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Title: photobucket down?
Post by: ozy clint on June 30, 2017, 06:18:00 AM
i see lots of pics not working......
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Bldtrailer on June 30, 2017, 07:55:00 AM
Photo bucket   :banghead:   will not host 3rd party photo posting such as here without a costly upgrade(blackmail) I just deleted my entire account. Please suggest another way to post photos here>>>--->
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Eric Krewson on June 30, 2017, 08:58:00 AM
They will unlock your account for a $400 year "subscription" upgrade.

It was a good service but I suspect this move will be their death mell.

I have done so many picture tutorials with photobucket it will be impossible for me to shift thousands of pictures to another hosting service.

Deep down I suspect this move is a glitch in the system and everything will come back in time.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Hermon on June 30, 2017, 09:00:00 AM
Imgur works much better than Photobucket IMO.  If you just want to post a pic from your phone then the Fastpic app is easy.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: on June 30, 2017, 09:38:00 AM
Second the Imgur!  Works well every time.  I posted a "how-to" here that ran for a bit.  I'll try to locate it bring it up to the top...

I also did a how-to on the FastPic app but it disappeared....  :dunno:
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: David Mitchell on June 30, 2017, 11:33:00 AM
Why can't we post directly from our computer picture files like on the other site?  So much simpler.  Photobucket got to the point of being nearly impossible to use some time back.  Tony, I tried to set up an account on imgur and couldn't get it done.  Don't know why.....maybe I'm not tech savvy enough.   :confused:
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: on June 30, 2017, 11:57:00 AM
David, I don't know why either.  I did have one brother recently tell me that he had trouble but found out he needed to register to get it done.

Now, for us old guys, answering four questions can be a bit daunting but keep trying...eventually you'll hit the right key.  :p
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Bldtrailer on June 30, 2017, 12:30:00 PM
Testing post Imgur

 (http://i.imgur.com/Q0ZUl5w.jpg)
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: on June 30, 2017, 12:44:00 PM
You Got It!
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Pat B on June 30, 2017, 12:45:00 PM
I've lost over 100 pages of pics from Photobucket. I'm not going to give into their ransom to recover them. Also, my laptop crashed last week so I've lost all of my pics all together.
 Unfortunately all the pics I've posted here on Trad Gang and on Primitive Archer are gone and won't be available on either site anymore. I don't have a smartphone and work off of my home PC or work laptop(new as of 2 days ago) so I'll have to figure out how to resize the pics and post them directly to my favorite sites.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Bldtrailer on June 30, 2017, 12:49:00 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/iQi9qGG.jpg)
test 2
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Bldtrailer on June 30, 2017, 12:52:00 PM
Takes a little getting use    :readit:    popup adds    (http://i.imgur.com/qVReauf.jpg)
Thank you >>>-->
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: monterey on June 30, 2017, 01:48:00 PM
I think PB realized that they had to spend some dough to upgrade their capacity OR get rid of the non paying accounts. OTOH, their advertising rates depend on views so it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Was PB recently bought out?
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: David Mitchell on June 30, 2017, 02:53:00 PM
From what I read on their new rules, they have different levels of "pay-to-play" depending on how much data space you want to buy. The $400 per year was the top level.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Pat B on June 30, 2017, 05:50:00 PM
They offered a free option so IMO they should stand by that or at least give notice of the change.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Basinboy on June 30, 2017, 06:14:00 PM
This sucks! Now all the pics we ever posted are gone! I'm not paying them a dime.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: centaur on June 30, 2017, 07:36:00 PM
If they think that I am paying them $400 a year (!) to use their 'service', then they are sadly mistaken. The only thing I use PB for is to post pics to TG; They can rob somebody else, not me. Certainly, there is a better way for TG to get pictures posted without having to pay tribute to a site that is wanting to get you to pay a king's ransom to use it.
The Wensels wrote a book some time back, and the title of it seems appropriate about now..."And the Horse You Rode In On".
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: on June 30, 2017, 08:56:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by centaur:
Certainly, there is a better way for TG to get pictures posted without having to pay tribute to a site that is wanting to get you to pay a king's ransom ...
There certainly is!....more than one.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Pine on June 30, 2017, 11:24:00 PM
I'm baffled by this , all my Photobucket pics are working fine .
But I see others that have the message in place of the pics .
That doesn't make sense .
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Guss on June 30, 2017, 11:29:00 PM
I posted pics last night and it worked fine.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Eric Krewson on July 01, 2017, 09:25:00 AM
Test
   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/flint%20knife%20001_zpsioed8o89.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/flint%20knife%20001_zpsioed8o89.jpg.html)

