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AFCBGeorge · Posted: Wed 08 Oct 2008 18:15 pm Post subject:

€I've used photobucket for 2 years without paying a penny Ratch- is there something I should know?!
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I think if u have lots of pictures in your picture trail account George
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Ratch · Posted: Wed 08 Oct 2008 18:29 pm Post subject:

AFCBGeorge · Posted: Wed 08 Oct 2008 19:47 pm Post subject:

ah, I clear out photos I'm not using any more! sounds like I'm safe for a bit...
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ColinM · Posted: Wed 08 Oct 2008 19:59 pm Post subject:

All of the picture hosting sites offer a free account with restrictions on numbers of pictures and total file sizes. After that you either have to remove pictures to upload new ones (which means they will disappear from here too) or upgrade to a paid account.

I'm with Picturetrail and the annual cost is modest. If cost is a problem, open free accounts with several providers, e.g. Snapfish, Picturetrail, Photobucket...

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Owen · Posted: Wed 08 Oct 2008 20:12 pm Post subject:

Flickr, Photobucket, Picturetrail and Fotopic are all good free hosting sites.

I tend to use Imageshack for one-off uploads - quick and easy and you don't have to sign up.
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Thu 09 Oct 2008 08:34 am Post subject:

daniel7891 · Posted: Thu 09 Oct 2008 12:04 pm Post subject:

I've got a couple of accounts with photobucket to spread the amount of photos
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glen3312 · Posted: Tue 25 Nov 2008 20:17 pm Post subject:

hi all, sorry in advance if this is a really stupid question, ive got myself a photobucket account sorted and have sussed out how to get pics from my picture gallery to it and i think i understand how to get pics onto a post. the thing is how do i get the URL address on to the post? hope that makes sense and please bear in mind im NOT computer literate

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Spike · Posted: Tue 25 Nov 2008 20:52 pm Post subject:

Here's just a suggestion; most internet service providers offer you a significant amount of free websapce with your accounts, typically to hold your own websites.

If you took the offer from them and downloaded a free FTP client you could upload bucket loads of images and for no more than you currently pay to be connected to the internet.

Check with your ISP if you have free space for a website, set it up (usually online by saying YES I want to have my own website), and then when it tells you your web address, use that information to setup the free FTP software you download (try CuteFTP it's my personal fav.)

Then, anytime you want to upload from your PC just load the FTP software and drag and drop from your computer to your webspace - it really is quite simple.

If anyone needs any help feel free to PM me.
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farmroad38 · Posted: Tue 25 Nov 2008 21:04 pm Post subject:

glen3312 · Posted: Tue 25 Nov 2008 22:10 pm Post subject:

no sorry guys, thanks for your replies but i think im doing something seriously wrong, gone to have to get someone to actually show me

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daniel7891 · Posted: Wed 26 Nov 2008 07:56 am Post subject:

I will have a go at explaining it:

In your photobucket, in your gallery: you will see your pictures and underneath each picture when you hover your mouse over it there are four lines (four boxes) eith:

- Email and IM
-Direct link
-HTML Code
-IMG Code

The IMG code is the one you want. All you have to do is click in the box with the IMG Code inside. It will highlight and then a little yellow box will appear next to it saying "copied". Finally all you need to do is go to the post here on the ATF and paste it in.

If anything isnt clear or you need more help just give me a shout
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glen3312 · Posted: Wed 26 Nov 2008 18:28 pm Post subject:

thanks Daniel, im getting there slowly just a couple of questions 1. how do you "paste"

and 2. do i need to start the post before i go to photobucket? sorry for being a bit of a numpty, ive checked my idiots guide to windows vista but it doesnt actually tell you how to paste, thanks for your time guys.
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Ratch · Posted: Wed 26 Nov 2008 19:07 pm Post subject:

To paste either Ctrl +V or right click & click on paste

I have two windows open, one on here and the other on the image hosting site

copy from the latter and paste in the former

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glen3312 · Posted: Wed 26 Nov 2008 19:30 pm Post subject:

thanks all, i googled "how to paste" and think im nearly there, at least i now know what the right button"s for

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daniel7891 · Posted: Wed 26 Nov 2008 19:31 pm Post subject:

I do the same as Ratch
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Roger 410 · Posted: Sun 07 Dec 2008 14:48 pm Post subject:

Hi All,
I am in the same position as Glen3312 re 25th of November.

I have got some of my photos into Photobucket and I have progressed to Daniel7891`s note about the IMG code and getting it to the copied stage.

How do I go about getting it pasted into the ATF?

I will need talked through this step by step as I am totally computer illerate. Can anyone assist me?

Am using Windows Vista if this makes any difference.

Roger.
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Richard M · Posted: Sun 07 Dec 2008 15:06 pm Post subject:

Once you have copied the IMG code from the box on Photobucket, make a post on ATF in the usual way.

Write your text, then I usually press return to leave a lines space,

then as Ratch says press and hold down the control button on your keyboard "Ctrl" and press the "v" key, this will paste the IMG code into the post. To check everything is OK, preview your post. You should see the picture in your post.

In the actual text you should see a line like this (I have added the asterixs to enable you to see the code)

[IMG*]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u17/ChairmanRed/Group%20Builds/Gloster%20Gladiator/IMG_1594.jpg[/IMG*]

I hope that helps
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Roger 410 · Posted: Sun 07 Dec 2008 16:31 pm Post subject:

Thanks Rich,

I have managed to get one posted to Airfix Aircraft-Military Forum on the Beaver 03017, but have ended up with the photo duplicated!!!!

This is probably the result of blundering about in Photobucket earlier in the afternoon.

There are probably others like that. Should I delete them from Photobucket and
then re-enter them to avoid more double prints?
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