Question to the masses

[Starryeyes]

Question on photo hosting .. is there a freebie photo host out there with minimal storage ? I have 82 photos I’m needing to upload for a model magazine . I use (free service) “IBB” for posting the my pics here but I’ve never found how to access the pics on the site (if they are holding them) . Any help would be great . Ever since I was held hostage I lost a ton of vintage pictures on Fotki so I’ve never used another hosting service

[donculley]

Ive used Imgur for a number of years now , no minimum, no fees , you can adjust the sizes of the pics you send from there - no issues !

[Starryeyes]

Jan 10, 2024 12:21:05 GMT -5 donculley said:

Ive used Imgur for a number of years now , no minimum, no fees , you can adjust the sizes of the pics you send from there - no issues !

Good to know !!

[TooOld]

Never realized there was an issue with imgbb . I haven't used my account for about 18 months so I just checked and all I can find is 5 photos , no way to find all of the other photos I've uploaded to the site . . . that's not good .

No suggestions here Chuck . I'd try Don's suggestion and see if Imgur will work for you .

[Starryeyes]

Jan 11, 2024 6:43:15 GMT -5 TooOld said:

Never realized there was an issue with imgbb . I haven't used my account for about 18 months so I just checked and all I can find is 5 photos , no way to find all of the other photos I've uploaded to the site . . . that's not good .

No suggestions here Chuck . I'd try Don's suggestion and see if Imgur will work for you .

Similar issues here .. I was trying to upload 80 pics to have there .. but they soon disappear .. my search continues !

[airdave]

Did you ever get this sorted?

I have 2 Flikr accounts.
Probably the best image site online, but now their free account has a limit.
I think its only 100 photos (but any size, doesnt matter)

I use Mediafire for my all my online image storage.
(The stuff I will post on forums and the like, since you can do direct linking with mediafire)
I also use it for all my paper model file storage.
The hundreds of models I share through my websites, are downloaded from Mediafire.

And, I use mediafire whenever I need to transfer a big file, or folder of files.
I just upload and then give a download link to whomever.
I can even make downloads one-time and single-use only.

I think their free account has 10gb storage.
My Pro account has 2tb storage and its pretty cheap.

With simple links, people can view single images online at mediafire, but I'm not sure if they can view an entire album.
It does say you can share entire folders, but I've never shared images that way from there.

[Starryeyes]

Apr 25, 2024 17:16:45 GMT -5 airdave said:

Did you ever get this sorted?

I have 2 Flikr accounts.
Probably the best image site online, but now their free account has a limit.
I think its only 100 photos (but any size, doesnt matter)

I use Mediafire for my all my online image storage.
(The stuff I will post on forums and the like, since you can do direct linking with mediafire)
I also use it for all my paper model file storage.
The hundreds of models I share through my websites, are downloaded from Mediafire.

And, I use mediafire whenever I need to transfer a big file, or folder of files.
I just upload and then give a download link to whomever.
I can even make downloads one-time and single-use only.

I think their free account has 10gb storage.
My Pro account has 2tb storage and its pretty cheap.

With simple links, people can view single images online at mediafire, but I'm not sure if they can view an entire album.
It does say you can share entire folders, but I've never shared images that way from there.

I finally got my “imgbb” account to load ! Something whacky was going on with it of a couple weeks .. now it seems to be uploading and downloading like it’s supposed to

[airdave]

Honestly, you can't beat mediafire.
I use it for so much, file storage, file downloads, private single downloads, image storage for forums and the like.
10gb free and easy linking for posting full size images on forums.
I have never liked how imgbb works or its reliability.
And you can't control what they do with your images.
*you do know they make money off your images, right? They sell merchandise.

Anyway, if you decide to give mediafire a try and need help, just yell.
But their support is top notch.

[Starryeyes]

Apr 30, 2024 19:57:43 GMT -5 airdave said:

Honestly, you can't beat mediafire.
I use it for so much, file storage, file downloads, private single downloads, image storage for forums and the like.
10gb free and easy linking for posting full size images on forums.
I have never liked how imgbb works or its reliability.
And you can't control what they do with your images.
*you do know they make money off your images, right? They sell merchandise.

Anyway, if you decide to give mediafire a try and need help, just yell.
But their support is top notch.

Thanks buddy ! I’ll set down and have a look !