PHOTOBUCKET users please be aware !

[04OFF]

So........ Photobucket ,where for over 10 years ive been putting photos that you guys see here, have now decided to change there "terms of use".


Long story short, if i (or anyone), wishes to continue any third party hosting of pics (upload pic to photobucket, then link so they can be seen on a web site) any users still wanting this function (that we have used for years and is the WHOLE POINT of the site) we will now have to pay $399 a year.

No ,i did not miss a decimal point , just short of four hundred dollars :furious:






I just spend the day downloading what i can from the site and deleted my account.

They asked (computer generated) why i am deleting, this is a cut and paste of what i wrote....



Your new terms of service ,ensure the whole point of ever using your site, is now 100% unrealistically NON affordable.

Extortion is illegal in my country, and what goes around , comes around, it will be interesting to see if Photobucket is still around in 5 years ?

I hope the ultimate demise of Photobucket, will for a years to come, serve as a reminder to others, on how NOT to treat people if you want to stay in business.





This pretty much wrecks anY thread i (and others) have ever posted a pic on, i will do my best to salvage my pic thread (04off pics) but this will take ages.



Im sure the rest of the world will be sending photobucket a clear message real soon.:fish:

[TPC]

So........ Photobucket ,where for over 10 years ive been putting photos that you guys see here, have now decided to change there "terms of use".


Long story short, if i (or anyone), wishes to continue any third party hosting of pics (upload pic to photobucket, then link so they can be seen on a web site) any users still wanting this function (that we have used for years and is the WHOLE POINT of the site) we will now have to pay $399 a year.

No ,i did not miss a decimal point , just short of four hundred dollars :furious:






I just spend the day downloading what i can from the site and deleted my account.

They asked (computer generated) why i am deleting, this is a cut and paste of what i wrote....



Your new terms of service ,ensure the whole point of ever using your site, is now 100% unrealistically NON affordable.

Extortion is illegal in my country, and what goes around , comes around, it will be interesting to see if Photobucket is still around in 5 years ?

I hope the ultimate demise of Photobucket, will for a years to come, serve as a reminder to others, on how NOT to treat people if you want to stay in business.





This pretty much wrecks anY thread i (and others) have ever posted a pic on, i will do my best to salvage my pic thread (04off pics) but this will take ages.



Im sure the rest of the world will be sending photobucket a clear message real soon.:fish:

I have not used Photobucket much as I found Flickr easier but I have been trying to log on to do the same thing but cannot get on.
I think the mass exodus has started.

[AB]

Thanks mate, I only found out today when a mate rung me, we are chatting about it on below link but an absolute disaster for online forums.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?40392-Photobucket-no-longer-supporting-3rd-party-hosting

[04OFF]

Yeh im exhausted now after a full day, not what i needed this weekend.

My biggest problem was ive had 2 computers die over recent times taking pics with them, photobucket still had some pics i no longer have (in lower res), but i thought no worries, they are safe.



Im not against someone making money, but from zero to $399 a year .....WTF !



Anyway, im not sure what to do now about hosting or the forums ive got pics, this forum is really the only one that had all the good ones and was pretty up to date, to tired to think about it all now, but if you have any suggestions on my pic thread Andy please let me know ?

[jff45]

It might not be such a smart idea to delete everything already. If the backlash is as big as some think it could be, they might reverse their decision. Deleted photos on their site ruin the thread permanently.

[AB]

Can you access the photos yourself in your own PB account on their site?


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[AB]

Don't worry I'm thinking and researching any cracks


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[MudRunnerTD]

I feel your pain. I rarely use PB now with Tappa but damn thwre is a huge body of input here from me hosted in PB. I can't believe it. I also will be trying to rebuild threads but it will take an extraordinary amount of time via tapatalk.

[Winnie]

I must have missed all the discussion about this.
This is disastrous! Obviously they were anticipating this kind of backlash and impact and didn't make the decision lightly. The only real justification was that it was costing them money to run the website and this is their last ditch effort to recoup some costs.
I imagine there would be some big corporates out there that would have no hesitation in paying $400 to recover some images.

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[NissanGQ4.2]

I feel your pain. I rarely use PB now with Tappa but damn thwre is a huge body of input here from me hosted in PB. I can't believe it. I also will be trying to rebuild threads but it will take an extraordinary amount of time via tapatalk.

I can believe it and who's 2 say tapatalk don't do the same or any other 3rd party storage? Storage 2 the forum is your best bet

I have and will never rely on 3rd party software when it comes 2 images on forums and will never rely solely on forums 2 keep an important information not that I have much.....

