Lost Images???

tomd
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Lost Images??? Jan 26, 2019 11:04:57 GMT -5 nikhil likes this

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Post by tomd on Jan 26, 2019 11:04:57 GMT -5

I have a fast question.

When I was away from posting on Stamp Bears, did Stamp Bears have a update or a problem with images?
I was using postimage.org for my images and had no problem till I seen my other thread were imageless and needed to be reposted.
Or was it postimage.org that had the problem.
Did any one else have this problem?

I have also have contacted postimage to see what there reply is.

I had used it for years, I believe when I first joined Stamp Bears {The Original Site} I was using it with no problems.

Just a bit frustrated to have to redo all my images here on Stamp Bears.
And afraid for it to happen again in the future.

I am trying it again and there is no problem, NOW.

Tomd

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Lost Images??? Jan 26, 2019 11:29:53 GMT -5 tomd, khj, and 1 more like this

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Post by Butterfly on Jan 26, 2019 11:29:53 GMT -5

I was using them also for a time and lost all my images. Can't access the site now(blank page).

EDIT: Using google I found the /faq section and managed to get back on the site again via the back door.

Still have some of my images.

Previously I had managed by accident to erase a lot of my images. I then gave up using the site, since I didn't feel like I was in control any more.

Last Edit: Jan 26, 2019 11:48:52 GMT -5 by Butterfly

Now downsizing, really!

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Lost Images??? Jan 26, 2019 13:13:41 GMT -5 tomd, Phil, and 1 more like this

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Post by khj on Jan 26, 2019 13:13:41 GMT -5

In 2016, Postimg ran into a problem with their internet hosting company Cloudflare, because of the heavy traffic from all the forums accessing pics. So they temporarily shut down everything until Postimg was willing to pony up the dough for the traffic... won't go into details... skip to 2018...

Now Postimage, they changed their domain name to .cc, which is pretty easy to re-route for html access. But you can't really re-route embedded image code. You have to update all the image codes (ugh). If you didn't have an actual account, I'm not sure if the non-account pictures were ported over.

A lot of people dropped Postimage because of this -- if they were going to have to re-do all the embedded image codes, they decided to switch to another image host. Some forums decided to pony up bucks and install their own image hosting.

For Stamp Bears, Phil was kind enough to set up an image host for us to use. Please check out the more recent thread for instructions: Use SeeMyStamps.com and Embed images in the Forum.

Last Edit: Jan 26, 2019 13:15:12 GMT -5 by khj

tomd Stamp Bears Posting Guru Stamp Bears Supporter Posts: 3,099 Location (Country): Michigan, USA	Lost Images??? Jan 26, 2019 13:25:24 GMT -5 khj likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by tomd on Jan 26, 2019 13:25:24 GMT -5 Thanks khj I have a account with them and will continue to use them.
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