Topic: TalkImg.com - Image hosting for BitcoinTalk - page 50. (Read 20210 times)

@joker_josue First of all thank you for creating this awesome tool. Now after the Imgur issue, talkImg will get more priority from the bitcointalk community.



I also tried to use the service a few hours ago. But I started to face this issue that once I reload the page after loading 70-80% of the image which is hosted in talkImg is suddenly disappeared. I don't know if it's only happening to me. You can check it out here.

I'm notifying you here so that if something is up then it could get solved. Thanks again

Thanks for this feature. I will soon add it to the OP.
We will continue to talk to improve this extra tool to this service. 

I don't know if @joker_josue is giving anyone who asks an account and API key, but if he is... you can use this script to add a button that instantly uploads an image directly from the forum!



Install here: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/465886-bitcointalk-image-upload-button-talkimg

For transparency: since joker_josue is having trouble setting up CORS, this script uses a proxy I deployed to tunnel the requests. This means that I could technically read your talkimg api key when you make a request. Pinky promise that I don't, but realistically you can't never know.

You can always use your own proxy and change the url ("uploadUrl" variable).

I've been looking at the various threads in the local tabs, and I've seen a lot of questions raised, some of them also asked in this thread. Most of the questions I have already answered, but I noticed that they are repeatedly raised. In that sense, I decided to make a small FAQ to help clarify some aspects about this project.



Frequently Asked Questions:

# What is the advantage of this service, compared to the competition?
This service was not created to compete with other image hosting services. The service was created to be a useful tool for the needs of users regarding the use of images in the forum. Developed thinking about its exclusive use on BitcoinTalk. It was also done with the aim of putting an end to the posted images that disappear months or years later. Therefore, the advantage is that it is a service intended only for this forum, useful resources may appear for the forum, and give the possibility for everyone to speak directly with the creator of the project.

# What guarantee do we have that the service is for the long haul?
I've been dealing with online image galleries for almost 20 years, I'm quite familiar with this type of service. My goal is to keep this site up and running as long as possible. I am also taking steps to make regular backups of the images, which will allow, in case something happens to the project, it is possible for the images to be hosted elsewhere and the links to be adjusted via the forum BD. This will ensure that the images will remain visible in the posts.

# Why are there limitations on the images?
There are no limitations other than those imposed by BitcoinTalk itself, regarding the use of images in the forum. The limitations are the same as for the forum: images larger than 2.5MB are not displayed; the forum only accepts JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF images, other formats are not displayed. In this sense, as TalkImg was created exclusively to serve the forum, it maintains the same limitations.

# Do images uploaded to TalkImg only work in the forum?
Generally speaking, yes. The server is configured, so that the images can only be used in the forum. Despite this configuration not being 100% effective in all scenarios, this is the project's objective: it will only work in the forum. But, if there is a lot of support in the community to open up the use of the images to other places, I can review this situation in the future.

# Why are there restrictions on account creation?
There are actually no restrictions for a user to have an account. Any forum member can apply for an account, and if he is not known to be a spammer, he will have an account. The service only serves to host images that will be used in BitcoinTalk, so it is not worth having applications open to the general public. But if the demand for an account is significant, I can change this.

# How will the service be able to support the costs?
At the moment I have everything ready to guarantee, in this initial phase, 2GB of images. To give you an idea, until the time of this post, the uploaded images occupy an average of 230KB. Keeping this average, we are talking about more than 7000 images. If, within a few months, this number of images reaches half, I would say that the service is being a success. This was an indication that it had the support of the community, and as such, it would easily be able to double or triple this capacity. Believing that he would certainly have the support of the community in this process, if necessary.

Honestly, this made by @joker is very useful for me every time I add an image to this forum, these apps are really good and useful to be honest.