Its like living in a fire prone area and storing your backups on a HDD in your house that just burnt down

[04OFF]

It might not be such a smart idea to delete everything already. If the backlash is as big as some think it could be, they might reverse their decision. Deleted photos on their site ruin the thread permanently.

While on most accounts , and a wise person would agree, you are 100% correct, and yes this is probly what i "should do".

But im sorry, i am angry, so my view is ........F@#K those C&*Ts, i don't want want a bar of there site, even if it returns to the way it was, they deserve to lay in the bed they have made for them selves, should that bed catch fire , i shall be not be willing to supply the steam off my urine to help put out that fire, may they burn in hell........


Of course, if they want to pay me $399, ill be more than happy to piss all over them :D

[AB]

You guys can still go into your PB accounts and download all of your photos still yeah?

[04OFF]

I could and have done yes

[AB]

Ok...give me this week to research. There might be a way solve this...


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[Rumcajs]

OK, I've just checked mine and it still works on a few forums I've linked to however I'm suspicious that's due to other option. (mirror remote images on forum as well) I also suspect that me being very low user this policy applies to the individuals with rather large collections.

I guess following applies ==> Storage Vs Bandwidth What s The Difference- (http://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/200724504-Storage-Vs-Bandwidth-What-s-The-Difference-)

So these people have realized that via 3rd party they don't get any advertising revenue plus it costs them the bandwidth, they don't want to subsidise 3rd party advertising business I suppose. I'm not defending Photobucket at all but it is just there is a lot of hidden cost running web service where money gouging is phenomenal between the networks providers and web services operators of which many users are blissfully unaware when browsing websites or use a service and it looks like Photobucket's revenue model has fallen to such low levels they can't absorb the costs of providing a free service based on advertising alone.

In any case I have zero sympathy towards these pigs (apologies to porkies) I rarely use these services anyway because the simple: "if you are not paying for a product you are the product". I'm not shedding any tears for sure if Photobucket disappears... although I much prefer it happened to G$$gle or Fakebook but those crims are just too big now.

Imguir is another service which will go down eventually as many investors are questioning its value as the service has not figured out how to monetize the product....

Regards

Edit: I have deleted the account on there too so apologies for ruined posts. Anyway as a side not I had to disable all the adblockers and trackers protection to be able to delete the account and the amount of advertising I have been subjected to during that process OMFG!!! Never ever again!

[the evil twin]

pretty much agree ^^^^^

All angst aside, realistically this issue is in two parts.
PB act as a storeage for your pics so you can access them from any device, any time, anywhere for free.
Up until now PB also 'hotlinked' your images to any other source (forums, blogs, auction sites etc) for free.
Photobucket, doesn't get tangible benefit from users hotlinking images, only a ginormous bandwidth useage fee.

Storeage uses memory which is a relatively cheap overhead.
Hotlinking uses bandwidth which is a hideously expensive overhead and access to the stored pics of, say, a Blogger or Auction House must be huge.

PB used to cover costs by home site advertising and cannot afford to do so any longer.
PB will still host and store for free for you.
PB will no longer hotlink which is a great expense to them (relatively speaking) but free to everyone else to monetise as they see fit.

The manner and speed PB have addressed the issue is pretty average and blowed if I can see $400 in it.

Do I see that PB cannot stay the way the model currently is, yes

Will other sites go the same way, yes, unless they can monetise the images to cover bandwidth.
How soon will other sites do that?... pretty bloody fast as all the bloggers etc depart from PB and chews up the other hosting sites bandwidth.

Bottom line is PB are still willing to host and let you access your pics for free, they just want a share of the cabbage that 3rd parties are making from the pics and, again, yes, IMHO $400 seems totally unrealistic to me.

[Cuppa]

It was the doing it without warning & retrospectively which stinks. Either a very cynical move with the hope of creating sufficient anxiety to get folk to shell out the unreasonable $400 a year or a poorly considered ignorant/arrogant move by out of touch folks. Process is so important & I reckon they may have miscalculated .......... unless it is a last ditch effort to stay afloat, but even then a different approach could have garnered a lot more support.

