Posting pictures on FF

Ljohnsaw · October 28, 2012, 11:24:10 AM

I'm relatively new to this forum - great stuff and I'd like to share some equipment builds I'll be doing this winter. This forum seems to be the same as another forum I use for camping. So I'm assuming the pictures work the same way - host them somewhere and link to them in your posts.

However, I was using --Photos MUST be in the Forestry Forum gallery!!!!!-- for over a year and really like how that site worked. Unfortunately, they have been replaced with Smile and will begin charging. Its free right now, but I cannot get it to upload any new pictures. Rather than figure it out since I don't want to pay, I'm looking for recommendation on other free sites.

Can anyone list what free sites that they use and why that particular one over the others.

Thanks!

Jeff · October 28, 2012, 11:40:20 AM

Any photo that you would like to post on the Forestry Forum can be uploaded to here, In fact, we insist they be here to maintain the integrity of the topics. Every member has a gallery. But ONLY photos that are used in posts here may be uploaded. The Gallery is not for storing photos for any other reason, and once uploaded and used in a post, they must never never ever be removed.

You bring up a very important situation that I have been preaching about for years, and has angered many people because of my position, but now it comes to fruition with what you tell us. As you have found out, if you would have been posting photos here, and hosting them on your free site, that we do not allow (Notice what the forum did to your link in the first post) All of the photos on the forestry forum that would have been placed by you or anyone else using that photos hosting, would be turned to smiley faces. So, to those that debated with me about this, I'd like to offer my obligatory "I Told you so" ;)

Here is a link to my video tutorial on how to add photos here. Once you know how, it is easy, and if you have trouble, there are thousands here that will help.

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,56957.msg827087.html#msg827087

Ljohnsaw · October 29, 2012, 02:46:23 AM

Thank you! That is the one thing I don't like on the other forum - when peoples hosting sites go away, so goes the content of their post.

bill m · October 29, 2012, 07:53:32 AM

Jeff, Is there a way to add a tag or something so that when a photo is used in a post it can not be deleted except by you or the owner with your permission? Or would that be wrong.

Jeff · October 29, 2012, 09:01:40 AM

Its easy enough to keep track if you follow the rules of the forum. You are only supposed to upload a photo that you are going to use in a post.

petefrom bearswamp · August 27, 2020, 08:14:09 AM

I mainly use chromebook for getting on the forum.
Some of my android photos magically appear on both the machine and in my gallery but not all.
also no luck with videos, do I have to go thru youtube to post vids?