OK folks, need some advice… Assume I know nothing about the technical aspects
of computers, which I really don’t know…
Am seeking advice on a photo storage site that I can use to store my pictures in so
I can post them on this site… Both Jane’s and my freight sheds are maxed out…
Would appreciate any insight that yall might have…
Thanks, in advance…
Andy
Andy,
There are several threads around here about posting. Our Benevolent Dictator uses IMGUR.
https://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/31508/testing-pictures/view/post_id/418250
http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/31020/freight-sheds/view/post_id/414980
https://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/30080/picture-problems-something-changed?page=3
Pete, I appreciate the info, but I know how to post pictures…
I don’t want to delete pictures from my freight shed, but it is full…
I need to find a new site/web location to store my pictures…
Andy Clarke said:
Pete, I appreciate the info, but I know how to post pictures…
I don’t want to delete pictures from my freight shed, but it is full…
I need to find a new site/web location to store my pictures…
Now you know how to increase your Freight Shed storage from 50MB to 500MB from your other post. (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Joe Zullo said:
Andy Clarke said:
Pete, I appreciate the info, but I know how to post pictures…
I don’t want to delete pictures from my freight shed, but it is full…
I need to find a new site/web location to store my pictures…
Now you know how to increase your Freight Shed storage from 50MB to 500MB from your other post. (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Probably not the best option. Even though you pay for it the future of this storage system is anything but secure, as per the site owner.
My method is probably not for you as it involves use of an FTP client to upload pictures to the host but it’s cheap and it’s not going away unless I stop paying. I purchased web hosting from a German firm formerly known as 1 and 1, but now goes by IONOS. My plan includes unlimited file storage with no traffic limits, 3 web domain names and unlimited number of email addresses, all for under $10/month.
The advantage of a hosting service over an image site is that the game will never change. The site isn’t going away (unless I don’t pay), they aren’t going to limit where the image can be displayed, and I’ll never run out of space. The only unknown is future cost, but so far the price has gone down every time they made changes.
With a simple script I can have all my photos listed as clickable links on a website. See https://photo.cvsry.com for a look.
Jon Radder said:
My method is probably not for you as it involves use of an FTP client to upload pictures to the host but it’s cheap and it’s not going away unless I stop paying. I purchased web hosting from a German firm formerly known as 1 and 1, but now goes by IONOS. My plan includes unlimited file storage with no traffic limits, 3 web domain names and unlimited number of email addresses, all for under $10/month.
The advantage of a hosting service over an image site is that the game will never change. The site isn’t going away (unless I don’t pay), they aren’t going to limit where the image can be displayed, and I’ll never run out of space. The only unknown is future cost, but so far the price has gone down every time they made changes.
With a simple script I can have all my photos listed as clickable links on a website. See https://photo.cvsry.com for a look.
Heh…I remember having 1 and 1 for quite some time. Dumped them for some reason that I can’t remember now.
But, don’t most providers offer some sort of storage as well? Yeah, it’s a tad more complicated, but it’s typically included in the cost…
For a period of time, maybe a year or more, 1 and 1 had a laundry list of problems. Email addresses hosted by them showed up on known spammer black lists and it was like pulling teeth to get them off the numerous lists. Then, for a time, response time was horrible. My threads would all show broken picture links unless refreshed. They eventually got that sorted out and things have been pretty good for a long time.
Yes, pretty much any hosting service would do. Shop around. Be sure to look for space and/or traffic limits in the contracts. Limits might be OK, so long as they are high enough to meet your storage needs and the traffic demand of serving pictures to your threads. Some may even offer simpler upload options than FTP.
I need to find a new site/web location to store my pictures…
Andy,
I didn’t read all of those threads, but most include Bob’s assertion that he uses IMGUR. I think quite a few people switched to it, which was all I was trying to communicate.
Btw, I don’t buy Jon’s claim that with a web storage plan the site will never go away. It will, someday, or the internet will disappear due to hackers, or something. Do keep a good backup - I use a personal 2TB disk.
Pete, my apologies… I jumped the gun and just looked at the forum topic titles, and didn’t go any further…
Didn’t occur to me at the time that sites might have been mentioned…
Joe Zullo said:
Andy Clarke said:
Pete, I appreciate the info, but I know how to post pictures…
I don’t want to delete pictures from my freight shed, but it is full…
I need to find a new site/web location to store my pictures…
Now you know how to increase your Freight Shed storage from 50MB to 500MB from your other post. (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Joe, talking with Bob, that is outdated and he isn’t supporting the freight sheds any more…
Posted this so other people will also know…
i started out with “free” (advertisement financed) picture services - and lost pics.
went on with forum-pic-spaces (freightshed type) - and lost pics.
about 20 years ago i rented webspace from a german company named domaindiscount24.com
they also manage the renewals of my domain/website names.
over the years prices went down.
at the moment i am paying about $4 per month for five gigabite of space. (90% of that is still unused by two websites and 20 years worth of pics) apart from pre-anounced annual maintenance breaks of 1 to 3 days, they were down 2 or 3 times for longer than an hour or so in about 20 years.
in the near future they will move the contents to one of the big storage farms called “the cloud” in the US.
for uploading the pics to the webspace i use the free version of http://www.coreftp.com (for setting that up the first time i would recommend the help of any 15 year old gamer. (amish excluded))
the uploading of the pics is not more complicated, than the uploading to the freightshed.
to post a pic you insert the address of the pic into the “insert picture” pop up window of the reply space.
(during the first years i had a strip of paper with the gibberish that starts and finishes the address glued to the frame of the screen)
in short:
if you are able to use a cellphone, you should be able to learn to use webspace too…
Pete Thornton said:
Andy,
Btw, I don’t buy Jon’s claim that with a web storage plan the site will never go away. It will, someday, or the internet will disappear due to hackers, or something. Do keep a good backup - I use a personal 2TB disk.
Well yes, never is a bad choice of words. In my lifetime, probably not going away. Definately good advice on backup. I download my entire on-line storage at least every few months, and update the local copy with the files uploaded since the backup as I add them. The full (download) backup of my web storage takes about 4 hours and I have fast internet!!
Gee Don, how did you manage 6 likes on one post!!! (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
I kept hitting Like until either my mouse pointer came alive or …
Not the first time the mouse has not responded as I wished:-(
Don Howard said:
I kept hitting Like until either my mouse pointer came alive or …
Not the first time the mouse has not responded as I wished:-(
Perhaps there’s another explanation?
Looks like Bruce out did ya…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Ken Brunt said:
Looks like Bruce out did ya…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Just a bit of clickety, clickety, clickety, click, click.(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Andy Clarke said:
OK folks, need some advice… Assume I know nothing about the technical aspects
of computers.
We already know and we also know that you know nothing about nothing including the technical aspects! We also know that you spent your sons college fund on yourself and the railroad because we know just like the Shadow Knows!
David Russell said:
Andy Clarke said:
OK folks, need some advice… Assume I know nothing about the technical aspects
of computers.
We already know and we also know that you know nothing about nothing including the technical aspects! We also know that you spent your sons college fund on yourself and the railroad because we know just like the Shadow Knows!
“The Shadow knows”? What the heck does an old radio program, Jon’s dog or our poor dead cat have to do with Andy’s question? No wonder your Dad cut you off. He brought you books and bought you books, even let you watch TV, and you still spell taters with a “P”. In the words, of someone that things his opinion matters, “Come on, Man!”
Us old guys are challenged and need help.
