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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: Faerie-StarV on February 04, 2018, 11:25:59 PM

Title: Photobucket
Post by: Faerie-StarV on February 04, 2018, 11:25:59 PM: I don't if anyone here knows about Photobucket or not but so far, I just recently learned that whenever I tried linking my artwork to this forum, the pic would keep showing "Please update your account to enable 3rd Party hosting".
From what I learned from others, the site has changed and in order to get your pics working again, you have to pay a ridiculous amount of money. -_-

Since I can't afford to pay for it(unless I'm filthy rich like Paris Hilton), how am I going to show my artwork here? Please tell me! D: Is there other image sites like Photobucket? Or something?
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: Miniature Sheep on February 05, 2018, 12:13:07 AM: Indeed there is! Imgur is a really useful alternative to Photobucket and you can use that without having to pay, although I'd recommend uploading your images to private albums on there just to be safe; the community is... well, it's too early in the morning for me to put it in polite terms. ;)
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: Safflower on February 05, 2018, 07:10:01 AM: There are lots of free image hosting sites :) Personally, I use Flickr because it's easy to get things off my phone, onto the app, then use the website to post it. For Flickr, just create an account, drag in a photo from your computer, make it public, click share, and use the BBCode option :) You can also download the app to import photos from your phone or other devices. There are other sites too like Imgur and even an album on Facebook. Lots of options :) And there is a whole massive thread in Sigs and Site Support about Photobucket if you want to know more :)
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on February 05, 2018, 07:45:06 AM: Yeah, if you have a Yahoo account, you already HAVE a Flickr account. Take advantage of the free storage... :)
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: poniesthatsparkle on February 05, 2018, 06:44:45 PM: I currently use Imgur to host my photos, although I can't say I enjoy it very much since quite a few times I've gotten NSFW comments on my pony photos.
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: pinkkittywinks on February 06, 2018, 11:57:23 AM: Yes :( it changed last June/July meaning you have to pay $400 or so to allow you to use them as a third party host.

I found I could use my oneDrive for third party hosting :)

Love pkw xxx
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: Khoufu on February 06, 2018, 02:23:14 PM: Someone mentioned Facebook but I DO NOT recommend it as the URLs get shifted every few months, so it's very unreliable if you want a post to last very long.
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on February 06, 2018, 02:51:53 PM: I use a tumblr sideblog. Even if the sideblog is deleted, it looks like the image stays up.
Another option is Discord does tend to allow for linking if you upload a photo...although I'm not sure if there is a time limit on how long the picture url is valid.
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: Hannah66665 on February 06, 2018, 06:42:09 PM: Quote from: poniesthatsparkle on February 05, 2018, 06:44:45 PM
I currently use Imgur to host my photos, although I can't say I enjoy it very much since quite a few times I've gotten NSFW comments on my pony photos.

By default, I think everything you post on imgur is public... you want to make sure to make every album private to avoid unwanted comments. I'm always so paranoid about that kind of thing.
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: tikibirds on February 06, 2018, 10:11:25 PM: I now use imgur.
Title: Re: Photobucket
Post by: Faerie-StarV on February 08, 2018, 06:27:43 PM: Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on February 05, 2018, 07:45:06 AM
Yeah, if you have a Yahoo account, you already HAVE a Flickr account. Take advantage of the free storage... :)
I do have a Yahoo account so I guess Flickr will have to do. :3