I have both a Flickr page and my own domain. Yet I don't find either of them to be that great for hosting images that I might just want to post here.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a good free image hosting service that would work for that purpose? What is everyone else using?
For one-off photos, imgur.com seems to work well. It's what I usually use.
I've used Photobucket for a long time on the recommendation of a friend and it's been fine, easy to use. Also, their iPhone/iPad apps have been pretty good for direct uploads from said devices.
I set up a folder structure on my server to handle specials. I think any AA Roads images that aren't located in the photo gallery are in nysroads.com/files/aaroads. Usually in those cases I'll appeal to street view if I can though... less work.
I have a folder on my site (millenniumhwy.net/loose_pics/) but it's a PITA to remember what you name the file to link to it. (I use Cyberduck for Mac for my FTP client and I haven't figured out how to set my site to allow browsing of a directory to pull up the image so I can copy the URL and paste it into the image link function here.
Photobucket might work best for me for uploading iPhone pics.
IMO, Flickr isn't that bad for one-off items. I use it a fair bit myself.
Quote from: hbelkins on August 28, 2014, 02:58:54 PM
I have a folder on my site (millenniumhwy.net/loose_pics/) but it's a PITA to remember what you name the file to link to it. (I use Cyberduck for Mac for my FTP client and I haven't figured out how to set my site to allow browsing of a directory to pull up the image so I can copy the URL and paste it into the image link function here.
Photobucket might work best for me for uploading iPhone pics.
Unless I'm misunderstanding something... In Cyberduck, just right click (option click) the photo file, then go to Copy URL > HTTP URL. Then paste the URL directly into the forum editor. Easy as that.
Photobucket works for me too. It's a little cumbersome with a really busy and corny interface, when all I want is to just quickly upload a photo and then paste the link. But ultimately it gets the job done.
For quick photos, I host on www.ezimba.com. Only drawback is that they disappear after 90 days, but I don't find that to be too much a problem.