Dang, it is working again.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: BrushWolf on July 01, 2017, 11:11:00 AM
How do I get a photo and not the code using a I phone with imgur
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Basinboy on July 01, 2017, 02:03:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by BrushWolf:
How do I get a photo and not the code using a I phone with imgur
I loaded the Imgur app but could not get the code from it.
I had to open Imgur in my browser on my iPhone then I copied the BBcode and paste it in the post.

 (http://i.imgur.com/D1TTfov.jpg)
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Danny Rowan on July 01, 2017, 02:42:00 PM
I cannot even post pics from my phone anymore from photo bucket. Just upgraded to the Samsung S7 edge from my S5. with the S5 I just copied to the clipboard on my phone then held down on the post on TG on my phone and clicked the link on the clipboard and the pic was posted. Now it just posts a link to photo bucket. Wish I could get all of my photos off photobucket and put them somewhere else.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Shadowhnter on July 01, 2017, 02:59:00 PM
I think if you are using an app along with photobucket is where there's a problem. Mine works fine with no app in conjunction. Many folks use a sizing app and there is the trouble.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: on July 01, 2017, 03:04:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Basinboy:
 
Quote
Originally posted by BrushWolf:
[qb] How do I get a photo and not the code using a I phone with imgur [/b]
I loaded the Imgur app but could not get the code from it.
I had to open Imgur in my browser on my iPhone then I copied the BBcode and paste it in the post.

Cool!     :thumbsup:   The Iphone folks should be happy.  I know they were having troubles with apps I have been using.  Could not help em as I do PC and Android only.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: M60gunner on July 01, 2017, 03:27:00 PM
I will be glad when TradGang upgrades happen and we can post direct from our computers, phones, IPads, whatever. Tell these third party photo storage sites to go pound sand.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Woodpuppy on July 01, 2017, 04:32:00 PM
Just remember, hosting pics costs money. If we can post pics directly to tradgang, then TG will bear the cost of storage and hosting, along with the bandwidth of viewing them.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: JamesV on July 01, 2017, 06:22:00 PM
Seems that everyone wants to stick their hand in your pocket these days, Pay to play I say Bull. And whoever invented photobucket should have been shot in the AZZ with a roll of bobwire the very first day.

My 2 cents

James
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Stumpkiller on July 01, 2017, 11:02:00 PM
Switching over to Imgur.  Oh well.  All my images were on CD and my desktop as well so it's just an annoyance.  

Kind of a nuisance, though.  I guess you get what you pay for.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: Captain*Kirk on July 02, 2017, 12:54:00 AM
I stopped using PB about five years ago when their adware and spyware slowed my computer down to a snail's crawl. Been using Flickr ever since. Snap a pic on my Android, send it straight from the phone to my albums. It's that easy.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: catman1 on July 04, 2017, 10:09:00 AM
Test

  (http://i.imgur.com/Fwa5zGf.jpg) (http://imgur.com/Fwa5zGf)
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: on July 07, 2017, 10:57:00 PM
Flickr will work, it just sends the upload to click on.  Not as much fun, but it will work.
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: pinky on July 09, 2017, 11:39:00 AM
Imgur Test

Just under 2 months and counting down    :p  

 (http://i.imgur.com/D0r5fez.jpg)

 (http://i.imgur.com/UKG67rW.jpg)
Title: Re: photobucket down?
Post by: on July 09, 2017, 01:06:00 PM
Nice pile of gear!  (and a successful post)