       Perhaps this is one of the passions of the author of this topic. And it's funny at least that he can think of a way to help the community here on this forum platform. Thanks again @joker_josue

I think, joker just does what he loves and offers his service for free, he has also proven that he has taken care of similar service for more than a ten years. Personally, I support him and I'll use his service in future. By the way, you are right also, if you don't feel safe, don't use it. To my mind, some people here are extremely supportive towards something sometimes but I think that we don't need to discuss whether use joker's service or not, he offers it for free, has proven experience and its just personally up to you whether you want to use his free service or not.

Great idea. Are you going to connect your VPS via FTP and download that way via 10gbit speed?

The image proxy URL is different than the direct URL, so those are different cache files in your browser.

Nice! I am glad theymos reaction was positive.
I started using TalkImg as my regular image uploading service, and I will consider creating account there.
My suggestion is to list TalkImg.com website on alternative.to (it' free), as alternative option for Imgur, ImgBB and other similar services, it will get some exposure outside bitcointalk forum:
https://alternativeto.net/

Please check your PM joker_josue.

Not exactly. By chance I already spoke as theymos and he said the following:

Either way, I have the server configured as a hotlink, but other configurations may be generating conflicts in some cases. I'm checking.

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I take the opportunity to inform you that theymos was pleased with the project, and gave its support in two ways:
- On the help page, next to the images tag, there is a link to TalkImg.
- And we're going to have a factoid suggesting the TalkImg website.

I would like to thank theymos publicly for their availability and support!

Try a hard reload (Shift-reload) on loyce.club/other/tmp/test.html.

That shouldn't matter, the image on the forum runs through ip.bitcointalk.org and has nothing to do with the above link.

Well that shouldn't happen.
But, it may be due to browser cache reasons, which is causing this situation. As the image is loaded first here on the forum, when we get to the LoyceV website the image appears.

Anyway, I'm checking this out, because it's only intended to work on the forum.

I just noticed that too: although the screen may seem blank, if you zoom it down you'll be able to see the Bitcoin logo.

This is a work in progress so there is no problem with that. I'm sure that in different third parties' websites it won't be shown and it works in Loyce's web for some technical details I don't understand. Anyway, I suggest to address this issue sooner or later, because the peculiarity that the images can only be seen here is a great point for this project, IMO.

Keep up the good work!

I don't know about you, but my picture shows up fine. But it is huge, I had to scale it to 25% and it didn't fit in the window completely. It turns out that the picture placed on this service will be displayed on any site, not only on bitcointalk.

UPDATE:
The list of BBCode codes to embed has been updated.
Now, you have the option "BBCode full fix HxW" where the BBCode code will include the actual width and height of the image.


I hope this function can be useful.

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Note to translators:
I include the term "new" in front of points that were revised in the OP. This will allow you to more easily update the translations.
Thank you for your cooperation.

Let's see:


Now test it outside Bitcointalk: loyce.club/other/tmp/test.html
The image doesn't show up.

But you can load the image directly: talkimg.com/images/2023/04/22/bitcoin-logo-1-1-267084567290052a980fb3a46d.png

Or you can embed it through Bitcointalk's image proxy: loyce.club/archive/posts/6220/62205007.html

May I ask? How to understand your words?


Will the pictures that will be posted on your service be displayed on sites other than bitcointalk? I mean if I upload a picture on your service but place the link on another site (not bitcointalk), will this picture be displayed there?

The donation address on the site is linked to Bitcointalk ANN. It would be better if you link the payment URL instead of linking it here.

Have been using the site for the last few days and it was a great experience.

This is a great idea and great service!

I uploaded an image to the site and it was easy, bbcode provided so it was just
click COPY, way handier than what I have been using to date, Blogger.

I think it would be nice to set up an account, that way we can see exactly what we
uploaded, then again does it matter given the idea is the images stay on BCT anyway?

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In relation to images I would also like to suggest for the smartphone users is
to use the FREE app Adobe Photoshop Express, its great for resizing, cropping and editing
before uploading to Talkimg, also means in the long run it saves on server space.

This:

Well, because it's popular, been online since years and is not managed by a single individual, this is what I meant by single point of failure. joker_josue manages TalkImg, what about site if something happens to him?