[04OFF]

Don't forget Photobucket could also use your images royalty free, selling photo books, framed prints etc to third parties, this is the main reason i chose to delete my account, rather than leave my pics there for them to use, as i am now getting nothing from the partnership deal they made, so shall they get nothing from me. :p

[NissanGQ4.2]

Don't forget Photobucket could also use your images royalty free, selling photo books, framed prints etc to third parties, this is the main reason i chose to delete my account, rather than leave my pics there for them to use, as i am now getting nothing from the partnership deal they made, so shall they get nothing from me. :p


I'm sure Steve they still have all your images stored on a backup server still using your images as much as they like royalty free

[04OFF]

Yeh, well ive changed my "terms of use" , hope i don't find them using any of my intellectual property (now without permission), i can't see it being a big problem really, as Photobucket will surely "kick the bucket" pretty soon anyway :smile:

[NissanGQ4.2]

Hey 04OFF ( aka Steve ),

Before you deleted your account was there images for the Please update your account 2 enable 3rd party hosting crap in your image folders????

[AB]

Hmmm, my idea may work but this could be hard.

I've been snooping in Darrens photobucket account and noticed he has albums everywhere.

Steve and anyone else using Photobucket, I assume you all have loads of albums obviously?

[NissanGQ4.2]

Hmmm, my idea may work but this could be hard.

I've been snooping in Darrens photobucket account and noticed he has albums everywhere.

Not only that AB there are heaps of "Please update your account 2 enable 3rd party hosting crap" images in those folders which I find strange

[AB]

Not only that @AB (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/member.php?u=1) there are heaps of "Please update your account 2 enable 3rd party hosting crap" images in those folders which I find strange

It might be because you are viewing another PB profiles photos or do you mean viewing your own PB account photos and logged in?

[NissanGQ4.2]

It might be because you are viewing another PB profiles photos or do you mean viewing your own PB account photos and logged in?

Not sure whats going on, i was viewing Darrens CV build in his photobucket and a heap of 3rd party images where appearing but viewed it again just then a different way and they didn't come up.....

Weird

[04OFF]

Hey 04OFF ( aka Steve ),

Before you deleted your account was there images for the Please update your account 2 enable 3rd party hosting crap in your image folders????


Yes there was, as i was going through each photo album , periodically one of my pictures had been replaced with as you describe, i could still see a small thumbnail of the real image, but could not see the full size.

I was lucky they chose/replaced images that are not my favorites , and i just excepted losing them as collateral damage, also left a heap of 4x4 photos behind, as just saving the good stuff took all day :frown:



But yeh ,this actually means they were not even letting "me" see "all" of my own pics.

[mudski]

Everyone must be on there doing a mass exodus. I cant even log in. It just crashes everytime.

[AB]

Folks, no one delete your PB account just yet, I might have a way to pull all of the photos into the forum server and every thread will be back to normal.


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[MudRunnerTD]

I just sent an Email to John Fain on the ABC as he is a Car enthusiast and is likely a forum user for another marque. He will likely have his own favourite threads and i have asked him to visit those and see what they look like.. Don't think he can do much but expose how big it is.

Hope you can fix it AB.

[UncleFrosty]

Next PB will be asking for $300 in Bitcoin... "Ooops, your photos were accidentally encrypted..."

[AB]

I might of found a full solution that will go through the entire forum and grab any 3rd party hosted images and copy them to our server to host locally and put all of the images into each post where it was but all hosted locally.

I need to test this out first but could be a huge winner!

I wish we already had this on our forum already damn it!

[jack]

I might of found a full solution that will go through the entire forum and grab any 3rd party hosted images and copy them to our server to host locally and put all of the images into each post where it was but all hosted locally.

I need to test this out first but could be a huge winner!

I wish we already had this on our forum already damn it!

Good luck AB, hope it works as I can see Flicker and other sites doing the same in the future.

[AB]

Good luck AB, hope it works as I can see Flicker and other sites doing the same in the future.

Even the most popular ones like Tapatalk and old school Forum Runner apps.

Forums are very vulnerable without us even knowing!!!

Scary stuff!


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[Winnie]

Are photos uploaded from the Tapatalk app not stored on the forum? http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/62.jpg

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[AB]

Nope...check your code here below of what you posted above...

Are photos uploaded from the Tapatalk app not stored on the forum? [IMG}https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/067319d70efa305b13891f221976222f.jpg[/IMG]

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[AB]

Tapatalk-cdn.com


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[MudRunnerTD]

I might of found a full solution that will go through the entire forum and grab any 3rd party hosted images and copy them to our server to host locally and put all of the images into each post where it was but all hosted locally.

I need to test this out first but could be a huge winner!

I wish we already had this on our forum already damn it!

I remember the last time you tried to show us all how intelligent you where! We are still getting over It!

