69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted July 13, 2018 Dont know if the Admin had the opportunity to save any of the photos that were lost, or if they were just deleted for space. My avatar along with others is gone. I'll have to see if I can just link one instead of uploading one. Sorry to all those that lost the images in their build threads. The photos in my thread that I posted are still there, as they are only links to my personal photo gallery. Others that posted photos to my build, well, they are gone. yes, I know it is quite annoying. As mentioned, I can also see the issue with trying to rebuild the threads or start new ones knowing that this issue can arise again. But then look what PhotoBucket did to those that were using them to host their pictures. So I am not sure what the real solution is. I do know that someone has to foot the bill to pay for the storage. So is that the members or the forum. And if the forum, how much advertising are you willing to put up with? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 13, 2018 I never use social media- its too intrusive, and as stated above you can't follow the thread. There is such a thing as a Content Delivery Network. This site would code all pictures to be stored there so they don't take up space on the forum's server, they are stored elsewhere. Of course someone has to pay. Perhaps users could somehow to charged by memory usage. Someone with a build thread and lots of pics would be using more memory and be charged accordingly. It could be run automatically thru paypal. Google Cloud has a storage service. Of course the owner may not want to get involved in such a setup. The reason VMF has so many advertisers is because of the traffic, and they restrict uploads to a mostly unusable amount. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerC 136 Report post Posted July 14, 2018 Two thumbs down on FB, not on it and never will be. I'm on pro-touring as much as I'm on here and they started self hosting pics when the photobucket fiasco went down. Don't know the specifics but might be something to look into. 1 JayEstes reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stangs-R-me 120 Report post Posted July 14, 2018 I'm on FB, but have never been active. It was someone on a late model Mustang forum that abandoned the forum and started a FB page instead that got me to join. I find his page really annoying, and not at all useful / functional like a forum. As others have said, too many idiots posting dumb comments or inaccurate information. I don't have the spare time to follow the lives of FB friends nor do I have the time or even feel compelled to post anything about my daily life. So back to the FORUM … how do I fix my avatar ?? See that some of you have already done so, but don't see how to do it in my settings. Doug Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocWok 30 Report post Posted July 14, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 7:41 PM, latoracing said: All mine are gone too, again... Not up for a third attempt Yep, Lots and lots of members valuable picture records and resources that took time and effort to post simply deleted and lost forever at the click of a button. I think the forum has lost its mojo. 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigmal 225 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 Disappointing but this is too great a site to let this slow us down. Keep posting guys. This is the only thing that gets me through my working day. Instead of working. 1 mwye0627 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlife 814 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 Guys (and Gals): you spend 1000's of dollars on your cars each year. A website and domain run about $65/year where you can store your own pictures and link them as you see fit. I don't understand how each of you are such cheapskates. JMHO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mwye0627 44 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Midlife said: Guys (and Gals): you spend 1000's of dollars on your cars each year. A website and domain run about $65/year where you can store your own pictures and link them as you see fit. I don't understand how each of you are such cheapskates. JMHO. I would have to assume most members don't know that is even possible... I am pretty much computer savvy, in fact I have been writing code for over 20 years. But I have never been Website or Domain owning savvy... In my job, I use the internet several hours a day for research, but I have never had any interest in owning a website and/or domain because my employer took care of that end of our needs... If I didn't know, even in my capacity as an engineer and researcher, I have to believe not too many other people would know this information. But since I am an information "Sponge", I truly do appreciate this info!!! Thanks Midlife!!! 1 DocWok reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 Redshost.com will not be down tomorrow while I change the server's power supply as I will be simply switching over to my backup server while the maintenance is being performed. Nobody will even know anything happened. :-) Yea, the geeks may understand... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 10 hours ago, Midlife said: Guys (and Gals): you spend 1000's of dollars on your cars each year. A website and domain run about $65/year where you can store your own pictures and link them as you see fit. I don't understand how each of you are such cheapskates. JMHO. Tell us a little bit about that Mid- do you own the hardware (server) or does someone host the site for you, for only $65/year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlife 814 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 My websites are at Godaddy.com. They host my harness site and my personal site where I upload pictures that I want to have posted on the 'Net. http://midlifeharness.com http://midlife66.