|
SuzukiSavage.com
/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> Tiny pics is shutting down /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1563312845 Message started by Serowbot on 07/16/19 at 14:34:05 |
|
Title: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Serowbot on 07/16/19 at 14:34:05 After PhotoBucket went all weird,.. I went to TinyPics,... now they are shutting down. Pics may soon disappear. FYI Serow |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by jcstokes on 07/16/19 at 15:03:58 Do you really need "buckets" or "pics"? If I want to post a photo I scan it up or, upload it into my computer and post it, cropped to meet size requirements if necessary. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Dave on 07/16/19 at 18:44:31 Yikes! My whole existence on this site is "Tinypics" endowed! If it goes away and my photos with it.....my post will be more senseless than they already are! :-/ |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by ohiomoto on 07/17/19 at 07:01:46 That's why I post my pictures as attachments. I normally have to download them to my computer and resize them first. Also, you can only put one attachment per post. But you could attach them in a separate thread and then reference them in your original post as images. But at least you won't have to rely on a third party. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Fast 650 on 07/17/19 at 09:22:52 I have seen this happen on several other boards over the years. If the picture is important to the post, attach it to that post. Otherwise when the site hosting the picture shuts down or the person deletes that photo to make room for new ones, you have lost that information forever. Always attach the picture to the post or this will happen sooner or later. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Serowbot on 07/17/19 at 09:46:12 Why didn't anyone warn us in 2006? You see,.. back then, image hosting sites were bigger, and had a better business model than a tiny Savage website. Millions of subscribers instead of just a few thousand. Right now,... I have 900 photos on Photoboucket, and Photobucket will let me sign in, but only to blackmail me into a paid subscription to access my own photos. My photos cannot be seen, retrieved, or even deleted. They're just being held hostage. If you want your TinyPic photos, grab them now. 8-) |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Dave on 07/17/19 at 10:12:42 I have spent many, many hours posting this stuff - I don't have the time or energy to go through all the threads and copy and save. I am afraid there are a large number of threads that will become meaningless......this is really disheartening. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by ohiomoto on 07/17/19 at 10:35:19 Agreed. It's very sad because of how much effort it takes to share this stuff. That's why Instagram is so popular with the kids. Point, shoot and post. Done. I may try it when I do my "GS650E" build. Building out a Sprinter van now, I may experiment with Instagram with that and see how it goes. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by stewmills on 07/17/19 at 13:50:50 Dave/Serow, I am not sure what backup options are out there for this forum network, but for some other website management I do I have ways to back things up in the event of a data loss, so it can be restored. I wonder if these forums offer any kind of offline backup whereas it can be scraped and dumped off to a dropbox file somewhere. The key would be for it to not save the framework as text, rather save any linked images as actual image files, etc. Then restore things using the backup file and actual images. Long shot and probably no way of making that happen, just thinking out loud how maybe things can be frozen in time.... |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Dave on 09/09/19 at 17:52:16 Well....it happened - my Tinypic photos have disappeared from the forum, and a lot of my threads are now pretty much worthless. Bummer. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/09/19 at 19:43:02 Hat over my heart. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by stewmills on 09/10/19 at 06:18:23 I noticed my avatar missing yesterday and went to tinypic with the message that they were shutting down after 9 September. I was able to log in and get about 50 images I had saved for the headlight swap and the rear pulley shim mod so I can replace them, but any other images I must have used another service or used tinypic without a login. I do have all of the images saved on my home computer, and can recreate the more critical post images such as the KAW pulley mod, but need to know what service seems to be the next best replacement so I can reload the pics.... |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Dave on 09/10/19 at 06:34:29 The IT guy here told me to go look at Google Drive......they have free storage up to a maximum - then pay for larger storage. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by raydawg on 09/10/19 at 08:09:35 Why do folks think they should get free stuff? I pay them, they hold and secure my photos, etc.... Cry in your beer...oh, was it free too? You should of backed up your precious pictures onto a thumb drive too, if they are that important, anyway. Leave the key in your bike next time you park it in public, someone might just want to take a ride on it.....share, and share alike, yes? |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by raydawg on 09/10/19 at 08:12:03 02393423323E252338303D22510 wrote:
