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caryc

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Anyone having trouble with IMGUR? I've been using it for years and now, when I go to post the link for my picture, The picture will show in the Ruger forum posting dialog window but not in my actual post. If I click on "edit", I see my picture in the edit screen but not in the actual post. What the heck is going on?

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I think RoninPA had this problem recently but don’t know what service he uses.

Don’t know what he did to fix it but believe he did.
 
It’s not needed now Kevin.
I haven’t used Imgur since the conversion and since I switch to an iPad.

Of course, I quit Photobucket the same time most others did too.
 
Yep I just tried to post a picture of my LCP II and a home make holster. The link appeared but when I hit 'post Reply" all that appeared is a small box with a red X in it just like CARYC
 
The only problem I have with Imgur is the incessant bashing of Republicans and that is norm there. I never looked it before I joined the CMP site a couple years ago when purchasing M1 carbines and Garands and they all sell parts and related stuff on that site. Of course I gave it a look see and was surprised to see how anti American it is.
 
Fox Mike, I just tried using "image link" and got this to work. The trouble is that anyone can click on that green "share" link and get the link code for that image.
 
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I have many hundreds of photos on my computer. Trouble is finding the one I want to post. In IMGUR, at least they show 48 pics on each page so it's easy to go through the pages to find what I want.
 
Seems to be a forum permissions thing. I just tried to add an Imgur hosted image here and it didn't work. Same link placed on another forum worked just fine.
 
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I had problems a couple days ago. It kept telling me that my images didn’t exist, but eventually it let me pull them up.
 
I had issues with Imgur long ago, so I just switched hosts. I'm no help in answering Cary's question.

BUT,, I do like the new feature here that allows direct photo posting.
 
I think RoninPA had this problem recently but don’t know what service he uses.

Don’t know what he did to fix it but believe he did.
I ended up using the "Attach Files" of the forum to load my picture. In the past I never had any problems using Imgur to post a photo here. I'll have to try it on another forum or two to see if it is the forum or Imgur. Have use Imgur for many years when Photobucket got out of hand with fees. But since the forum allows direct attachment for pictures, I'll remember to s oit that way.
 
The new forum software lets you simply drag and drop a picture from your computer into your post. No 3rd party hosting needed. You can also copy-paste using (on Windows) either the mouse right-click menu or keyboard Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V.

If you are using a Windows PC, you can find pictures in folders easily using File Explorer and then right-click in the file panel, and select View, and from there select one of the icon options for getting thumbnails of your images. I use "Large", which seems like good enough detail while still displaying enough images, but use whichever option suits your screen size/resolution, vision, and detail needs.
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For instance, "Large" icons look like this on my system (which may look different on yours due to screen size/resolution):
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And I snagged the above image with the Snipping Tool and then pasted it into this post with Ctrl-V

Then if I want to post the "moose-1" pic, I can just drag it from the File Explorer window into the web browser forum post window:
moose-1.jpg
 
Being in the grip business like I was, I have thousands of pictures of grips and grip blanks that I sold. Kind of makes it hard to find things.
 
Being in the grip business like I was, I have thousands of pictures of grips and grip blanks that I sold. Kind of makes it hard to find things.
Might be time to organize your files. However you organize them on IMGUR so you can find them on there can be implemented on your computer. For my FFL biz, I create a subfolder for each gun I sell online to put the pics into, and I name the folder using a Make-Model-SerialNumber convention. I name the individual pictures with Model-SerialNumber-N where N is just a sequence number. You can search from File Explorer, so if I want to find a specific gun I sold, I can just type in the serial number to find the folder. Grips are obviously not serial numbered but you can organize them some other way with meaningful folder and file names. Even if you don't use subfolders, as long as the pictures have meaningful filenames, the Search function will find it. I always edit my pictures anyway to crop out excess background and resize them to a smaller, consistent width, so saving them from the camera's default name to a new filename is easily done at that point. That also results in the files taking up much less storage space, reducing them from multiple megabytes to a few hundred kilobytes.

I first hosted pics on my local ISP using FTP back when you got some amount of "personal web space" for free, but they stopped offering that. Then I moved to PictureTrail until it went to a pay system, then PhotoBucket until it did the same. Finally I moved to IMGUR where each gun got its own "album". But I haven't used it since the forum software upgrade now the you can just drag & drop without first moving pics to a 3rd party hosting site.
 
I believe I did have thing organized so I could find things. But during windows upgrades like Windows 10 they are all listed in the photos directory...all my images! By the way, my grips all have a serial # with year made and individual grip set number. They are all listed in a set of files so I know who I sold them to and what gun they fit and when they were made and any other pertinent info.
 
I have a large photo library. I would always creat a folder on the “C” Drive or “D” Drive of my computer. The main folder is by year, then sub folders in that year are by location.

The only downside to this filing system is the “photos” folder in Windows is empty. But the Windows picture browser still works. I just go directly to the particular folder I want to view.

It’s also handy when backing up pictures. I can just do it by folder. And I keep 3 backups on those USB external drives. They are pretty cheap really. Then if I get a new computer, just plug those drives into the new computer and I’m up and running. No need to transfer anything.

But that’s my system. I know everyone has their own way of doing things. I also have specific ways of naming pictures but this wouldn’t work for anyone else at all.
 
I've had pretty much all of my pictures posted through Imgur disappear on this forum, but for whatever reason...Only on this forum. Not sure what's up with that?
 
Just checked my Imgur account and they tell me my photos do not exist. Bummer!
 
I believe I did have thing organized so I could find things. But during windows upgrades like Windows 10 they are all listed in the photos directory...all my images! By the way, my grips all have a serial # with year made and individual grip set number.

Just checked my Imgur account and they tell me my photos do not exist. Bummer!
I've had that happen before. I just logged out and opened a fresh IMGUR window and logged in an my files appeared again.
 
This from Imgur:
Investigating - We are working to address ongoing issues causing degraded performance across all platforms causing errors on apps, blank screens to appear, and generally wonky behavior.
May 12, 2023 - 14:00 PDT
 
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