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 I just got on one of those face book thingies and let me just say ....no way in hell! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, Midlife said: My websites are at Godaddy.com. They host my harness site and my personal site where I upload pictures that I want to have posted on the 'Net. http://midlifeharness.com http://midlife66.com Their site says its about $8/month, or $96/yr when you renew. Not bad and they handle all the hardware issues I guess. You have to make the website- is this easy enough for neophytes or do you need to hire someone? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixt9stang 36 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 I just use imgur for hosting images. Way easier than trying to host them at each individual forum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, sixt9stang said: I just use imgur for hosting images. Way easier than trying to host them at each individual forum. Ok guys here is someone else that uses imgur- to see how go to post 20 in this string Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Mach1 Driver said: Their site says its about $8/month, or $96/yr when you renew. Not bad and they handle all the hardware issues I guess. You have to make the website- is this easy enough for neophytes or do you need to hire someone? Sounds like a deal. I already have a domain name that I have pointed to my home account, where I have my personal WEB server running. Keeping it running, running backups, and having a totally spare backup server is a pain. It might be worth $8 a month to let someone else worry about the hardware. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bswor 71 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 I can probably recover the majority of the images if I had the time. It's a big job to go through the backups though. But I need to look into another hosting company which is a process to get everything switched over. I'll keep y'all posted. 3 1 MAC390, 69ShelbyGT350H, Ridge Runner and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 286 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 Thanks for all your hard work Ben. It's a thankless job but we all appreciate you keeping this site alive. 2 bigmal and 69ShelbyGT350H reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 1:46 PM, Mach1 Driver said: Ok guys here is someone else that uses imgur- to see how go to post 20 in this string Can you see posts where they're numbered? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixt9stang 36 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 51 minutes ago, RPM said: Can you see posts where they're numbered? I will have to check. I sort mine in albums. You can share the whole album or single pics. You can also attach comments on each picture easily. For sharing, the album can be set so that it can be viewed with a link but not posted publicly on the imgur website. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 9 hours ago, RPM said: Can you see posts where they're numbered? no, not any more, but I just count on my fingers and toes twice, and I'm there 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 12 hours ago, bswor said: I can probably recover the majority of the images if I had the time. It's a big job to go through the backups though. But I need to look into another hosting company which is a process to get everything switched over. I'll keep y'all posted. You might Google "Mythos Media"- full disclosure, its my kids (my son and his wife) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 8 hours ago, sixt9stang said: I will have to check. I sort mine in albums. You can share the whole album or single pics. You can also attach comments on each picture easily. For sharing, the album can be set so that it can be viewed with a link but not posted publicly on the imgur website. I find Imgur difficult to use, and if an image isn't viewed in 6 months they delete it. I'm trying to figure out albums, but it doesn't work the way they say it does. Part of the problem could be that I'm running Linux not Windows. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixt9stang 36 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Mach1 Driver said: I find Imgur difficult to use, and if an image isn't viewed in 6 months they delete it. I'm trying to figure out albums, but it doesn't work the way they say it does. Part of the problem could be that I'm running Linux not Windows. Just checked out my albums that I have on there. I have some that have 0 views from June 2017 so they must have removed the delete after 6 months rule at some point. I will have to try from my Linux machine to see how much different it is. Maybe I can help out in some way. One thing is, I only use Imgur for when I want to post images on a forum or Reddit. If people want a good option for backing up their photos online I use OneDrive. There are other options like Google Drive, Amazon, and probably a million others. If you use OneDrive or Google you can share the images from there also but last time I did that it wasn't very smooth. 1 Mach1 Driver reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smh00n 87 Report post Posted August 21, 2018 Another forum I haunt uses https://postimages.org/ seems to be the same as photobucket but without the hassle. No idea how/what/why/if as I don't do a lot of pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