[AB]

I remember the last time you tried to show us all how intelligent you where! We are still getting over It!

I can't take you seriously anymore with your chinglish posts ^^^^ ;)


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[MudRunnerTD]

I can't take you seriously anymore with your chinglish posts ^^^^ ;)


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But but but that one was pretty good!!!

[AB]

But but but that one was pretty good!!!

It was legible at least, elephant stamp coming your way!


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[Winnie]

Nope...check your code here below of what you posted above...

Are photos uploaded from the Tapatalk app not stored on the forum? [IMG}https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/067319d70efa305b13891f221976222f.jpg[/IMG]

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Bummer. I reckon 90% of my pics on here are through Tapatalk.
The other 10% were through photo bucket.

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[AB]

Bummer. I reckon 90% of my pics on here are through Tapatalk.
The other 10% were through photo bucket.

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This should work mate...


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[AB]

Disaster!!!

We need to do this for tapa and all other 3rd party hosted images but it failed for PB DAMN IT!!!

Need more time what a nightmare!


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[NissanGQ4.2]

Are photos uploaded from the Tapatalk app not stored on the forum?

As AB has already answered no, I don't believe any 3rd party AB will every have the ability 2 store images 2 the forum, only way 2 keep photo's safe withing the forum and on the forums server is by directly uploading 2 the forum. Then the only way you will loose them then is if the servers HDD fails and someone has been slack with backups

[AB]

Nah I have something now that can and will continuously run through the forum and take any 3rd party images on the forum and save them on our forum.

This is being used by loads of forums as we speak.

Problem now being PB have stopped this causing issues but I'm working on that.

Server backup is automatically done, no issue there...


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[Maxhead]

Being one of the members not using any third party software to post and only exclusively use the forum and tappa to post pics... do I get a prize??

Actually would tappa do the same in the future and charge you for posting photos and not just using the app?







................on the road

[AB]

Being one of the members not using any third party software to post and only exclusively use the forum and tappa to post pics... do I get a prize??

Actually would tappa do the same in the future and charge you for posting photos and not just using the app?







................on the road

Very possible and probable I say!!!

I can't run this script until I figure out photobucket first as once this script runs it could ruin the dead photobucket links so I need to somehow work that out first then run this program which will secure any 3rd party apps and websites.

I have an idea if members can download their albums. Give them to me and I run a custom find and replace URL change from PB to NP but that may be hard to do.




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[Plasnart]

I might of found a full solution that will go through the entire forum and grab any 3rd party hosted images and copy them to our server to host locally and put all of the images into each post where it was but all hosted locally.

I need to test this out first but could be a huge winner!

I wish we already had this on our forum already damn it!


I remember the last time you tried to show us all how intelligent you where! We are still getting over It!


I can't take you seriously anymore with your chinglish posts ^^^^ ;)


As AB has already answered no, I don't believe any 3rd party AB will every have the ability 2 store images 2 the forum, only way 2 keep photo's safe withing the forum and on the forums server is by directly uploading 2 the forum. Then the only way you will loose them then is if the servers HDD fails and someone has been slack with backups

This whole forum is run by chinglish mods!!!!!!

Daz you were hard done by to be picked on I reckon! :D



http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/66.jpg

[04OFF]

Haha....... that ^ reminds me of this classic .......(captured on one of my visits to China) :bowdown:


72396

[AB]

Ok great news, this new mod does work, it pulls every 3rd party image into the forum and saves it locally and references that on where the 3rd party image was on the forum.

Bad news, it doesnt work for PB photos.

I'll run this soon and we will be safe from any other 3rd party companies in the future changing their terms.

In the mean time before I run this we need to solve PB issue.

Anyone have any bright ideas?

Options so far are...



Users put their photos back in the missing posts - Nightmare!
Somehow work out a find and replace attachment script, users download their PB accounts and give me the folders - Working on this but not sure if this can be done.
Users pay for the yearly fee, we run this script and problem solved - Not likely for users to fork out $400


Working on option 2

[Rossco]

Champion AB what a nightmare. How about we all drive to their HQ do donuts on their lawn and smash down their letter box. . .

So does that mean all uploaded tapa & other images will be saved in the forum now? Do they get copied or will they be in both? . .

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[AB]

Champion AB what a nightmare. How about we all drive to their HQ do donuts on their lawn and smash down their letter box. . .

So does that mean all uploaded tapa & other images will be saved in the forum now? Do they get copied or will they be in both? . .

