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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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