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astrobock
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From: WV, USA
Registered: Sep 2006

posted 01-17-2021 07:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for astrobock   Click Here to Email astrobock     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've used PictureTrail to post pictures to collectSPACE. I know others have, too. They are closing on Feb. 28, 2021.

What other tools are available to post pictures? Are all the shared images going to be lost?

stsmithva
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From: Fairfax, VA
Registered: Feb 2007

posted 01-17-2021 07:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for stsmithva   Click Here to Email stsmithva     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Rats! That is bad news. I haven't used it to post pictures here since I put everything up in Google Photos, but that is what I used for about ten years.

I saw many other cS members use it too. Now all of those photos will indeed almost certainly disappear.

micropooz
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From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003

posted 01-17-2021 08:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for micropooz   Click Here to Email micropooz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh no! I've got about 300 cS images on PictureTrail. Anyone know of an easy way to port those over to another service without having to go back and fix the html in every one of my previous posts? (Yeah, I know, I'm a Pollyanna...lol)

Robert Pearlman
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posted 01-17-2021 09:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For reasons such as this, I have been slowly migrating images from other sites over to our server — but the emphasis is on "slowly," generally only as an older thread becomes active again.

There is no way I could migrate all of the PictureTrail images before the end of February, but members who used the service could help by making sure to archive all of the images they have hosted on PictureTrail currently and contacting me (by email) to let me know.

As for a reliable replacement hosting service, I would recommend imgur or Flickr.

astrobock
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From: WV, USA
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posted 01-24-2021 09:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for astrobock   Click Here to Email astrobock     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just to be clear, in order for the shared Picturetrail images to remain on collectSPACE, we have to migrate them to another photo host and fix the HTML links in our previous posts?

micropooz
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posted 01-24-2021 10:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for micropooz   Click Here to Email micropooz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's what I'm starting to do. Big job, but I have yet to find an easier way...

Robert Pearlman
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posted 01-24-2021 10:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There might be another way. I'm working on it and will share details soon. But if members want to start migrating links, please go ahead.

astrobock
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posted 02-11-2021 06:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for astrobock   Click Here to Email astrobock     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Robert, I tried to edit an old post with an image uploaded to imgur and can't seem to get it to work. The test post is Space Cover 400: Apollo Fire at 50. Once I figure out how to do the first one then the others should be the same. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 02-11-2021 07:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I edited your post. Take a look at the edit. Copy the code and then change the image address (URL) for additional images (note that the URL appears twice). Let me know if you run into any issues and I'll be happy to help more.

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