuss it. It won't solve the long-term problem of the impending demise of PB, but it'll delay the pain for awhile and give you a lot more time to move photos and rebuild links.

I'm willing to do that
Thanks, Marc..
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on July 03, 2017, 03:27:57 AM
Quote from: johndtuttle on July 03, 2017, 02:43:10 AM
Thanks for that. :)
Please let us know if it works.
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: josa1 on July 03, 2017, 10:40:16 AM
I have opened a FLICKR account and have started moving my photos there.

In conjunction with this, I've been trying to learn how to embed the photos on FLICKR into my posts on this site.

I watched a tutorial on UTUBE on how to "share" FLICKR photos and did my first couple of "embeds" on my post about how to service an anti reverse bearing.  If you want to look at the embeds this thread is stickied in the "GENERAL PROCEDURES" forum.

Could be I have other options but from what I see so far, the photo is not displayed on the AT post.  Instead a link is provided to the photo which is posted on FLICKR.  Clicking on the link displays the photo.  A plus is that clicking on the photo gives an enlarged image which is helpful if you're trying to see how to do some service technique.  The larger photos are great.

If something changes on how to post pictures to this site, I will modify this post.

From what I've learned so far, this is going to take a while because I have quite a few posts on AT.  However, I do like FLICKR.  No popups, no crazy things going on, etc.

On a good note, after I embedded the first two photos it gave me great pleasure to delete the PHOTOBUCKET images!

josa1
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: oc1 on July 04, 2017, 01:44:53 AM
From the "start new topic" screen, or the "post reply" screen, or the "modify message" screen, go to the spot in the post where you want to put the photo.  Click the "insert image" button above.  Between the two sets of bracketed stuff, [imgs] and [/imgs], copy the flickr link to your photo.  Click "preview" or "send" below.  The visitor to the topic will be able to see a larger version of the photo by clicking on it.
-steve
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Bill B on July 04, 2017, 06:53:45 PM
John T, to bulk download from PB, if you filed your photos in individual album, open the album and on the right side of the screen is a "down load album" in blue , click that and the download will start to your computer.  My down load stored them on the desk top as a "zip" file.  I put each zip file into it's own folder and "un-zipped" each file......Good luck brother....just finished rebuilding my Nep Tuna post....only took 1 hour  >:(   Bill
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: foakes on July 04, 2017, 07:04:53 PM
For me, like many of us, I have a few thousand posts -- most with pics.

So they will not get redone with fresh photo links...

However, I do have some seemingly very popular tutorials, discussions, and such -- that have generated 10 to 50 thousand looks -- so those will be repopulated as time allows -- since they seem useful to folks.

Best,

Fred
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: Bill B on July 07, 2017, 12:12:56 AM
Well PB finally caught up with me, but fortunately I have rebuilt most of my posts, thankfully I got to the Nep Tuna rebuild before they got to me.

(http://i.imgur.com/RkBOwgh.jpg)
Title: Re: *** PHOTOBUCKET Is Now CHARGING For 3rd Party Hosting - $400 / yr ! ! !
Post by: sdlehr on July 10, 2017, 03:49:07 PM
75% of their expenses come from non-income generating accounts

http://blog.photobucket.com/photobucket-launches-unlimited-3rd-party-hosting-plan/
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Post by: Decker on July 10, 2017, 04:19:35 PM
Quote from: sdlehr on July 10, 2017, 03:49:07 PM
75% of their expenses come from non-income generating accounts

http://blog.photobucket.com/photobucket-launches-unlimited-3rd-party-hosting-plan/

Ad blockers choking their advertisement revenue stream...  guilty as charged!
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Post by: josa1 on July 10, 2017, 05:10:45 PM
Me too!!

Didn't mind a few pop up ads but it got to the point that most website pages had as many ads as info or text, or at least it seemed so.  Hard to look something up when an advertising video is running right in the middle of the text.

The other thing is that web pages with high ad domination load very slowly.  I see it happening now with emails from commercial enterprises that load emails with ads via pictures and videos.  They actually get around the pop up blockers because it's in an email format.  I never click on these emails or any pop up ads for that matter, but don't know that I can speak for my BW.

