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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:07 pm 
as photobucket is ****


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:54 pm 
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Totally agree, but I haven't gone shopping for an alternative. One of the most annoying things is seeing a really good old post which references a dead picture from an off site photo upload service. Shame that we can't encourage people to host more directly on here, but I have uploaded directly the odd small picture.

To be honest, the TDC site could well do with a little bit of a user friendly refresh, and an updated phpbb installation with things like a mobile phone friendly view, event calendars, and shopping cart system for spares, regalia and memberships too.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:13 pm 
yes I agree as I would then be happy to update my build as it takes an age with photo bucket


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:25 am 
I use this when needed. Never used any of the others to be honest.
http://www.servimg.com/index.php


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:33 am 
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I use Flickr. It's heavily punted by and I think it's part of Yahoo - but I hope that means it won't be pulled like so many others in the past.
It was never very fast until I upgraded my PC - turns out it was my hardware limiting the uploads, now it flies with cable internet.


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:44 am 
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I don't have any serious problems with Photobucket (yes, it can be frustrating sometimes). The reason such photos disappear is if somebody closes their account or deletes some photos because they've run out of storage space. I've just had a look at page 1 of my resto thread and my photos are still there. The reason we discourage the uploading of photos directly to the forum is because it takes up space on the forum server (which the Club has to pay for). We know that this can't be totally avoided so it is best to resize photos if they have to be uploaded directly to the forum to minimize the space they take up. I've found the sweet spot to be 1024 pixels for the horizontal size which seems to work on most monitors and you don't lose picture quality.

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Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA

1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!

Check my blog at http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.

"There is only one way to avoid criticsm: Do nothing, say nothing and BE nothing." Aristotle


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:44 pm 
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I know bugger all about IT and servers and I use Photobucket but I agree it is a pain in the proverbial when you have to cut and paste links and then delete the IMG part. If we have to use an external link I don't understand why it cant be at the click of a button on each picture. I am sure that's an issue with the photo site and what do I know anyway !.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 10:53 am 
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Mike, the IMG link is the one to use on forum posts. There are 4 types of link available and it is a bit of trial and error at first. Once you know what you're doing its easy.

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Toledo Man

West Yorkshire Area Organiser & forum moderator
Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA

1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!

Check my blog at http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.

"There is only one way to avoid criticsm: Do nothing, say nothing and BE nothing." Aristotle


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:58 pm 
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I agree it's not difficult, just long winded...

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:24 pm 
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Mike, I start a new post on here, then using Flickr (and I guess most others) I simply get the photo on screen with their website, and click the share icon. It remembers the last size of photo I selected (640 x 480 seems to work well on this forum).
There are 4 tabs to choose from, I select BBCode. The link is already highlighted. I click and drag the link and drop it straight into my new post.
That's it.
Hope this helps.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:47 pm 
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Thanks

I'll give it a try. Not sure if you can do it on Photobucket but if not I may change to another provider.

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