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lutronjim · 01-14-2018, 11:57 PM

Please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting.

What is this crap?

**jocko** · 01-15-2018, 12:00 AM

it means you should post pictures directly from your computer - since places like photobucket, or whatever it's called, can come back after you've posted your pics via them and suddenly make them disappear. In other words, your pics are hostage for posting until you pay the ransom of updating to 3rd party hosting - which, I assume, has a fee associated with it (someone else will have to confirm, I don't have an account with a photo place). It's crap, and it's why we have lost tons of old photos on this site than can't be recovered. many others have been bitten by this same gotcha.

cr1hotrod · 01-15-2018, 12:09 AM

There's a Chrome add-on that will make 'em work. Do some googling and you'll find the answer.

**LockDoc** · 01-15-2018, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lutronjim

Please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting.

What is this crap?

The message is actually for the person that posted the picture not for the person viewing it.

LockDoc

Ekliptix · 01-15-2018, 11:46 AM

I suspect he's referring to this message:

In short:

Photobucket use to be a free place to host photos and share them on forums. I've been doing it for 10+ years. People on thousands of other forums have been too.
Last year, Photobucket decided they wanted to make more money so they went from being free to requiring annual $400 fee. If you pay the fee, your own photos will be visible when posting them on forums, like this. If you don't pay the annual fee, all your photobucket-hosted photos will appear as above on forums.
I'm too cheap to pay photobucket and I feel like I'm being held hostage so that doesn't make me want to cooperate. I now use https://imgur.com/ to do my photo hosting for forums.

**LockDoc** · 01-15-2018, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekliptix

I suspect he's referring to this message:
In short:

Photobucket use to be a free place to host photos and share them on forums. I've been doing it for 10+ years. People on thousands of other forums have been too.
Last year, Photobucket decided they wanted to make more money so they went from being free to requiring annual $400 fee. If you pay the fee, your own photos will be visible when posting them on forums, like this. If you don't pay the annual fee, all your photobucket-hosted photos will appear as above on forums.
I'm too cheap to pay photobucket and I feel like I'm being held hostage so that doesn't make me want to cooperate. I now use https://imgur.com/ to do my photo hosting for forums.

There is no doubt in my mind that sooner or later all hosting sites will end up doing the same thing. That is why people should post all images directly to this site instead of using hosting sites and linking them. I have been posting pictures directly to the board since 2006 and they will be here as long as this site is still up..... If the board goes belly up it won't make any difference anyway.

Just my 2¢ worth.

LockDoc

Ekliptix · 01-15-2018, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LockDoc

There is no doubt in my mind that sooner or later all hosting sites will end up doing the same thing. That is why people should post all images directly to this site instead of using hosting sites and linking them. I have been posting pictures directly to the board since 2006 and they will be here as long as this site is still up.....

Just my 2¢ worth.

LockDoc

I understand the benefit you've described of attaching photos here. For me, there are a couple forums I like to share my photos on, so one .jpg link save me time.

zosoppp · 01-15-2018, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cr1hotrod

There's a Chrome add-on that will make 'em work. Do some googling and you'll find the answer.

There is also one for Firefox.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...t-fix/?src=api

Ekliptix · 01-15-2018, 04:20 PM

^^^ Thank you! That's amazing! Photobucket is useful for me again.

hewittca · 01-15-2018, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekliptix

^^^ Thank you! That's amazing! Photobucket is useful for me again.

I've been using the Chrome fix for a while now and it's been getting the job done for me. I still wouldn't host pics with photobucket though for two reasons. One, anyone who doesn't have the fix still can't see your pics (and what's the point of sharing if others can't see them), and two, I'm sure Photobucket is wise to this fix and is working their hardest to make it useless.

Bomp · 01-15-2018, 05:05 PM

Yup, Pbucket had all my pics. Over 300,000 hits on my thread. Then one day pics gone. All that was left was my senseless ramblings of attempts at sheet metal repair, pics of Bomp and myself along with other assorted entertainment shots of someone trying to stretch a cab 5".
Sorry Pbucket bit you too,,,, I Started a new thread......

01-14-2018, 11:57 PM	#1
lutronjim Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Dunwoody,Ga Posts: 443	Please update your account Please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting. What is this crap?

01-15-2018, 12:00 AM	#2
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,975	Re: Please update your account it means you should post pictures directly from your computer - since places like photobucket, or whatever it's called, can come back after you've posted your pics via them and suddenly make them disappear. In other words, your pics are hostage for posting until you pay the ransom of updating to 3rd party hosting - which, I assume, has a fee associated with it (someone else will have to confirm, I don't have an account with a photo place). It's crap, and it's why we have lost tons of old photos on this site than can't be recovered. many others have been bitten by this same gotcha.

01-15-2018, 12:09 AM	#3
cr1hotrod Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 42	Re: Please update your account There's a Chrome add-on that will make 'em work. Do some googling and you'll find the answer. __________________ 1967 Longbed 4/6 static 2007 Silverado Z71 Crew

01-15-2018, 11:46 AM	#5
Ekliptix Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 683	Re: Please update your account I suspect he's referring to this message: In short: Photobucket use to be a free place to host photos and share them on forums. I've been doing it for 10+ years. People on thousands of other forums have been too. Last year, Photobucket decided they wanted to make more money so they went from being free to requiring annual $400 fee. If you pay the fee, your own photos will be visible when posting them on forums, like this. If you don't pay the annual fee, all your photobucket-hosted photos will appear as above on forums. I'm too cheap to pay photobucket and I feel like I'm being held hostage so that doesn't make me want to cooperate. I now use https://imgur.com/ to do my photo hosting for forums. __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB PS, PB, Tach, A/C, Tilt. Drivetrain: Built 402BB, TCI Streetfighter 700R4, 2,500 stall, Eaton posi, 3.73. Suspension/Chassis: ECE 4.5/6.5 drop, CPP nitrogen shocks, CPP front and rear sway bar, CPP cross members. Exhaust: 3" exhaust with x-pipe, Spintech 3000 mufflers, Hooker ceramic coated headers. Best 1/4 mile time: TBD.

01-15-2018, 04:20 PM	#9
Ekliptix Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 683	Re: Please update your account ^^^ Thank you! That's amazing! Photobucket is useful for me again. __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB PS, PB, Tach, A/C, Tilt. Drivetrain: Built 402BB, TCI Streetfighter 700R4, 2,500 stall, Eaton posi, 3.73. Suspension/Chassis: ECE 4.5/6.5 drop, CPP nitrogen shocks, CPP front and rear sway bar, CPP cross members. Exhaust: 3" exhaust with x-pipe, Spintech 3000 mufflers, Hooker ceramic coated headers. Best 1/4 mile time: TBD.

01-15-2018, 05:05 PM	#11
Bomp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: . Posts: 3,104	Re: Please update your account Yup, Pbucket had all my pics. Over 300,000 hits on my thread. Then one day pics gone. All that was left was my senseless ramblings of attempts at sheet metal repair, pics of Bomp and myself along with other assorted entertainment shots of someone trying to stretch a cab 5". Sorry Pbucket bit you too,,,, I Started a new thread......



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