runawayhorses wrote:Image Shack is a piece of garbage,
HAHAHA Priceless
Yeah well imageshack used to be ok before they required you to register and have to pay for animated gif or transparent png,
Now i believe they are making people download a video uploader tool just to upload videos , so they really stink now and would never recommended them anymore.
It's not hard to get an account and is free, But it's a pain and they still do not allow animated gif or transparent png with out paying
Another one i would stay away from is tiny pic, when they clean their data/delete your images. they delete all images that was ever uploaded by your ip.. so if you have websites and all your images are uploaded to tiny pic, then the whole site would be hit, and they just do this when they clear data.. so say no to tinypic as well.
Photobucket is great, just be sure you never upload anything that would break TOS and your images will be there forever, or at least while photobucket is around, and they do no seem to be going anywhere.
If you are using your images for for your forums appearances, Then i say use servimg, even if they did go down forumotion has back up and will bring them back. servimg is forumotions image host for forumotion founders, So that would be best to use for your forumotion sites.
Other then that if you are just uploading everyday pics' i would say use something like imagevenue, imagebam or other free image host you can upload multi thumbs at once.
However,when using free image host such as imagebam or imagevenue etc..
Be sure you always select family safe content option, many of these free host allow adult content if you mark it as adult.If you do that they will have adult ad's on the page of the image. SO YOU DO NOT WANT THIS EVER!!!!! YOU COULD LOSE YOUR FORUM FOR JUST ALLOWING ANYTHING THAT LEADS TO ADULT AD'S/CONTENT
So yeah, be sure to never select that option, always make sure the content is selected as family safe and your fine And be sure to let you members know along with enforcing,warnings etc.... if they did select the wrong option.
Whatever the case, there are zillions of free image host out there, Find one that works best for you and stick to that, But if they are images for your forums and websites, be sure to always keep all images as back-up and to use servimg or photobucket, or even your own server if you have one
Page one of google search for free image hosting modeltom wrote:Thanks.
I'm "concerned" about using PhotoBucket because on other forums, I see a LOT of image placeholders that say the image is no longer available, or something like that
well thats because either the account owner has deleted the images,thire account or photobucket removed or banned the account due to violations of TOS.
If you follow the TOS and dont delete your images, they will stick.
I still have images from like 6 years ago on one of my photobucket accounts.. so they do stick.