New photo hosting site?

[Marc St Louis]

I only upload pics to the PA server that don't matter too much when they get deleted a few years down the road.

P.S.  I believe PA has it's own server and consequently limited space.  Several years ago the forum was a slow as mud in winter and PA upgraded, I sure wouldn't want to have the same problems again that we had back then.

[GlisGlis]

P.S.  I believe PA has it's own server and consequently limited space.  Several years ago the forum was a slow as mud in winter and PA upgraded, I sure wouldn't want to have the same problems again that we had back then.

one solution could be to buy a very cheap hosting service with unlimited space and use it as image storage
there could be a simple frontend to upload, maybe resize the images and obtain the code to insert the image in the forum
integration with PA forum authentication should be doable
it could involve some work and maybe pics will come slower but it will keep all the images safe

[willie]

one solution could be to buy a very cheap hosting service with unlimited space and use it as image storage
there could be a simple frontend to upload, maybe resize the images and obtain the code to insert the image in the forum
integration with PA forum authentication should be doable
it could involve some work and maybe pics will come slower but it will keep all the images safe

that idea seems the best
as for third party hosts.............there is no free lunch

from what I understand, the forum is hosted with a service already. not sure if it is dedicated

[Pat B]

This is a test...
https://imgur.com/jCCtaZH

Another test...
<a href="https://imgur.com/jCCtaZH"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jCCtaZH.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

and another...and this is the one!

[osage outlaw]

You got it Pat!

[Pat B]

Thanks for your help Clint and everyone else.

[BowEd]

That really sucks what happened Pat.I just signed up with imgur.com.Don't know if the pics from my camera need to be resized or not but I'll give it a try too.
<a href="https://imgur.com/SgMnU8z"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/SgMnU8z.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

[BowEd]

OK that's one try.I'll go to image code this time.
https://imgur.com/SgMnU8z

[BowEd]

No dice.I'll go to direct link.
https://i.imgur.com/SgMnU8z.jpg

[BowEd]

Ok maybe I gotta right click it to transfer.Nope!OK I give up what am I doing wrong?

[Hans H]

Ed, try this:
go with the mouse directly over the pic you will post, than comes up a link and an little hook, go with the mouse at this hook than comes up a pic with
"edit image", "get share links" and two others,   than click at "get share links" 4 possibilities come up, click on the "BBC Code (Forums) on "copy"
that is how it works for me
Hans

[BowEd]

OK Hans.I did'nt try those BBc code links.I did'nt read they were for forums too.Thanks!One more time!

[BowEd]

Yep....Eazy peezy like they said.
OK now it's just a matter of transfering all my pics from photobucket to imgur.....lol.

[Pat B]

Let me know how the transfer goes Ed.
I'll take half of that fire wood off your hands. I've got about 4 1/2 cords cut, split and stacked but could use a few more.   

[Marc St Louis]

Ok maybe I gotta right click it to transfer.Nope!OK I give up what am I doing wrong?

From the drop down menu click on shared links and copy the BBCode, that's the one you want