Place to park photos for the forum - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 03:55:38 am
content: Where do you upload your photos to embed in your forum posts. I was using photobucket. Is there something better?

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 04:07:28 am
content: Worth noting: you can embed attached images into the actual posts in this forum, but it's not a user friendly process.Attach images and submit messageCopy the image urlsEdit the post and add IMG tagsThere may be easier ways. Is this what you are after?I've had many image and file hosting providers disappear over the last several years, so I now try my best to upload images to the same location as the forum posts.is a big and popular host at the moment but no image hosts seem to ever outlive the forums they're used on.

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 05:06:58 am
content: I will just start using the attachment I guess.

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 05:20:36 am
content: Quote from: Whales on June 09, 2015, 04:07:28 amYes, many host providers come and go and I always upload to the forum direct. Just yesterday, I was reading a post from 2011 and all the teardown pictures that were hosted offsite were all gone. In addition, some host providers have obnoxious ads and possible malware-ads.The clarity, quality and composition of 80%+ of the photos uploaded to this forum are excellent.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 06:21:18 am
content: The problem with uploads on the forum is that I have to host them and back them up. This actually becomes a big deal the bigger the forum gets, so I have to limit the number and size of attachments.I do however provide the option for convenience, but I suspect that if everyone used it, we'd be screwed.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 06:49:05 am
content: I'd imagine image file size would be the biggest concern for Dave.Unless hi-res images are needed I always compress images to a reasonable size (under 100K), this also helps greatly with upload speeds on my shitty ADSL connection.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 08:36:47 am
content: I usually like to host my images on imgur to save the forum bandwidth. I figure imgur probably has hosts and caches and content delivery across the globe, so they are much better at images, it's what they do.imgur gives you a one click button to copy the code needed to paste into the SMF forum here (BB code)

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 09:01:40 am
content: imgur is what I use, no need for an account, login, or any of that stuff, just upload image(s) and copy the bbcode.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 09:36:40 am
content: Quote from: sleemanj on June 09, 2015, 09:01:40 amI love imgur you can even just copy and paste an image, no need to save to file, upload etc. Great for making a quick screen grab and making it public.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 10:47:24 am
content: Dropbox for me. I set up one of those pogoplugs - but the interface wasn't as nice - and a spinning hard drive in an enclosure has to cost something....I keep all my current projects on dropbox. That way it's on my laptop, my PC, my phone, and my laser cutter's laptop. When a project is finished, I might move it over to a shared network drive if I really need the room. (cad files aren't that big) For video and video editing, I just use one computer - no need to have it anywhere else.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 09:38:33 pm
content: Might want to givePostimage.orga look. Easy to use, and you don't have to login.

author: Thor-Arne
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 10:31:34 pm
content: For design critical images I would upload the file as attachment just to preserve the integrity of the thread.For general images it doesn't matter which you choose as long as you're comfortable with it.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2015, 11:44:21 pm
content: QuoteLooks great to me. Then I wonder... what's in it for them, and where do they get their funding? Come to that, who are they? There are few answers on the website.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2015, 12:30:07 am
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 09, 2015, 11:44:21 pmI wonder this very question for almost every single new website out there offering free services... how do they monetize it ?Is it simply a case of "if you build it, they will come" ?

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2015, 05:32:02 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on June 09, 2015, 06:21:18 amDave be aware of this:From experience on another forum on which i am a member for over 12 years i can tell you that old messages with " hosted" pictures suffer in time. Most pictures start missing when members quit or the host service deletes them after a few years.This is not bad for general chat topics but for informative technical posts it can be disastrous in such a a way that the topic becomes hard or impossible to follow. Esp. When schematics are lost it is pretty hard to follow the comments in posts. The modern media such as forums really suffer over the years from data loss. With growing storage and costs a user donation system might be of help.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2015, 09:30:34 am
content: Quote from: Kjelt on June 10, 2015, 05:32:02 amVERY VERY TRUE - and very annoying when it happens. I too am on a 12+ year forum, and for some odd reason, people delete their photo-hosting account, or clean out photos. An entire thread of information will become worthless when a few pics get lost.Disk space is cheap, images are small. How large is the blog database now anyways Dave?

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2015, 10:25:41 am
content: QuoteIndeed. That wouldn't normally bother me with a free service - you can use it until they get bored or run out of money or turn into Google, and then use something else. But the issue here is longevity: is an anonymous unfunded site (presumably draining someone's pockets/goodwill) an appropriate place for reliable long-term storage?Maybe they are hoping to get the eyeballs necessary for a buy-out exit strategy. I am reminded of the many free DNS services that got bought up by Dyn Inc so they could kill off the competition and get away with charging $70/domain/yr.

author: Zucca
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 10, 2015, 12:11:23 pm
content: From the past...https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/best-way-to-post-pictures-on-eevblog/

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2015, 06:15:16 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 10, 2015, 10:25:41 amThat's why I like imgur, it's been around long enough and has funding, and they even have a premium service that they sell to corporate accounts.They are also partnered with the StackExchange sites to host images for them, so they aren't likely to go away soon.