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ST2UP:
By now many of you have experienced the frustration of the new changes made by Photobucket.

About 75% of their users are non paying members of the service provided and they relied heavily on advertising to cover their business costs. They state that this is no longer sustainable and are now charging for 3rd Party hosting of photo's.

In laymen's terms....If you use photobucket to store your photos and wish to then attach them to a forum post this will no longer be possible unless you elect to pay for their premium service that allows 3rd Party hosting at $399 US per annum.

Not every one has been effected by the change just yet....but its coming  :wink1

Other free (or minimal cost) hosting services exist that allow 3rd party posting at the moment....Flicker, 500PX, IMGBB are a few options.

We don't encourage posting the attachment of your picture directly to your post (but accept it happens  :wink1) as we only have limited band space in our website to accommodate these attached pictures.....the more attached pics the slower the website/forum etc.

So could I PLEASE encourage you to view your posts you have made with pictures shared via your Photobucket account to see if they have been effected and make the required changes to your post so your pics can be viewed and keep your posts complete.

Just to confirm to the few who have contacted us, this issue is a result of photobuckets 3rd Party hosting rules and not an OzSToc Forum malfunction.


 :beer   

Bodø Glimt:
Or you can think outside of the box and host your photos on a dummy facebook account.

ST2UP:

--- Quote from: Bodø Glimt on July 07, 2017, 11:30:19 AM ---Or you can think outside of the box and host your photos on a dummy facebook account.

--- End quote ---

I believe the problem arises then to view the pic you need to have a FB account ??? I could be wrong though ??

Kev Murphy:
I for one do not have a Facebook account, therefore am unable to view pics posted via that method.

Kev Murphy:
test

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/34927637074_5c7582d0c5_m.jpg


 OK, Flickr gives link, but not pic onscreen here

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