Forums · Image Hosting for the Forums
Hello! It's been some time since the last update, but I've been working on a lot of stuff - mostly the back end for this site. Anyway, for a while I've been talking about making our own site like imageshack, but for us, and so I did:
http://butterimages.com/
Please start using Butter Images instead of imageshack and the like. Why? Well, because we don't know how long those sites will be up, and we cannot make back ups of the content, or anything like that. So if tinypic, imageshack, or anything else ever goes down, loses data, goes out of business, etc - your images are gone forever!
Using butter images will only work on The Hive web sites like Libelldra, so be prepared to be disappointed if you try posting it all over the Internet. It still allows direct-linking, just not hot linking, so you can still share via most Email services and pretty much all Instant Messaging services.
Here's an example of it in action (this is the first image ever uploaded, for those keeping records and other stuff ;-) ):
Click here for the full size.
Any post from this date forward that chooses imageshack (or similar) over butter images - maybe you should think about voting that post down. Do what you like, but that's my suggestion.
http://butterimages.com/
Please start using Butter Images instead of imageshack and the like. Why? Well, because we don't know how long those sites will be up, and we cannot make back ups of the content, or anything like that. So if tinypic, imageshack, or anything else ever goes down, loses data, goes out of business, etc - your images are gone forever!
Using butter images will only work on The Hive web sites like Libelldra, so be prepared to be disappointed if you try posting it all over the Internet. It still allows direct-linking, just not hot linking, so you can still share via most Email services and pretty much all Instant Messaging services.
Here's an example of it in action (this is the first image ever uploaded, for those keeping records and other stuff ;-) ):
Click here for the full size.
Any post from this date forward that chooses imageshack (or similar) over butter images - maybe you should think about voting that post down. Do what you like, but that's my suggestion.
Keeping all my photos organized in one place is more convenient, and I'm neither going to forsake photobucket, nor move a very large number of pictures over to this thing.
If you read this soon, polite, please see Slowflake's "Repto needs help" topic in the Trashcan. I've been using this account for a couple weeks now because of the problem that's explained there.
If you read this soon, polite, please see Slowflake's "Repto needs help" topic in the Trashcan. I've been using this account for a couple weeks now because of the problem that's explained there.
[QUOTE USER="temprepto" TIME="1242103949"]Keeping all my photos organized in one place is more convenient, and I'm neither going to forsake photobucket, nor move a very large number of pictures over to this thing.[/QUOTE]
Of course, my main concern is with sites like tinypic and imageshack where people don't really have accounts, where they just upload something to be posted on the forums.
Of course, my main concern is with sites like tinypic and imageshack where people don't really have accounts, where they just upload something to be posted on the forums.
The formatting on the page is messed up. I provided a screen shot.
Click here for the full size.
Also, what do you think of this? What I'm really asking is, should I bother finishing it?
Click here for the full size.
Also, what do you think of this? What I'm really asking is, should I bother finishing it?
[QUOTE USER="majesticstar" TIME="1242251337"]The formatting on the page is messed up. I provided a screen shot.
Click here for the full size.
Also, what do you think of this? What I'm really asking is, should I bother finishing it?[/QUOTE]
That's what happens when you're a dick and block ads. Please show ads for at least our sites, I'd appreciate it.
Click here for the full size.
Also, what do you think of this? What I'm really asking is, should I bother finishing it?[/QUOTE]
That's what happens when you're a dick and block ads. Please show ads for at least our sites, I'd appreciate it.
Why have you made it only able to work on libelldra and sister sites? Isn't that a bit restrictive? I'm sure people would be more willing to use this, if they didn't have to use another image hosting site anyway when posting on other forums/websites.
[QUOTE USER="ckytribal" TIME="1242439933"]Why have you made it only able to work on libelldra and sister sites? Isn't that a bit restrictive? I'm sure people would be more willing to use this, if they didn't have to use another image hosting site anyway when posting on other forums/websites.[/QUOTE]
Yes that is restrictive, and that's the point. Images use more bandwidth than anything (aside from flash or large Java applets), it would be retarded for me to just allow anyone to post anywhere, for web sites that I don't run to just waste my bandwidth. I stole the idea from Something Awful, which has a similar image hosting service that can only be used on their forums - and the fact that you can only use the images on their forums hasn't stopped their image site from going up to nearly 600,000 images.
I've seen so many image hosting sites disappear over the years for the simple fact that image hosting is a money pit unless you have something else to prop it up - or you're burning through venture capital money. That's why Photobucket is owned by Fox, Flickr is owned by Yahoo!, Tinypick is owned by Photobucket (which is owned by Fox as I mentioned). The biggest independent one is imageshack, and honestly I have no idea how they make money (or if they even do).
So, I created the service so that people could put up images for our sites and they won't disappear after a company sinks or a parent company decides to retool and deletes everything (à la AOL Homepages)
Yes that is restrictive, and that's the point. Images use more bandwidth than anything (aside from flash or large Java applets), it would be retarded for me to just allow anyone to post anywhere, for web sites that I don't run to just waste my bandwidth. I stole the idea from Something Awful, which has a similar image hosting service that can only be used on their forums - and the fact that you can only use the images on their forums hasn't stopped their image site from going up to nearly 600,000 images.
I've seen so many image hosting sites disappear over the years for the simple fact that image hosting is a money pit unless you have something else to prop it up - or you're burning through venture capital money. That's why Photobucket is owned by Fox, Flickr is owned by Yahoo!, Tinypick is owned by Photobucket (which is owned by Fox as I mentioned). The biggest independent one is imageshack, and honestly I have no idea how they make money (or if they even do).
So, I created the service so that people could put up images for our sites and they won't disappear after a company sinks or a parent company decides to retool and deletes everything (à la AOL Homepages)
[QUOTE USER="anthony" TIME="1242446874"]Yes that is restrictive, and that's the point. Images use more bandwidth than anything (aside from flash or large Java applets), it would be retarded for me to just allow anyone to post anywhere, for web sites that I don't run to just waste my bandwidth.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I never realised that (or even thought about it). Fair enough
Oh, I never realised that (or even thought about it). Fair enough
[QUOTE USER="majesticstar" TIME="1242498253"]Does showing ads make a difference if I never plan on actually clicking on them? If so, I guess I can learn to ignore them without the use of add-ons.[/QUOTE]
Yes, while views of ads aren't as valuable as clicking them, it does help a lot. I appreciate it.
Yes, while views of ads aren't as valuable as clicking them, it does help a lot. I appreciate it.