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Quote from: LoyceV on June 20, 2023, 08:25:32 AM

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if yes, then in my view that would be the best way of going forward, no third party websites required.

Unless you own Google and Microsoft, those are third party websites.

Sorry to necro this but just to underscore this point, I went looking to find some old Risto Pietila pics recently and many were no longer available, some on Google. Presumably his account has been shut down due to inactivity since he passed away. A tragedy in many ways.

Truly better would be for bitcointalk to have its own image hosting and/or be a lot better on keeping pictures when there's a miss on updating.

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Quote from: joker_josue on January 12, 2024, 02:54:45 AM

It could be vgy.me that could be blocking the forum's image proxy.

I'm surprised not more image hosts do that. Hotlinking is expensive and doesn't earn them anything from advertising.

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Quote from: RickDeckard on January 11, 2024, 05:16:00 PM

As of right now, all the links provided by vgy.me that I put inside the [img] tag always gives me the same result - broken image. I suppose that vgy.me is being prevented to being posted in the forum?

It is not the forum that is blocking these images. It could be vgy.me that could be blocking the forum's image proxy.
I don't remember this host causing any problems. But, it could be happening.

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As of right now, all the links provided by vgy.me that I put inside the [img] tag always gives me the same result - broken image. I suppose that vgy.me is being prevented to being posted in the forum?

Thank you all for the scripts - If I am unable to get the images working here I will use these as a base for uploading to another host.

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Quote from: OgNasty on January 10, 2024, 06:22:33 PM

Quote from: RickDeckard on January 10, 2024, 05:35:15 PM

Sorry for bumping this but I was away for ~ 6 months and I have noticed that a majority of images linked in my posts are now broken (even though all of them are still available in my albums over at vgy.me). Did any decision came out of this discussion or is it something wrong on vgy.me end?

If I’m not mistaken someone wrote a script to upload all your images to talkimg and update all your urls but it involves downloading something and I’m not sure if the source code is available to review or if someone has already done so. That might be worth looking in to.

Here is the script that you don't need to install, and runs directly in the browser, used by dozens of users: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/script-imgur-to-talkimg-automatically-fix-your-broken-images-5452662

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Quote from: RickDeckard on January 10, 2024, 05:35:15 PM

Sorry for bumping this but I was away for ~ 6 months and I have noticed that a majority of images linked in my posts are now broken (even though all of them are still available in my albums over at vgy.me). Did any decision came out of this discussion or is it something wrong on vgy.me end?

If I’m not mistaken someone wrote a script to upload all your images to talkimg and update all your urls ~~but it involves downloading something~~ and I’m not sure if the source code is available to review or if someone has already done so. That might be worth looking in to.

Edit: I looked over the script and gave it a shot. Seemed to work out pretty well.

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Quote from: RickDeckard on January 10, 2024, 05:35:15 PM

Sorry for bumping this but I was away for ~ 6 months and I have noticed that a majority of images linked in my posts are now broken (even though all of them are still available in my albums over at vgy.me). Did any decision came out of this discussion or is it something wrong on vgy.me end?

I'm not sure if vgy.me got affected by what Theymos did but as far as I know, Theymos decided to block embedded images coming from Imgur. right now a lot of the members are using TalkImg.com - Image hosting for BitcoinTalk which is created by joker_josue.

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Sorry for bumping this but I was away for ~ 6 months and I have noticed that a majority of images linked in my posts are now broken (even though all of them are still available in my albums over at vgy.me). Did any decision came out of this discussion or is it something wrong on vgy.me end?

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So when is poll result is going to be implemented?

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Quote from: IIrik11 on June 20, 2023, 07:32:31 AM

can images hosted at google-drive, one-drive, etc can be embedded into the posts?

Yes, that might even be possible. But it's not very practical.

But, the problem remains. If the user cancels the cloud service, the images will no longer appear in the forum.
What we wanted to avoid was that this happens whenever possible.

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Quote from: LoyceV on June 20, 2023, 08:25:32 AM

Quote from: IIrik11 on June 20, 2023, 07:32:31 AM

can images hosted at google-drive, one-drive, etc can be embedded into the posts?

Try it

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if yes, then in my view that would be the best way of going forward, no third party websites required.

Unless you own Google and Microsoft, those are third party websites.

can't try as i don't use any cloud services.

and what i meant was the images u upload to ur own cloud account remain their.

unlike other third party services.

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Quote from: IIrik11 on June 20, 2023, 07:32:31 AM

can images hosted at google-drive, one-drive, etc can be embedded into the posts?

Try it

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if yes, then in my view that would be the best way of going forward, no third party websites required.

Unless you own Google and Microsoft, those are third party websites.

