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wrong88
Post 14 Apr 2018, 20:58 • #1 
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On forums throughout the country, including this one, most photo images posted using POSTIMAGE have been erased. This includes the hundreds of photos that I posted for the Heddon and Shakespeare Catalog threads. What a shame!
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Trev
Post 14 Apr 2018, 21:34 • #2 
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Some forums allow direct from your computer loading and these seem to last as long as the forum, using third party hosts seem to eventually end in loss to the forum. I can't figure out how/if that is possible here though.
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GRASSNGLASS
Post 15 Apr 2018, 01:27 • #3 
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Mark,

I know it's a pain, but there's a way to get pics back. If you do an edit of any post, each picture will show postimage.org or postimg.cc twice. If you take the second posting.org and replace the .org with .cc the pictures will come back. Or you can change both .org to.cc and they will come back.

Recent photo posts that are working show:

/postimages.org/][img]https://s7.postimg.cc

Not as painful as sounds once you do a few.

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wrong88
Post 15 Apr 2018, 09:12 • #4 
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We're talking a few hundred photos. I've basically had it as far as image-hosting companies go.
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Post 15 Apr 2018, 10:33 • #5 
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No one can blame you, that was a lot of work down the drain.
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wrong88
Post 15 Apr 2018, 10:47 • #6 
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Over 300 photos on the classic bamboo forum also down the drain. Like being punched in the stomach.
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jimbofish
Post 15 Apr 2018, 11:15 • #7 
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FYI from another website:

postimg.ORG domain is locked by Registry, no prior notice.
While we hope to resolve the issue, we chose postimg.CC as our new home.
Please update codes embedded in your websites.

Doesn't sound like they're gone, just that the link address has changed.

IMHO another reason for forums to host their own pics.

Don't panic and delete everything like some did when PhotoBucket changed. Just wait a bit and see if the issue is resolved or if someone comes up with a workaround like the PB fix.
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majicwrench
Post 15 Apr 2018, 11:23 • #8 
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?? The postimage pictures I posted a couple weeks ago are still up?? At least for me.....
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GRASSNGLASS
Post 15 Apr 2018, 11:40 • #9 
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Mine posted a week ago disappeared. Those posted Thursday or later shows the postimg.cc are fine. Went back and revived thirty or so in a couple minutes by doing the .cc thing.

Of course if they change the system back will everything revived be lost.

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Post 15 Apr 2018, 12:02 • #10 
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I doubt all will be lost on the revert. They will just redirect postimage.cc back to postimage.org . I wonder if they didn't like a commercial service using a .org name.
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wrong88
Post 15 Apr 2018, 13:07 • #11 
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After the Photobucket debacle, and now Postimage, I'm done with it. I don't have the time or patience to change over 752 photos. These places need to seriously get their **** together.
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Post 15 Apr 2018, 14:48 • #12 
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Sometimes we get what we pay for.

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s fontinalis
Post 16 Apr 2018, 08:25 • #13 
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if you have an account with PI, they arent erased.
if you used a generic link without a log in account, then your photos are probably gone.

I host my photos on PI in folders with a log in account and have not seen any lost
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wrong88
Post 16 Apr 2018, 13:26 • #14 
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I do have an account that still has all my photos. They're not gone. It's just that transferring them again to the catalog threads (over 600 photos, between this forum and the bamboo forum) is no longer in me. I went through this before with Photobucket, and I just can't do it again. I do still have all the catalogs, so anybody who needs information should feel free to PM me.
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kermit1
Post 25 Apr 2018, 09:41 • #15 
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That's such a bummer on this posting images thing. Were at the mercy of the providers when it's free. Not to soon and it ALL will be "pay to play".
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bulldog1935
Post 25 Apr 2018, 10:22 • #16 
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again, the real culprit is ad blockers - I plead the 5th
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Wvbrookie
Post 25 Apr 2018, 10:43 • #17 
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jimbofish wrote:
Don't panic and delete everything like some did when PhotoBucket changed. Just wait a bit and see if the issue is resolved or if someone comes up with a workaround like the PB fix.


Is there a "fix" to Photobucket?

I have almost 15 years worth of photos on Photobucket but haven't uploaded there in over a year because you cannot post to a forum.

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wrong88
Post 25 Apr 2018, 11:40 • #18 
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The Postimage photos on the bamboo fly rod site were restored by the Admin there, working with both Dreamhost and Postimage. Perhaps the Admin here could do the same?
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Trev
Post 25 Apr 2018, 13:49 • #19 
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GRASSNGLASS wrote:
Sometimes we get what we pay for.

Barry

Thought worth remembering. Free items are frequently worth every penny.
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HedleyLamarr
Post 25 Apr 2018, 20:49 • #20 
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Everyone should have learned their lesson with Photobucket a long time ago.
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