It's my understanding that a pop up ad only generates revenue if someone clicks on it.  Does anyone know if this is true?

Accidently clicked on an ad one time and got a nice virus.

josa1

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Post by: Midway Tommy on July 10, 2017, 06:49:46 PM
Not related to Photobucket, but if I'm looking for something specific and get ambushed by some site with popup after popup I shut 'er down immediately and go somewhere else until I find a place that doesn't have a lot. I've got better things to do, and my time is worth much more, than sitting through a bunch of irrelevant annoying crap & bs that I have no use for. Maybe I'm unique but I'll pay more from a site that doesn't promote that kind of garbage.  >:(
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Post by: Marcq on July 10, 2017, 10:40:23 PM
Caught up with me too  >:(

Marc..
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Post by: steelhead_killer on July 10, 2017, 11:30:31 PM
Spent some time today looking (trying) at some older post that have gone blank as a result of this ransom.  Damn shame.  I can't imagine everyone will be able to build back what the site has lost.  Sad. 
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Post by: mo65 on July 11, 2017, 12:13:57 AM
Quote from: steelhead_killer on July 10, 2017, 11:30:31 PM
Spent some time today looking (trying) at some older post that have gone blank as a result of this ransom.  Damn shame. 

   I hear ya Andy, I picked up a beater DAM Quick 221 as a project, went to Fred's tutorial and it's been hit. I can't imagine what a mess I'll have trying to tear that reel down with no pics. Any chance you can fix that tutorial Fred? There must be hundreds of guys going through this. I haven't been hit yet...just checked a few of my posts...but I have the pics at the ready. I will be restoring all my project and build posts. 8)
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Post by: foakes on July 11, 2017, 01:00:48 AM
Mike and Andy --

At least for me, this is going to be a lesson and an opportunity --

While a noble and worthy motive -- I will not be rebuilding all of the old posts.

There are some tutorials and threads that have had 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, or more hits.  These I will repopulate with photos -- because they have proven to be popular and of some useful interest to folks.

Time is an issue --

With over 2500 photos being held hostage -- it would take me weeks, months, or more to redo all of the old posts.

We currently have a break in the timber felling and cleanup -- but it will start again pretty soon.  

I took a break to get caught up on 18 remaining builds for members, plus am now down to a backlog of 60+ reels that need service and repair for clients.

Built out 12 reels over the weekend for members -- using new parts on hand for about 50% of the reel -- am working on the remaining 18 this week -- Quicks, Mitchells.

Have been using the AT Site for photo hosting for the last 18 months -- anything prior to that will be absent of pics unless I rebuild.

Have also signed up with accounts on flicker, IMGUR, and PostImage -- just to spread things out to be safer -- and have more options.  So far, these (3) i age hosters seem stable.

But this will never be solved until we host everything on our site -- and maintain control of our own equipment and destiny.

We could spend weeks or months rebuilding posts -- only to have another hostage situation.

I will also be doing new tutorials -- hopefully having learned from the past.

Lets face it -- some posts are worthwhile -- and some not so much -- and become lost in the massive amount of information on our site.

If there is specific information you need, Mike -- on the 221 -- just ask, and I will post pics -- and do all I can to be of assistance.

I also agree with Dominick about the right of a company to do what they need to do to stay in business.

However, when a company gives us no notice, or only a few hours, like PB did -- then turns off our access to our photos -- unless we pay a ransom -- I do not agree with this mode of doing business.  It is sleazy, unethical, and just plain deceptive.  It reminds me of a company in trouble -- and trying to salvage all of the cash they can, reduce expenses, and be in a position for the owners to rob the incoming cash reserves -- and then either revamp their operation -- or close the doors forever -- walking away with our trust and cash.

Best,

Fred
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Post by: steelfish on July 11, 2017, 01:55:19 AM
Quote from: foakes on July 11, 2017, 01:00:48 AM
But this will never be solved until we host everything on our site -- and maintain control of our own equipment and destiny.



Alan, or any of the administrators, can you give me access to the Photo album on the site?
as you said, it will be safer if we use the site to host the pictures, of course only those related to post on At.com
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Post by: mo65 on July 11, 2017, 02:31:30 AM
Quote from: foakes on July 11, 2017, 01:00:48 AM
There are some tutorials and threads that have had 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, or more hits.  These I will repopulate with photos -- because they have proven to be popular and of some useful interest to folks.