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can images hosted at google-drive, one-drive, etc can be embedded into the posts?

if yes, then in my view that would be the best way of going forward, no third party websites required.

who ever wants to post image into their topic can upload them to their cloud-drive and post it in?

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Quote from: Timelord2067 on June 14, 2023, 12:21:09 PM

More than a week has gone past without a single vote or comment having been made, so it's time to call it for option two

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2: Turn imgur images into links - 51 (54.8%)

Time to lock the thread as there are other threads which canvas the topics being discussed here.

I think that is probably the best solution even if it isn't the one I voted for. Mostly, I don't want to download any software and I don't think it makes sense for end users to do anything. The amount of man hours that would be wasted by so many people each having to individually solve this issue would be a shocking waste of time. Sure, having the images just transferred to talkimg would be the best solution for end users, but it would require trusting another service not to do the same thing as imgur. Replacing with links seems to be the least time consuming solution that would also not add additional points of failure. I'll be glad when it's done.

I voted for this option purely because it seems like the best solution and it means there
will be no need anyone to back track through all their links to fix the errors which would
indeed be such a waste of time. Personally if I had used IMGUR in the past I wouldnt even
bother going back to fix the errors and I'm sure there are others who would feel te same.

Quote from: Timelord2067 on June 14, 2023, 12:49:27 PM

The benefit I see with talkimg.com is that it was created by an active user of the Forum ( joker_josue ) specifically for the Forum to use and is relying on what I would call meager donations to maintain the website, but is not asking for any other payment in kind for their services to actually run the site. Already there is an "unofficial" support person ( TryNinja ) who created a script to assist port images URL's in posts. While that might not be everyone's cup of tea trusting scripts it's help which again has been done without being asked, or paid for.

Kudos to both I say.

Absolutely, this is really the best solution and option for hosting images going forward.
The fact that it is run by active members ² of the forum is a massive benefit.

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 14, 2023, 12:30:25 PM

Quote from: Timelord2067 on June 14, 2023, 12:21:09 PM

More than a week has gone past without a single vote or comment having been made, so it's time to call it for option two

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2: Turn imgur images into links - 51 (54.8%)

Time to lock the thread as there are other threads which canvas the topics being discussed here.

I think that is probably the best solution even if it isn't the one I voted for. Mostly, I don't want to download any software and I don't think it makes sense for end users to do anything. The amount of man hours that would be wasted by so many people each having to individually solve this issue would be a shocking waste of time. Sure, having the images just transferred to talkimg would be the best solution for end users, but it would require trusting another service not to do the same thing as imgur. Replacing with links seems to be the least time consuming solution that would also not add additional points of failure. I'll be glad when it's done.

I think it's the best solution. The only problem I can think of is that Imgur hijacks the direct links on mobile browsers to take you to their homepage (on iOS and Android I believe, though at least in Android you have the possibility of using a browser that bypasses the Imgur pages UI).

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Quote from: JeromeTash on June 15, 2023, 02:56:51 PM

So how come some members are still able to add imgur links in their posts, like the OP in this post?

They are not able to embed an imgur image in a post, embedded images use the image proxy. But you can still post the link for the image itself. Clicking the link itself does not use the image proxy and goes directly to imgur.

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I have a question regarding adding Imgur links in new posts. I believe this was disabled, as one will get an error stating that the imgur links are no longer supported in new posts when they try to create a post containing the links.

So how come some members are still able to add imgur links in their posts, like the OP in this post?

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The benefit I see with talkimg.com is that it was created by an active user of the Forum ( joker_josue ) specifically for the Forum to use and is relying on what I would call meager donations to maintain the website, but is not asking for any other payment in kind for their services to actually run the site. Already there is an "unofficial" support person ( TryNinja ) who created a script to assist port images URL's in posts. While that might not be everyone's cup of tea trusting scripts it's help which again has been done without being asked, or paid for.

Kudos to both I say.

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Quote from: Timelord2067 on June 14, 2023, 12:21:09 PM

More than a week has gone past without a single vote or comment having been made, so it's time to call it for option two

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2: Turn imgur images into links - 51 (54.8%)

Time to lock the thread as there are other threads which canvas the topics being discussed here.

I think that is probably the best solution even if it isn't the one I voted for. Mostly, I don't want to download any software and I don't think it makes sense for end users to do anything. The amount of man hours that would be wasted by so many people each having to individually solve this issue would be a shocking waste of time. Sure, having the images just transferred to talkimg would be the best solution for end users, but it would require trusting another service not to do the same thing as imgur. Replacing with links seems to be the least time consuming solution that would also not add additional points of failure. I'll be glad when it's done.

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More than a week has gone past without a single vote or comment having been made, so it's time to call it for option two

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2: Turn imgur images into links - 51 (54.8%)

Time to lock the thread as there are other threads which canvas the topics being discussed here.

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