Post by lscg on Jul 22, 2017 17:10:37 GMT -5
like many of y'all I used Photobucket to host my pictures on the various forums I visit. I had thousands of pics on several accounts and while I would like to have kept them I can't justify paying the outrageous fee's when there are cheaper or even free sites out there. after looking at several sites I decided to try Imgur. so far I like it better than Photobucket, the main reason being it doesn't seem to have the ads like Photobucket does.
uploading pictures is pretty straight forward but in case anyone has trouble using it this is a brief walkthrough of what I do to post pictures.
after making your account go to settings (it's next to the "log out" button) and on the "Default Album Privacy" make your account hidden. this should help in keeping strangers from being able to view the pictures in your album. of course the pictures can still be seen if you post them on a forum.
next go to images and click "add images" once your picture is uploaded to your album you then click "view image info" from there you click "generate image links" now click on the picture or pictures you wish to post and then click "done".
after doing that a small screen will pop up with the links. you must now choose what type of links and what size the pictures will be. for pictures like I've posted below I picked the "BBCode (message boards & forums)" link and for the picture size I chose "Huge Thumbnail". now you just copy the links, paste them on the forum of your choice and post.