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Yeah its a great mod I wish we had of done this years ago and we wouldn't need to worry about any of this!

Yes, all Tapa images are pulled into the forum hosted locally but are kept on both platforms.

[AB]

Ok, have found a way to exclude PB images for now...

Time to run this and crash the forum, seeyas!!!

[Avo]

Being one of the members not using any third party software to post and only exclusively use the forum and tappa to post pics... do I get a prize??

Actually would tappa do the same in the future and charge you for posting photos and not just using the app?







................on the road
Your not the only one..i was to dumb and slack to figire PB out...so we have to share the prize

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[Avo]

Ok, have found a way to exclude PB images for now...

Time to run this and crash the forum, seeyas!!!
Oh lord please have mercy. ...see ya on THE other side AB

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[AB]

Oh lord please have mercy. ...see ya on THE other side AB

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Nah we're good old mate, the script is running and we're still here.

It's running 100 batches at a time otherwise we will crash!

We have 715,000 posts in batches of 100 = 7150 processes so the forum should be all done and referencing every single image locally in about a week or so.

I have excluded all images from Photobucket until we can work out a decision on this?

[MudRunnerTD]

Thanks for your effort @AB.

[AB]

Spewing we didn't have this on earlier!!!

Forum may run slow at times for the next week or so but so far its crunching the data nicely!

I'll get back to your other issue too mate, I just haven't stopped this week and this issue was high priority of course.

Still need to solve PB issue but I have left the original images and URl paths there if a solution can be found.

[AB]

Also, this feature will not work on old locked threads so if anyone comes across any on there travels let us know and we'll have to manually fix it if need be.

[MB]

AB mate, you've definitely got them smart denim genes :-) How's it looking for the Tapatalk/Vimeo 'Videos' like Ellis Track, are they salvageable someday or just pictures for now oldest mate?

[AB]

@AB (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/member.php?u=1) mate, you've definitely got them smart denim genes :-) How's it looking for the Tapatalk/Vimeo 'Videos' like Ellis Track, are they salvageable someday or just pictures for now oldest mate?

Haven't had a chance old mate, if you can paste a link here to an affected thread I'll take a look one day.

[Rossco]

Yeah awsome work AB, genius. Good to know tapa pics will be future proof, it's so damn easy to chuck stuff up that way. . .

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[MB]

Haven't had a chance old mate, if you can paste a link here to an affected thread I'll take a look one day.
I think this is the one mate: http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=36199

[MB]

Bugger, Vimeo too :-(
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/3.png[IMG]https://


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[Winnie]

I'm pretty sure we worked out that vimeo videos have an expiration date!

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[MB]

I'm pretty sure we worked out that vimeo videos have an expiration date! Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Well that sucks too then mate, I deleted all footage of your trucks smashing Ellis off my phone that evening under the impression they were stored off in the cloudy thingo :-(

[TPC]

Well that sucks too then mate, I deleted all footage of your trucks smashing Ellis off my phone that evening under the impression they were stored off in the cloudy thingo :-(

cloudy thingo Is that the technical term?

[MB]

cloudy thingo Is that the technical term?
Yeah alright, he's got the brains I get it, I think :-( http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/69.jpg


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[04OFF]

I think the correct term is "whitefluffywhatsjamacallit"

[AB]

Steve is your PB account still active or is it gone now?


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[NissanGQ4.2]

Steve is your PB account still active or is it gone now?


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Yes its still active @AB, but from what he has already said it sounds like we might have lost them already on here :(




Yes there was, as i was going through each photo album , periodically one of my pictures had been replaced with as you describe, i could still see a small thumbnail of the real image, but could not see the full size.

I was lucky they chose/replaced images that are not my favorites , and i just excepted losing them as collateral damage, also left a heap of 4x4 photos behind, as just saving the good stuff took all day :frown:



But yeh ,this actually means they were not even letting "me" see "all" of my own pics.


Don't forget Photobucket could also use your images royalty free, selling photo books, framed prints etc to third parties, this is the main reason i chose to delete my account, rather than leave my pics there for them to use, as i am now getting nothing from the partnership deal they made, so shall they get nothing from me. :p

[Sprock]

I have NO idea what any of you are talking about - except MB & his 'cloudy thingo' ( which I don't use either but at least I knew what he was talking about ) ahh I love being computer / IT illiterate- sooo much easier 😊

[MB]

I have NO idea what any of you are talking about - except MB & his 'cloudy thingo' ( which I don't use either but at least I knew what he was talking about ) ahh I love being computer / IT illiterate- sooo much easier
We speaka da samma language big fella ;-)
(Just ring AB on the telephone to help fix IT :-) )

[04OFF]

Steve is your PB account still active or is it gone now?



