Model Train Journal

Now if I can remember how to post pictures, etc; it's been several years since I was last a member.

Special shout-out to Bob Turner for helping me get back on...

Mark (still) in Oregon

Formally known as "Strummer"

I recognize that name from somewhere else!

Welcome back Strummer aka Windy Pines. I appreciate your tribulations, I've only had to change my "handle" three times here though in all fairness roughly every five years which, given all my security warnings on various legitimate sites these days, is actually par for the course.

Thanks guys.

Question: when I try to attach a photo, I get a message saying "Board attachment quota has been reached".

What's up with that?

Mark in...well, you know where.

WindyPines-1810 wrote:Question: when I try to attach a photo, I get a message saying "Board attachment quota has been reached".

What's up with that?

Just as it states - the upload/storage capacity locally to this forum is full.

We all use various off-site photo storage services: Flickr, Smugmug, etc. and I understand that Photobucket is still around....

Jeez...I just did a quick check, and it looks like "Flickr" is on its way out; any suggestions for a site that is easily compatible with MTJ?

It took me such a long time to get back onto this site; I would like to find something I can use straightaway...

Mark

WindyPines-1810 wrote:Jeez...I just did a quick check, and it looks like "Flickr" is on its way out; any suggestions for a site that is easily compatible with MTJ?

Flickr was bought by Smugmug and several here use it; limits of 1000 photos for a free account. News to me that it was going anywhere.

I have a basic paid account with Smugmug for several reasons.

Google "image hosting sites" - there are a lot of options.

Shutterfly has been incredibly nice to me and easy to use. Free. Get an account, figure out how to upload photos, and then follow the simple steps outlined in another thread which we can either duplicate here or link.

I, too, use Shutterfly; it works quite well.

Agree on Shutterfly. Small learning curve. They recently notified me they started a program where you have to purchase one of their products (mugs, calendars, shirts, etc, etc) with one of your photos on it........once every 18 months............but I figure that's almost free.

Welcome back Mark.

I use Dropbox. Free for up to 2 gig of storage, but I have about 500 gig of photos and video (mostly O scale!) so I pay the annual fee.

Posting photos is the same no matter which site you use. You get a link for the photo you want to post and paste it here between image brackets, which you get by selecting the Img button (from the menu at top of the edit screen). How you get the link varies by hosting service (I am guessing), but they all have it.

Glad to see you back, Mark

Jim

up148 wrote:Agree on Shutterfly. Small learning curve. They recently notified me they started a program where you have to purchase one of their products (mugs, calendars, shirts, etc, etc) with one of your photos on it........once every 18 months............but I figure that's almost free.

Welcome back Mark.

Uh...no.

Privacy invasion, right there.

All these places want your photo.

Facial Recognition..all part of tracking you, your purchases, you internet usage, and targeting you with ads.

See my photo? Crusader Rabbit.

My cell phone is a flip phone, none of those tracking app(lication)s.

My computers are XP, my browsers are written FOR XP and eliminate the tracking.

That's why MicroSlime wanted XP and even 7 GONE. No innate software to allow their "new world order".

ScaleCraft wrote:

up148 wrote:Agree on Shutterfly. Small learning curve. They recently notified me they started a program where you have to purchase one of their products (mugs, calendars, shirts, etc, etc) with one of your photos on it........once every 18 months............but I figure that's almost free.

Welcome back Mark.

Uh...no.

Privacy invasion, right there.

All these places want your photo.

Facial Recognition..all part of tracking you, your purchases, you internet usage, and targeting you with ads.

See my photo? Crusader Rabbit.

My cell phone is a flip phone, none of those tracking app(lication)s.

My computers are XP, my browsers are written FOR XP and eliminate the tracking.

That's why MicroSlime wanted XP and even 7 GONE. No innate software to allow their "new world order".

Not a mug shot but shot for your mug. He can buy a coffee mug with a photo of a locomotive on it.

They hit me with an easily deletable ad about once every two days. Very small price to pay for almost unlimited photo hosting. So far, no evidence that they are selling my info or jacking me around in any other way. I am not even sure that others have access to my photos.

Sorry, my wording was poor. Robert has it right. They want you to purchase one of their products, with one of your hosted (by them) photos on it. Doesn't seem like a big fee for 18 months of photo hosting.