OH....kinda like the T T ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by raydawg on 09/10/19 at 08:14:38 BTW.....this hosting site has been in business for decades, I use to use it when I was living in SoCal, knew the original owner, he was a member of the fishing message board I use to belong too.... You might want to try it? http://momentoffame.com/photopost/ |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by zevenenergie on 09/10/19 at 08:24:21 My condolences. I had the same thing happening on a moped forum. :'( Now I use Imgur. www.imgur.com It is easy to use. :) And thay have a great community. https://imgur.com/gallery/0nLeWcZ |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Fast 650 on 09/10/19 at 10:00:17 Image hosting sites have a history of closing down or holding your images hostage, yet you guys keep switching to different hosting sites and hoping that the new one will not do the same thing. The definition of insanity is repeating the same experiment over and over, and expecting different results each time. Think about that, then think about what you are doing by switching to yet another hosting site. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Dave on 09/10/19 at 10:04:21 56455D40455343240 wrote:
I still have the photos - they just aren't on the forum anymore and getting them back in the correct places would take a very long time. I am not sure I have the ambition to do it - I likely will do some of the Technical topics first.....and some deleting and fixing of my Bike Build to make it a lot less than the current 21 pages! |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Serowbot on 09/10/19 at 10:38:56 5E65687F6E62797F646C617E0D0 wrote:
Same here... I was enthusiastic back when I made the original posts... Now,.. it would just be painstaking work and tedium to redo. I have fixed just a few Tech posts that get a lot of views. PS.. I notice a lot of people here have perfect 20/20 hindsight. Congratulations guys... ;D |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by MMRanch on 09/10/19 at 14:43:09 So , I post one picture at a time from the "Choose File" option below the text box. And Wonder how you folks get more than one picture per post ? Is that what is going away ? :-? |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by Serowbot on 09/10/19 at 16:08:14 Yup... and all the pics we had loaded there. Photobucket is now blurring them out. You get a blurred image with their ransom note pasted over it. http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt82/serowbot/rerun/dynacopy.jpg?t=1298688021 |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by stewmills on 09/11/19 at 07:32:41 I am not a "server" IT guy, but know enough to ask this question. Why can't we buy server space somewhere and host our own pictures? Does this board have an option where we can purchase extra space and allow for multiple images per post, or at minimum allow us to post multiple images the same way we do now just using our own server and image widget to upload and create the links? I'd throw in $50 to contribute to a solution if someone out there can tell us what said solution is and that it would work for us. Who's the smart IT guy/gal in the room here? |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by raydawg on 09/11/19 at 07:47:29 Everything in life should be free....... ::) |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by ohiomoto on 09/11/19 at 08:03:00 This site hosts any picture that you upload as an attachment. Once "attached" to a post, it can then be used in the image tag like any other hosted image. Conceivably, you could attach all of your pictures in one thread and then reference them in your posts. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by ohiomoto on 09/11/19 at 08:03:50 Now I can use "http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/van_001.jpg" in the image tag...I could even use that link on other sites if I wanted to. http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/van_001.jpg And I can insert other "forum hosted" images in the same post... http://www.suzukisavage.com/home/img/ryca-rr-1-bobber-02.png http://www.suzukisavage.com/home/img/savage_logo.png http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/IMG_20170402_135913595_001.jpg |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by stewmills on 09/11/19 at 08:13:14 So...we need the mods to create a "photos" thread somewhere where we can just dump images post after post and use those to link to our instructional threads where we need multiple photos inline. Makes sense to me. Moderators???? |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by verslagen1 on 09/11/19 at 08:39:01 Personally, I don't think it makes sense to create a thread for pictures just so you can post multiple picts per post. Buy space or post one at a time. I have bought space from Palladin when he was a regular here. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by ohiomoto on 09/11/19 at 08:57:27 I agree. I just attach the pic with a post. But I will use them as images other posts because a) it's easy and b) I see no reason to upload the same picture multiple times. That's just a waste of server space. |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by raydawg on 09/11/19 at 09:23:00 42514647585553515A05340 wrote:
PERFECT......but can we still whine? ;D ;D ;D ;D |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by verslagen1 on 09/11/19 at 10:31:36 3B28302D283E2E490 wrote:
What wine do you prefer with crabs? |
|
Title: Re: Tiny pics is shutting down Post by raydawg on 09/11/19 at 14:40:02 6F7C6B6A75787E7C7728190 wrote:
What wine do you prefer with crabs?[/quote] Mild, no sharp bite to it, and one that won't try and pinch my buzz ;D |
|
SuzukiSavage.com » Powered by YaBB 2.2! YaBB © 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved. |