I signed up there, but for the life of me, can't get an avatar to work. What code are you guys using? I was trying to use the direct link code, but the forum keeps saying the link is inaccessible.
Hey I see your avatar just fine. It's working.
July 25, 2019, 01:01 PM
bigpond73
Yeah, that is the tinypic one . Trying to change it over to the imgbb.
ETA, which I cannot get to work. Or Imageshack. I was able to use some freeimagehosting site, that apparently uses imgur, and get a code the forum accepted. Weird thing is, I can't use imgur, unless I download an app for my phone. This message has been edited. Last edited by: bigpond73,
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September 03, 2019, 08:56 PM
tatortodd
Today, I received an e-mail from TinyPic providing details on the timeline:
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September 03, 2019, 09:16 PM
tatortodd
quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
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Originally posted by bigpond73: I moved over from photobucket to tinypic also. This is a bummer.
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Originally posted by aguilar64: Free and works great:
I signed up there, but for the life of me, can't get an avatar to work. What code are you guys using? I was trying to use the direct link code, but the forum keeps saying the link is inaccessible.
Hey I see your avatar just fine. It's working.
It doesn't work because avatar hosting is a violation of their Terms of Service:
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September 03, 2019, 09:22 PM
tatortodd
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Originally posted by 6guns: imgur.com
Another free image hosting website that their TOS prohibits avatar hosting:
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September 03, 2019, 09:59 PM
tatortodd
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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
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Originally posted by r0gue: ImageShack is worth each and every dime. Dynamic resizing by link drop-down is worth the price alone.
Agreed. That's what I use. I pay ~$18 per year.
Thanks. I just signed up. I get 30 days to try out full features before paying $18.99.
BTW, the avatar in this post is ImageShack and the image in my other posts is TinyPic.
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September 10, 2019, 01:32 AM
Storm
Meh, I'll just use one of the forum avatars. It's not really that important that I have a custom avatar.
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September 10, 2019, 10:36 AM
kz1000
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Originally posted by tatortodd:
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Originally posted by 6guns: imgur.com
Another free image hosting website that their TOS prohibits avatar hosting:
My avatar is hosted there & I can see it here.
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"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris
September 10, 2019, 10:42 AM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by kz1000: My avatar is hosted there & I can see it here.
And you can use Paypal for gun transactions until Paypal catches on.
The point is, they don't have the means to police every single user's photos to check to see if they're hosting avatars, but they'll shut you down for violating their Terms when/if they catch you doing it.
September 10, 2019, 10:56 AM
ensigmatic
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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
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Originally posted by kz1000: My avatar is hosted there & I can see it here.
And you can use Paypal for gun transactions until Paypal catches on.
This ^^^^^
I remain astonished at how some people seem to think "Internet" == "free," as in "free beer."
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September 10, 2019, 10:59 AM
kz1000
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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
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Originally posted by kz1000: My avatar is hosted there & I can see it here.
And you can use Paypal for gun transactions until Paypal catches on.
This ^^^^^
I remain astonished at how some people seem to think "Internet" == "free," as in "free beer."
I'll deal with it when they catch on. All my pics are stored elsewhere as well.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris
September 10, 2019, 11:06 AM
Pizza Bob
So I've been using postimage since TinyPic's demise, but I can't get Sig Forum to accept the direct link of my avatar. It says that it cannot access the url. Help?!?!
Adios,
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September 10, 2019, 11:12 AM
Pipe Smoker
^^^^^^^^ Postimage doesn't support avatar hosting.
Serious about crackers.
September 10, 2019, 11:35 AM
Chowser
I was using tinypic as well. Last night I went to freeimagehosting.net for my current avatar. It seems they host their images on imgur.
Not minority enough!
September 10, 2019, 11:56 AM
Pipe Smoker
How do image hosting sites that don’t support avatars detect that an image is being used as an avatar?
Serious about crackers.
September 10, 2019, 12:01 PM
RogueJSK
They probably have some sort of algorithm that compares image size, frequency of view/bandwidth use, and classification of hotlinking site.
Very small images (50x50ish) that are accessed very frequently through web forum sites are likely to be avatars.
September 10, 2019, 12:23 PM
ensigmatic
It really wouldn't be very difficult.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
September 10, 2019, 07:42 PM
tatortodd
quote:
Originally posted by Pizza Bob: So I've been using postimage since TinyPic's demise, but I can't get Sig Forum to accept the direct link of my avatar. It says that it cannot access the url. Help?!?!
Adios,
Pizza Bob
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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker: ^^^^^^^^ Postimage doesn't support avatar hosting.
After the demise of Photobucket (they didn't go out of business, just lost their minds going from free to $400/yr) I switched to Postimage. Avatars worked for about a month and then they shut them down (suspect too much bandwidth). That's how I ended up with avatars at Tinypic.
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September 10, 2019, 10:32 PM
Pipe Smoker
Probably most folks know this, but for those who don’t…
If, while viewing a thread with my iPhone, I hold my finger on an avatar, a window pops up with an offer to copy it. If I choose “Copy”, the avatar’s URL is inserted into my iPhone’s paste buffer. Handy.
Serious about crackers.
September 12, 2019, 11:06 PM
mikeyspizza
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Originally posted by RichN: I just share them from a folder on my Microsoft OneDrive.
This works! Click embed and copy the url.
OK, maybe not. The pic I chose shows in my Personal Zone, but not in this post.
. Trying to change it over to the imgbb.
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