Deleted my account Andy, have not gone back since to check if anything is still there (nor do i really want to), when us old farts crack the shits, we do it proper :D

[04OFF]

Yes its still active @AB, but from what he has already said it sounds like we might have lost them already on here :(


I have the images as downloaded from PB, im not beyond attempting to rebuild my pic thread somehow , as id like to keep it going, just not really sure what to do yet.



I guess ill do nothing until the dust settles, and wait for suggestions from you guys, i know something will have to be done with mine (and other peoples threads), at the very least ill get the pics back on here somewhere in a thread, even if it means they all go on in a consecutive upload.

Im sure i can remember where they are taken, even if i cant remember the dates, so at least i can add some form of description. :D

[AB]

I have the images as downloaded from PB, im not beyond attempting to rebuild my pic thread somehow , as id like to keep it going, just not really sure what to do yet.



I guess ill do nothing until the dust settles, and wait for suggestions from you guys, i know something will have to be done with mine (and other peoples threads), at the very least ill get the pics back on here somewhere in a thread, even if it means they all go on in a consecutive upload.

Im sure i can remember where they are taken, even if i cant remember the dates, so at least i can add some form of description. :D

Ok thanks Steve. At this stage don't rename or move any photos out of the folder structure you downloaded.

Did it download the albums you had on PB as folders with the photos in each folder or did it just download one complete folder with all of your images?


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[04OFF]

I downloaded each pic individually, i don't think you can download a complete "album" with one click ?

I guess the pics may have PB file names that may allow allocation to where they were in my thread ? ,im on a different PC at present, so can't ,(in other words im too lazy) to check right now.

[TPC]

There has been a lot of talk about "Ransomware" in the news lately, this whole Photobucket bullshit has been a case of legal but immoral ransomware.
I really hope the assholes responsible for this lose their jobs when it all backfires for them.

[NissanGQ4.2]

I downloaded each pic individually, i don't think you can download a complete "album" with one click ?

You can from their web site, but in saying that I have a slow internet connection 2 the pc at home so though I would try and download Darren's CV build thread on my phone but could not see the option when using the phone even though it was still using a browser and not an app

[04OFF]

So what is everyone else using for pic hosting, is flicker the go ? or something else ? or should i try upload to forum ?

Im going 4x4ing on the weekend, and i intend on dusting off the camera, been a while since ive had it out, of course, here i am assuming i end up with something worth posting (lol)

[Maxhead]

So what is everyone else using for pic hosting, is flicker the go ? or something else ? or should i try upload to forum ?

Im going 4x4ing on the weekend, and i intend on dusting off the camera, been a while since ive had it out, of course, here i am assuming i end up with something worth posting (lol)

I use google drive for storing data online which costs me around 2 bucks a month for about 100gb(you get free extras when using their products)
Obviously you can't link pics to forums, etc but I find it very useful and can download and upload to the forum pretty quickly

[mudnut]

So what is everyone else using for pic hosting, is flicker the go ? or something else ? or should i try upload to forum ?

Im going 4x4ing on the weekend, and i intend on dusting off the camera, been a while since ive had it out, of course, here i am assuming i end up with something worth posting (lol)

I just use Paint, cut and past, crop and resize , but it is only good for thumbnails. Hopefully AB has rectified this.

[AB]

I use google drive for storing data online which costs me around 2 bucks a month for about 100gb(you get free extras when using their products)
Obviously you can't link pics to forums, etc but I find it very useful and can download and upload to the forum pretty quickly

There might be some tricks you can do this as below mate.

And now with our new mod it would keep it local too...

If you're bored give this a try...

https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/35620/is-it-possible-to-put-an-image-from-google-drive-into-a-forum-post.aspx


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[AB]

Still working on PB issue as well folks....


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[NissanGQ4.2]

So what is everyone else using for pic hosting, is flicker the go ? or something else ? or should i try upload to forum ?

Im going 4x4ing on the weekend, and i intend on dusting off the camera, been a while since ive had it out, of course, here i am assuming i end up with something worth posting (lol)

I don't ( besides trying photobucket a times years ago ) and probably never use a 3rd party for pic hosting for this very reason. I only really upload photo's 2 three places on the net, here, a reptile forum and FB. FB is fair the easiest 2 upload 2 but still prefer 2 upload directly 2 the forum as it resides on @AB's server then and if something goes wrong then i can punch him in the neck, and know its more likely 2 get fixed rather than deal with other 3rd party companies.

