Free webspace

[Donkey]

Ok, here's the first suggestion/idea:
Some kind of free web service where images can be stored, then linked to from here..
Of course, some kind of security would need to be in place to avoid the predictable misuse by the less than honorable..

Any ideas?

[Donkey]

Ok.. Here's a test:


I'm looking for a server with no time limits. Something that will remain invisible.. Just serve the files, no additions, no entanglements, no adds.. Don't need huge file limits, great bandwidth, extra bells and whistles. Just the facts...

[Donkey]

Well... that didn't work right..
Need to find something different.
I'll try again later.

[Donkey]

Test again..

[Donkey]

Well.. That worked, but the site Fileden seems a little add heavy. I suppose it's just something to put up with for free services..

[canyon]

Thanks Donkey! You are doing such an awesome service here all around. Please post somehow a step by step instruction for computer idiots like me how to use fileden when you've got it worked out.

[Donkey]

Welllll..... I ain't sure Fileden is the way to go yet. There are quite a few out there with differing strengths/weaknesses to each.
Still lookin'.

[chronictom]

If it's just space you need, I can do that for you... email me..

[larsmith]

Another option is to encourage people to set up their own "free" accounts via Flickr or Google or WebShots or other such websites where they can upload photos of their own projects ...

And then link from here to their photos. ( to do so, simply pull up a photo from their own collection, go up to the address line & highlight / copy that line and then paste it into a message posted here in a thread ).

A down-side of taking this approach is that if a member closes out their Flickr or Google or WebShots account, then the link from the thread to their photo(s) will be broken / unusable.

I'm a professional photographer & have used the above idea often when making photos available to a large group of people and it works well ... and is "free". To see how it works, click on :

PicasaWeb.Google.Com/LARSmith217

To create that link above, I typed the web address, highlighted it and then clicked on the little globe button on line 2, third button above.

When I start the final build on my (modified) rocket, I plan to post the photos along with the other photo albums which are there.

Setting up such accounts are _easy_ and convenient & would go a long way to making photos available on an as-needed basis to other RH Forum members and without cost to the RH Forum.

P.S. be aware, tho, that any presumed "copyright" you have to a photo is, for all practical purpuses, relinquished any time you post a photo to a public forum so don't post anything you don't want others saving / printing / using as they see fit.

[larsmith]

Check out the following website and you'll see what someone else has done re: using available web space / image servers to accompany his documentation.

countryplans.com/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=2350.0

[johndepew]

I've had good experience with photobucket.com along the same lines. Actually, if you paste the img source code in, the images should be viewable from here. I can't try it from the internet server I'm on...photobucket is blocked, but I'm pretty sure that should work.

Thanks a lot for all the helpful information on here. Its been an awesome resource to have available.

John

[johndepew]

I think you might have to use the html code "<img src="your image source code here">
that should do it, but again, I'm not able to check for sure. Best of luck

[johndepew]

Here's a try from the cob cottage website:

<img src="files/images/michael.jpg" width="300" height="203" alt=" Barrel stove, heated cob bench, and stabilized earth floor.">

[johndepew]

oh. maybe that won't work after all. I guess these boards aren't html compatable. Some are some aren't, its kinda hit and miss. Well, you can always just link to your pictures

[Donkey]

Oh.. you gotta use the square brackets, ( [ ] ) but the code looks like this:
<img> www.cobcottage.com/files/images/michael.jpg</img>
It's BBC code, not html.. Simpler to use, though not as powerful. Remember to use the proper closing statement, include the full path.