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Quote from: examplens on June 21, 2022, 06:45:41 PM

ImgBB most often I used it myself, I noticed that after two reloads of the page, some of the img managed to show up. I did an update of one thread and half of the images were visible.

You are right. It's the problem with ImgBB. I do not use it but I use imgur all the time. The size of a file also is an issue for not displaying an image properly.

Quote from: BITCOIN4X on June 21, 2022, 07:03:53 PM

Imgur and Postimage are my two current choices for hosting images, so there's no harm in leaving the other hosting site right?

For me Postimage is better than Imgur. The best thing about Postimage, you can use it on TOR browser, that's the biggest advantage for me. Anway, this topic was useful to find a good solution for image hosting for me.

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Quote from: BitcoinGirl.Club on June 21, 2022, 12:47:44 PM

There could be few reasons for it.
1. Try doing a hard refresh Ctrl+Shift+R. This will clear your cache and reload everything.

I did, but sadly it didn't help at all. I tested it using the wifi network and the mobile internet network from different providers, and still with the same result and it doesn't work. So I think it would be better to use a different hosting site while we can leave imgBB for a while until the issue is resolved.

Imgur and Postimage are my two current choices for hosting images, so there's no harm in leaving the other hosting site right?

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Quote from: DireWolfM14 on June 21, 2022, 12:33:02 PM

The ImgBB image isn't showing up for me at this time, and seems like it's hit and miss.

There could be few reasons for it.
1. Try doing a hard refresh Ctrl+Shift+R. This will clear your cache and reload everything.
2. Your internet service provider might flag the site, I don't see any reason for that though.

I don't think it's up to him or his provider after all. the same thing is happening to me (I'm sure we don't have the same ISP)
ImgBB most often I used it myself, I noticed that after two reloads of the page, some of the img managed to show up. I did an update of one thread and half of the images were visible.

I would say obviously the problem is on their side.

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Quote from: DireWolfM14 on June 21, 2022, 12:33:02 PM

The ImgBB image isn't showing up for me at this time, and seems like it's hit and miss.

There could be few reasons for it.
1. Try doing a hard refresh Ctrl+Shift+R. This will clear your cache and reload everything.
2. Your internet service provider might flag the site, I don't see any reason for that though.

Quote from: DireWolfM14 on June 21, 2022, 12:33:02 PM

I just used PostImage for the first time, I really like that site.

Same here. I used it yesterday and I am not going to use others. It found it loads faster than any other image hosting site. It feels same as in your localhost.

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Quote from: _BlackStar on June 21, 2022, 04:48:51 AM

1. ImgBB

2. Imgur

3. Postimage

The ImgBB image isn't showing up for me at this time, and seems like it's hit and miss. If I refresh the page it'll show up half the time and the other half I get the proxy error. I just used PostImage for the first time, I really like that site. If you have an image in your clip-board you can just call up the site and hit CTL+V and it'll paste and upload in one fell swoop. That's one of the features I liked about ImgBB as well.

Well, now it looks like I have two decent sites to use for hosting images. I do hope ImgBB get their ducks in a row soon, I've posted tons of images here that are hosted by them.

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Quote from: dkbit98 on June 21, 2022, 09:28:24 AM

First time I saw your post all images loaded completely normal.
Second time I opened the same page first ImgBB image didn't load, third time I refreshed the page it opened again but first image loaded much slower than others.

looks like the image display for the forum is having a problem. because I also experienced what you said.
specifically for images https://imgbb.com/ I also do 3x refresh. and some pictures that initially look normal then become problematic.
at first, I thought it was a problem with my internet connection a few days ago. Turns out everyone was having the same problem.

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Quote from: DireWolfM14 on June 20, 2022, 03:53:29 PM

I can't stand imgur. You can't upload photos without an account, and the adds are as obnoxious nails on a chalkboard. Most of the time when I post images here they're obviously related to bitcoin, and I don't need some third party image hosting company tracking my financial habits.

I never used imgur with account for posting images and I have been using it for years without any issues.
Few times it happened that imgur was not working I used imgbb or some other alternative servers for uploading images.
You can even find some programs that can help you to upload images faster directly from your OS and choose any server you want.

Quote from: DireWolfM14 on June 20, 2022, 03:53:29 PM

imgbb is a pretty decent image hosting site, and no need for KYC, lol. Maybe it is imgbb that's causing the issue. Right now I can see all my images that I've posted, but they've been problematic for at least two, maybe three weeks.

I saw recently that forum is showing image missing messages but I didn't check if the source server has issue or something else forum related, like image size.
If you want to be sure your images will be available you can run your own server with self-hosted image hosting.

Quote from: _BlackStar on June 21, 2022, 04:48:51 AM

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First time I saw your post all images loaded completely normal.
Second time I opened the same page first ImgBB image didn't load, third time I refreshed the page it opened again but first image loaded much slower than others.

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While we are having conversation about image, who have noticed earlier today the host was down? Who was here to put blame on? Web server or cloudflare? I do check the posts while I am on phone sometimes and I noticed this 500 error.