Out of curiosity, you don't rely on 3rd party companies for backups do you???

[Winnie]

So is there a way for me to upload a photo directly to the forum using Tapatalk? Or will your new gadget do that for me?

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[AB]

So is there a way for me to upload a photo directly to the forum using Tapatalk? Or will your new gadget do that for me?

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I don't have any control of any settings with forum apps but yep, with the new fangdanglegadgetthinggy we are good to go with any 3rd party images hosted on the forum moving forward.

[AB]

After a couple of weeks when the forum is all fully updated it will continuously run each time a 3rd party image is displayed here and save it to forum and replace image on the post with the locally hosted image.

[Maxhead]

There might be some tricks you can do this as below mate.

And now with our new mod it would keep it local too...

If you're bored give this a try...

https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/35620/is-it-possible-to-put-an-image-from-google-drive-into-a-forum-post.aspx


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test

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wicE8Jf1z5aNk4AStjMwTT45kMMXX_De4f8ezKUi1yGc5G2YBG fkhYjjaUsqeFPBd11kPkD7uGHvvAo=w1920-h920-rw

[Maxhead]

There might be some tricks you can do this as below mate.

And now with our new mod it would keep it local too...

If you're bored give this a try...

https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/35620/is-it-possible-to-put-an-image-from-google-drive-into-a-forum-post.aspx


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Old dog does it again...lol

it works ok but still need to download and drop photos into that folder. Cant copy/paste from the drive....hmmm, I'll play around more!

[AB]

Nah I can't see the image though on my side. Anyone else?


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[Maxhead]

Nah I can't see the image though on my side. Anyone else?


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My image??

The one with "test " in the post??

[Maxhead]

My image??

The one with "test " in the post??

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/76.jpg








................on the road

[AB]

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/76.jpg








................on the road

Yeah I have a broken image using iOS on both apps and safari. Will try desktop soon


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[NissanGQ4.2]

Yeah I have a broken image using iOS on both apps and safari. Will try desktop soon


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Nothing on desktop.

just the text "test"

Edit: If I edit the post, there is a image code in the post

[Winnie]

test

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/

If you actually paste the image url into your browser you get this error.
Looks like you'll be the only person able to see it Kris. Is that folder possibly set to private? Is there a way you can make it visible to anyone?

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/77.jpg

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[Maxhead]

Yeah weird, public folder and all

Followed all the instructions from the forum AB posted







................on the road

[Maxhead]

Can every one see these two folders?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7nX3xbcPbItfjhYcDl6d1hNUk9VdGZ0SENqNmtxekc4YWxKa 0pjeEpNeDNVWUYxYVE3ZHc

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7nX3xbcPbItcndvVjh1REk2Q1k

[AB]

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B7nX3xbcPbItcndvVjh1REk2Q1k


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[AB]

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B7nX3xbcPbItcndvVjh1REk2Q1k


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[AB]

Yeah no good. I can see folders and images in link though.


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[Maxhead]

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B7nX3xbcPbItcndvVjh1REk2Q1k


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yeah the link works, but image dont seem to be

[AB]

It's the prefix issue still. If this will be better for everyone there will be a way.


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[Maxhead]

what about now?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7nX3xbcPbItcndvVjh1REk2Q1k?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7nX3xbcPbItcndvVjh1REk2Q1k?usp=sharing

[AB]

Nope.....


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[Maxhead]

Nope.....


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cool, Tried all different ways...not sure

[04OFF]

Out of curiosity, you don't rely on 3rd party companies for backups do you???

Nah i don't , but am kinda slack when it comes to storing pics, ive had a bad run with PCs and hard drives dying on me, also being slack with backing up, ive got stuff ive lost, and other stuff all over the place, i am just slack in general really, and seem to have so much going on in life all the time, i just can't be bothered.

PB was a easy and a lazy way for me to know all my pics are safe in one place, and while not the best quality, i didn't really care.

Ive got pics of heaps of cool cakes that ive made, yet even after 18 years or so of making them, i still don't have them all in one folder "anywhere", i guess id be lying if i said i didn't like to show off what little skills i do have, but im too busy living the dream, than to worry about showing everyone i am.


I will now try to change and put in some more effort, i should put together a cake thread, as i have some pretty cool creations im told.






