Laminar wrote:
rx7locost wrote:
We have been preaching about the value of hosting photos on this forum for years. It comes up at least once a year for as long as I can recall. Some builders just don't get it. Maybe they will now. But probably not.
I've seen multiple forums "crash" over the years and lose all attached photos, it's not foolproof.
Also, in case the poster and forum "part ways," hosting the photos elsewhere keeps control of the content in the hands of the poster.
I hosted with Dropbox up until they killed that service earlier this year, now I just put everything on my own web host.
Well, if the forum crashes, then there is no disconnect between text and photos. Since there is neither.
I never suggested that a poster should file their photo only the forum, only a version of it. As a matter of fact, the forum requires smaller file sizes, so having the original photo is still owned by the poster. My suggestion is based on years of searching for internet subjects about this or that. I get to the webpage only to find all of the photos are no longer linked. The man who wisely said "a picture is worth a thousand words" was understating the concept IMO.
My feeling is that I'm not wanting to control everything. Linking to an external site, any site, requires that that site never changes the page URL. If I think things are worth posting with a photo, I want them to be forever related. As long as this site is here, and photos are hosted here, they are available for other viewers to peruse.
Our benevolent forum master also recommends posting photos here. available storage capacity is not a problem. At least it hasn't been for many years.
If I wanted to be sure that my posting and photos were under my control, I'd create my own website.
I understand those that feel there is more safety to hosting the photos elsewhere. But in reality, uploading photos here hasn't been a problem in the 9 years that I've been here. I wish I could say the same for other sites.
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