Quote from: nakamura12 on June 21, 2022, 05:39:30 AM

Without Image Format
https://imgur.com/a/xweNMDO

In this case you are not giving image url to bbcode. This is link of the page which contain image but when you give the link of the image it's the image itself. What I understand, when image size is larger the host is taking time to return the byte, it's sometimes failing to load and sometimes it's loading. However it is working fine for small size images. There are nothing to do with link formatting or anything else.

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Quote from: DireWolfM14 on June 20, 2022, 03:27:52 PM

Is anyone else having trouble loading images the past few weeks?

I usually use imgbb.com for hosting images, and lately I've noticed the "Bitcointalk.org Image Proxy: Invalid Image" warning pop up frequently. The problem is inconsistent, sometimes the image is displayed fine, other times the image won't load.

Should I not be using imgbb.com, or is there something else going on?

Same here the problem was there from past two days but some images were visible also so didn't understand what's going on and bumped into this thread and came to know you also facing the same problem.I am also using imgbb for uploading any photos from long time and only once this issue was there but now again facing it.

Quote from: _BlackStar on June 21, 2022, 04:48:51 AM

Maybe you're right, but in this case I think the problem is different. Do you know what size the BestChange avatar file I'm using is? It's only 16kb, but if I host the image using imgbb then the image is invalid ^{[proxi invalid image].} So the problem is not all about the image size, but the problem is with the image hosting site imgbb which may not work well in furum now. But when I use imgur and postimage, the images are hosting well because so far both sites are working fine.

Yeah there was issue at the image hosting site only and usually this outage is rare to be there but there could be some problems and resizing it won't matter.In my case I have adjusted the size of images multiple times with width, height adjustment so at the end embedded it with [url] tags to make it clickable in case members can check it by clicking on the invalid image also.

Atm the images are showing again but don't know if the same issue will be there again or not.

I think postingimages.org is solution to it so thanks for letting us know about it.

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Quote from: nakamura12 on June 21, 2022, 05:39:30 AM

All the images you have posted are showing/working just fine as I have seen right now.

Maybe admin fixed it or maybe it's time for imgBB to start working again. I checked all the image posting history I've ever posted, it's showing up again. Regardless of image size, I think what you are trying to say is correct. So the image format is also one of the culprits, but certainly not in my case.

So, the OP seems the problem is resolved.

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Quote from: _BlackStar on June 21, 2022, 04:48:51 AM

Maybe you're right, but in this case I think the problem is different. Do you know what size the BestChange avatar file I'm using is? It's only 16kb, but if I host the image using imgbb then the image is invalid ^{[proxi invalid image].} So the problem is not all about the image size, but the problem is with the image hosting site imgbb which may not work well in furum now. But when I use imgur and postimage, the images are hosting well because so far both sites are working fine.

All the images you have posted are showing/working just fine as I have seen right now. You are right that the issue is not all about the size of the image alone but with imgbb too. I did try to open the link from ImgBB and copy the link that ends in .png but the image still show "Proxy: Invalid Image". The results can be found below that it doesn't work if the links that are used are like this https://ibb.co/z8QQL4z (ImgBB), https://imgur.com/a/xweNMDO (Imgur).

Results:
Without Image Format:

Imgur

ImgBB

Ends With Image Format: .jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .

Imgur

ImgBB

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Quote from: nakamura12 on June 21, 2022, 04:18:26 AM

The reason why Images that are posted on that will only show "Bitcointalk Image Proxy: Invalid Image" is because the image file size limit is 2.5 mb and if the image file size are more than 2.5 mb then expect seeing Bitcointalk Image Proxy: Invalid image in your post.

Maybe you're right, but in this case I think the problem is different. Do you know what size the BestChange avatar file I'm using is? It's only 16kb, but if I host the image using imgbb then the image is invalid ^{[proxi invalid image].} So the problem is not all about the image size, but the problem is with the image hosting site imgbb which may not work well in furum now. But when I use imgur and postimage, the images are hosting well because so far both sites are working fine.

Here is an example when I posted an avatar image that was 16kb in size but using a different image hosting site.

1. ImgBB

2. Imgur

3. Postimage

So the issue being discussed now doesn't seem to be about image size, but about what happens to an image hosting site ^[imgBB] that doesn't work on forum when posting image ^{[new image or old image that have been posted].}

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The reason why Images that are posted on that will only show "Bitcointalk Image Proxy: Invalid Image" is because the image file size limit is 2.5 mb and if the image file size are more than 2.5 mb then expect seeing Bitcointalk Image Proxy: Invalid image in your post. If theymos will increase the file size limit then it would be possible to post images that are more than 2.5 mb without a problem. My solution to an image with more than 2.5 mb in size is to take a screenshot (for mobile phones) and print screen + mspaint (for desktop, save as either .jpeg, .jpg or .png) then you'll see that the file size is low compared to the original and the quality is almost the same as original (it works for me).