If there is specific information you need, Mike -- on the 221 -- just ask, and I will post pics -- and do all I can to be of assistance.

   I haven't even popped the sideplate yet Fred...but when I do I'd surely feel better having that tutorial to guide me! It's had almost 18,000 views, I hope it falls into the "popular enough" category to have pics restored. If I get in a bind I'll holler at ya. 8)
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Post by: Shark Hunter on July 11, 2017, 02:58:11 AM
Rebuilding posts is no easy task.
I've been working on it for three weeks now.
I have over 8,000 posts.
The Key is to get your pictures on your hard drive.
I have all of mine.
Just trying to put them into their place.
That is the Battle.
One I will win.
If anyone needs one of my pictures restored.
Show me.
I'm trying.
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Post by: whalebreath on July 11, 2017, 03:30:09 AM
I've followed the instructions for downloading albums from PB onto my machine the first two were OK but now it takes so long I just give up-several dozen photos in each album anyone else had this issue?
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Post by: oc1 on July 11, 2017, 06:16:55 AM
Download getting slower....  Go to your file manager program, right click on drive C: then click "properties" (or something equivalent) and look for the amount of disk space and the amount of free space.  When you are getting close to full it will slow down.  You may have some other options there like emptying the recycle bin, compressing the disk, cleaning the disk, etc.  You can buy an external hard drive that connects with a USB wire and will give you more space than you will need for not much money.

-steve
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Post by: Shark Hunter on July 11, 2017, 11:22:36 AM
Download the entire Library.
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Post by: ChileRelleno on September 10, 2017, 07:55:17 PM
Easy Photobucket Fix

In the cases where former/current PhotoBucket users haven't deleted all their albums.
Chrome and Firefox now have an extension, Photobucket Embed Fix,  that will display 3rd party hosted images.
It will fix all your broken pics, no need for you to do anything, it runs entirely in the background.

Click Tools>Add-Ons (Or press CTL+Shift+A) >select Extensions > enter "photobucket embed" in the Search box (upper right corner) > then click the install button.

Done! All your old pics should now be displaying again.
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Post by: Shark Hunter on September 10, 2017, 08:10:33 PM
That is Awesome John!
I have already fixed most of mine, but this will save others a lot of time!!
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Post by: ChileRelleno on September 10, 2017, 08:13:27 PM
It doesn't fix it for everybody.
Only for Chrome and/or Firefox users that install the Add-On/Extension.
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Post by: Cortez_Conversions on September 10, 2017, 08:50:07 PM
Where do we find the tools menu?
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Post by: ChileRelleno on September 10, 2017, 09:08:54 PM
Quote from: Cortez_Conversions on September 10, 2017, 08:50:07 PM
Where do we find the tools menu?
Just press Control+Shift+A at the same time, then search for the extension.
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Post by: twotone on September 10, 2017, 09:46:01 PM
Thank you John!!!
Simple fix thru firefox. I went to my profile and looked in my past post for pics!! I now see pics.
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Post by: Cortez_Conversions on September 10, 2017, 10:18:54 PM
Quote from: ChileRelleno on September 10, 2017, 09:08:54 PM
Quote from: Cortez_Conversions on September 10, 2017, 08:50:07 PM
Where do we find the tools menu?
Just press Control+Shift+A at the same time, then search for the extension.

Sorry John,
just not getting it.
Should I be on Photobucket or where?
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Post by: whalebreath on September 11, 2017, 01:45:57 AM
¡Que Padre!

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e60/A_Fisher/Fishing%202017/20170318_1757101_zpsujavkmef.jpg)

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e60/A_Fisher/Fishing%202017/20170318_1756361_zps5hvfyifq.jpg)

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Post by: ez2cdave on September 11, 2017, 05:23:24 AM
NOTE the "Add-On" will allow you to VIEW photo's, BUT you are not able to SAVE them ( by "conventional means" ).

If you are using Windows, ( I use Windows 7, 64-Bit ) the Snipping Tool can be used to save images.

Tight Lines !