After a couple of weeks when the forum is all fully updated it will continuously run each time a 3rd party image is displayed here and save it to forum and replace image on the post with the locally hosted image.


That sound awesome, so im gonna try post a pic direct to forum now anyway, if it works, this is one i downloaded from my album on PB :p


72406

[04OFF]

Ok so try another one ......

72407


Can everyone see, does it look ok ? (does for me)

[MB]

Ok so try another one ...... <img src="http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=72407"/> Can everyone see, does it look ok ? (does for me)
Friggin awesome photo !
iCrapple 'Forum Runner' showing it just fine!!

[Avo]

Ok so try another one ......

72407


Can everyone see, does it look ok ? (does for me)
They look good to me matey

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[nissannewby]

Yeah weird, public folder and all

Followed all the instructions from the forum AB posted







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I can see it using chrome on a samsung device

[Maxhead]

I can see it using chrome on a samsung device

Cheers Matty, not sure whats going on mate

[nissannewby]

Cheers Matty, not sure whats going on mate

Its all good mate. My pb images are still in the thread I put up about the borg warner installation. Its a fark up that's for sure lol.

[mudnut]

Test 1 .... This 635.8 kilobytes

[mudnut]

Need to learn the correct sizing now. 127 KB approximately 530 x 600 pixels.

[04OFF]

If you use a windows PC platform, take a look at "Image resizer for windows" , it works well, very easy to use ,and its free ;)

[04OFF]

Its all good mate. My pb images are still in the thread I put up about the borg warner installation. Its a fark up that's for sure lol.

I think someone mentioned before Matty, it could be to do with the amount of traffic looking at your images, not sure if PB would register every time a thread with their 3rd party hosted pics is opened ?

Just looked ,and my pic thread had nearly 60,000 views, i would guess , out of that many views, one would think it would have drawn a few people to visit the PB site itself ?




This is why i felt it is important for me, if you have good images hosted on PB (ones you think they can sell), to delete them so they can't keep making money from your stuff (this includes add revenue raised from visitors to your account)

[AB]

Ok, here is a solution to the PB issue. Too early for this but someone was thinking the exact idea I had...

It's a bit of a daunting task and needs help from members though.

First off, PB users need to download their entire PB account using a special Google Chrome plugin someone has recently created to stick it up PB.

This plugin downloads all of your album structure inside your PB account.
https://chevereto.com/community/threads/photobucket-debacle-and-file-naming.8691/



I want to report that it worked for me, I was able to restore all pics posted by me going back almost 10 years in just a few hours. I offer this information to help anyone in the same situation.
Step 1. Use Chrome browser. Install the chrome extension Download Photobucket Album. This will allow you to quickly download complete photobucket albums, otherwise impossible. Here's the link to it https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...mpbbfglflhdhbmimlcacoojpkeopelc/reviews?hl=en (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-album-downloa/jmpbbfglflhdhbmimlcacoojpkeopelc/reviews?hl=en)
Step 2. I'll use a Mass File Rename program to rename images with "%20" (sometimes photobucket adds this to file names) and substitute it with "-".
Step 3. I'll Upload images to NP with Original/no date folder file naming.
Step 4. Run SQL query in the forum database (in the case of vbulletin it's the mst_post table) to replace all instances of "%20" with "-".
Step 5. Run SQL query in the forum database to replace all instances of the photobucket URL section with your new domain.

[Winnie]

I'll give that a crack tonight AB!

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[AB]

All you guys need to do is download the Chrome plugin, download your complete PB account with the folder structure.

Zip it all up, get that to me and I'll do the rest...

[Winnie]

How should we send you those files?

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[AB]

How should we send you those files?

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Just zip it and maybe use wetransfer?

[Winnie]

Trying this now AB, here's the link to the free Chrome plugin.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-album-downloa/papfjgooflcelknccdephbdnhogadkfj?hl=en

EDIT: Bugger, you can only download 100 pics with the free version. The paid version is only $1.99 so I'll give that a try now.

[AB]

Just another bump, I did Mudrunner's album today, was an easy job so anyone else who has photobucket images on here let me know.

Also MudRunnerTD I only did your Stripping the GQ album, if there was another album in your collection let me know.

[MudRunnerTD]

Just another bump, I did Mudrunner's album today, was an easy job so anyone else who has photobucket images on here let me know.

Also MudRunnerTD I only did your Stripping the GQ album, if there was another album in your collection let me know.

Thanks mate. Appreciate it. I will have to gave a look at my on structure and will let you know.