Quote from: Eternad on June 21, 2022, 01:28:18 AM

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Just make sure that the link you are using when posting an image ends with .png, .jpeg or other image format that the forum supported. Image hosting service link does end with image formats like .png, .jpeg or .jpg.

IMAGE FILE SIZE LIMIT

Quote from: theymos on December 30, 2013, 08:21:10 PM

OK, I increased it to 2.5.

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Quote from: lovesmayfamilis on June 21, 2022, 01:22:38 AM

I am using https://imgbb.com/.
This works for me without registration and is always stable. There are multilingual versions and links are provided in different versions. I checked my screenshots from 2018, and they are also still alive and not blocked.
For example:

Can you post the image alone without the embedded link of the image upload on imgbb.com? I'm having problem too on using this image hosting website and I can't post the image here whenever I remove the url attached on the bbcode provided by the imgbb. I just don't link to see a long bbcode when I'm attaching it to my post. Is there a remedy for it?

https://ibb.co/z8QQL4z

No, it doesn't work, if I understand you correctly. But what's the problem with using a ready-made link? Does it somehow deanonymize the user? I never remove the URL, but just paste it into the post.
But you puzzled me, if possible, tell me why you do not use a ready-made link?

The ready-made link is too long than usual which makes me feel uncomfortable when attaching on my post or thread. It giving me a hard time to edit a thread that has image if I use long links since I’m just using mobile device when browsing the forum. I’m ok about giving the source link, it's just my personal preference to use short link on my postings.

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I too have been noticing the

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Bitcointalk.org image proxy invalid image

error on several posts of recent, but i on my own have not encountered such error on any image i post, ive never used imgbb, what i use all the time is imgur.
Though i also discovered that image link can be copied wrongly, and when its copied wrongly, the image proxy error is displayed in place of the image ..

For Example -

Below is one/same image from imgur with two different links, first link is copied wrongly while the second link is copied correctly.

image link was copied the wrong way/wrong format

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https://imgur.com/Qhlg7zb

image link is copied the right way/right format

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https://i.imgur.com/Qhlg7zb.jpg

I guess this is the mistake some of this forum users always make while coping image link which then result to image proxy error that we see on several posts.
So this is my personal note to everyone who might not know, when next you are trying to post an image on the forum through a link, make sure the image format is at the end of the link, else, the image wont display, image format can be .png or .jpg, and always remember to resize your image if its to large.

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Quote from: Eternad on June 21, 2022, 01:28:18 AM

Quote from: lovesmayfamilis on June 21, 2022, 01:22:38 AM

I am using https://imgbb.com/.
This works for me without registration and is always stable. There are multilingual versions and links are provided in different versions. I checked my screenshots from 2018, and they are also still alive and not blocked.
For example:

Can you post the image alone without the embedded link of the image upload on imgbb.com? I'm having problem too on using this image hosting website and I can't post the image here whenever I remove the url attached on the bbcode provided by the imgbb. I just don't link to see a long bbcode when I'm attaching it to my post. Is there a remedy for it?

https://ibb.co/z8QQL4z

No, it doesn't work, if I understand you correctly. But what's the problem with using a ready-made link? Does it somehow deanonymize the user? I never remove the URL, but just paste it into the post.
But you puzzled me, if possible, tell me why you do not use a ready-made link?

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Quote from: lovesmayfamilis on June 21, 2022, 01:22:38 AM

I am using https://imgbb.com/.
This works for me without registration and is always stable. There are multilingual versions and links are provided in different versions. I checked my screenshots from 2018, and they are also still alive and not blocked.
For example:

Can you post the image alone without the embedded link of the image upload on imgbb.com? I'm having problem too on using this image hosting website and I can't post the image here whenever I remove the url attached on the bbcode provided by the imgbb. I just don't link to see a long bbcode when I'm attaching it to my post. Is there a remedy for it?

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I am using https://imgbb.com/.
This works for me without registration and is always stable. There are multilingual versions and links are provided in different versions. I checked my screenshots from 2018, and they are also still alive and not blocked.
For example:

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Quote from: BitcoinGirl.Club on June 20, 2022, 03:58:41 PM

You can without having an account with them. I don't know why it was asking you for having the account.

Quote from: BITCOIN4X on June 20, 2022, 04:02:52 PM

I don't think so, I can even use the tool without having an account.

I think that is why he said he can't upload images without an account in imgur maybe he is trying to upload images through the phone which is no option or upload button when accessing the Imgur through a mobile phone.
But if he downloaded the imgur app he can able to upload without registering. On the PC when accessing the website the +New post button is there unlike on the phone.

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This usually happens when the file is large in size and its dimensions. And for god sake, i really hate imgur, aside that you cannot upload using mobile without the app, it has lots of ads unlike imgbb.

Quote from: RickDeckard on June 20, 2022, 05:45:45 PM

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[2]https://getsharex.com/
[3]https://vgy.me/privacy-policy

Here are some alternatives aside from the above

Code:

https://thumbsnap.com/
https://imgbox.com/
https://postimages.org/ - already mentioned above

And the same thing, prepare for ads.

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