I know many aren't fond of tinypic, but that is what I use to host my avatars.

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Originally posted by Brett B:
I've been using Flickr for several years and it has worked great. I even have my avatar hosted on there with no issues. The only downside to Flickr is that if you want to get to the direct image link without their border you need to do it from a computer. So I upload pics to Flickr from my phone and then wait until I'm at a computer to post them on Sigforum.

Are you following the Flickr® guidelines about posting to external sites? They forbid just taking the photo URL and posting it anywhere--all postings elsewhere are required to have a link back to Flickr®. They provide a convenient "Share" function for each photo (white bent arrow at lower right) that creates a link for posting. You could have your account cancelled if you aren't following their rules. Just sayin'.

FWIW, the Guidelines are here: https://www.flickr.com/help/guidelines
The pertinent one says

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•Link back to Flickr when you post your Flickr content elsewhere.
Flickr makes it possible to post content hosted on Flickr to other web sites. Pages on other web sites that display content hosted on flickr.com must provide a link from each photo or video back to its page on Flickr. This provides a way to get more information about the content and the photographer.

flashguy

I just tried Flickr for my avatar - it also gives me an https link.

I've tried four different hosting sites, and they all give https links - it looks like the Forum software requires http avatar links. Every https link gives an error.

Where are you guys hosting your avatars where you can get them to work?
I looked at Imgur, but its Terms of Service specifically say not to use them for avatars.

Testing Postage.org. Still doesn't work with my avatar.

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Originally posted by bigpond73:
I know many aren't fond of tinypic, but that is what I use to host my avatars.

Just an FYI. TinyPic is Photobucket company (find the copyright line at the bottom of their pages). I'm not convinced Photobucket is going to survive this. Whether Tinypic remains, if Photobucket goes down, is a question, but I'd hedge my bets.

This seems like a very desperate move for the current management. It makes me think, they are in financial straits.

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Originally posted by Jeff Yarchin:
Testing Postage.org. Still doesn't work with my avatar.

You could use Woodman's offer if all else fails.

I use zenfolio.com for hosting now. They have packages as low as $5.00 per month.

As I want to sell my images I have a package that runs $144.00 per year which allows me to sell prints, and other items with my work on them.

Looks like I can use Facebook for free image hosting. My profile there is private and this pic is set to my view only there ... test ...

^^^ should have maybe resized it smaller. Sorry

All of these used the smallest pic option on Post image.

Direct link- test


thumbnail for forum Test:
NFG


AVATAR still a Fail...

Link Test:
NFG

All of these used the standard pic option on Post image.

Direct link Test:


Thumbnails for forum link Test:
NFG
Hot link for forums test:
NFG


Another test:
640x680 direct link pics.

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The avatars aren't working on postimage because you're breaking your agreement with the terms of service.

Thanks Woodman!

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Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:

I did these very things BEFORE I posted my question to you with no luck. Went back and tried them again, took a little different route this time, and sure enough, it worked. Account deleted.

Thanks so much for the assist.

Yesterday I deleted all of my photos.
Fortunately there were not that many as they needed to be deleted, with confirmation, one at a time.

Spent better than 45 minutes attempting to delete my account.
After turning off all ad blockers then waiting and waiting for the ads to load, I still had to logout and login three times.
Often the page would not load at all.
Finally it accepted my deletion request.

They managed to turn a somewhat decent system into a totally useless turd in less than a couple of months.

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Originally posted by mark123:
The avatars aren't working on postimage because you're breaking your agreement with the terms of service.

I read the Terms. How are your suggesting the terms are being broken?

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Originally posted by mark123:
The avatars aren't working on postimage because you're breaking your agreement with the terms of service.

My steaming coffee animated avatar has worked ever since switched to Postimage in April, and I do not see it prohibited in their ToS (can you point it out?). However, I tried to select a 4th of July avatar, and it wouldn't connect.

I'm now using TinyPic for avatars, and sticking with PostImage for everything else.

Welp, I'm dropping photobucket now

Dumped them the other day.

I'm pulling all my images now.
Let's see how their new business model works.
I guess they have to make money somehow. But not off a few hosted images from me.