Photo hosting site suggestions

[reefmutt]

AkoAung, you have great insight and suggestions.
I use google plus for sharing photos by emailing the link of an album to family and friends but I don't think they support 3rd party hosting, nor does Instagram..
And it seems even a narrower group- if any besides tapatalk support it from a mobile device..

 

[Lsufan]

I'm in the same boat as u Matt. I never could figure out flickr from my mobile phone & all the instructions that I see are for a computer. It just doesn't give u the option to be able to copy on a mobile. If I highlight it & copy it comes out a blank square when I post the pic.

I did figure out imgur by going to the desktop site instead of mobile or being in the app. Once I went to desktop I was able to figure out how to post but it was a pain to do. I had to resize every photo individually, plus being on the desktop site just doesn't work great from a mobile phone.

Postimage was by far the easiest from a mobile phone

 

[AkoAung]

AkoAung, you have great insight and suggestions.
I use google plus for sharing photos by emailing the link of an album to family and friends but I don't think they support 3rd party hosting, nor does Instagram..
And it seems even a narrower group- if any besides tapatalk support it from a mobile device..

I'll be honest, I've never used instagram to post pictures, just to follow some sports personalities. I thought it might have a photo sharing feature.

Google Photos is the particular service I am referring to:

https://photos.google.com/

It is a sharing and hosting service and it is also free.
I have used it to post pictures in the past. Tell me if this random pic works:

 

[AkoAung]

The following is from my face book photos album. Facebook photos is also FREE:

 

[reefmutt]

I'll be honest, I've never used instagram to post pictures, just to follow some sports personalities. I thought it might have a photo sharing feature.

Google Photos is the particular service I am referring to:

https://photos.google.com/

It is a sharing and hosting service and it is also free.
I have used it to post pictures in the past. Tell me if this random pic works:

Yup worked. You are using your computer?
I don't think the google plus app has the feature.. like Flickr.. or I can't seem to find it..
Bugs me that all the phone apps don't have all the features the website have..

 

[AkoAung]

I have to retract the use of Instagram. It is designed to be mobile use only. So for those using regular cameras will find it a bit more challenging to post.

 

[AkoAung]

Yup worked. You are using your computer?
I don't think the google plus app has the feature.. like Flickr.. or I can't seem to find it..
Bugs me that all the phone apps don't have all the features the website have..

Well that's great! Yes I posted from computer as photos from compact cameras are inevitably better than my phone's camera. I haven't tried posting pictures to a forum from my phone yet. Though if you use the phone's browser, or tapatalk and link the pics from google photo or facebook photo to the forum post I can't see why that won't work.

 

[reefmutt]

Yes. Tapatalk may be the way to go for me as a mobile user.
I download my photos from my sale directly to my phone and post them..
Trying a copied link from Instagram..
https://instagram.com/p/BXeG2eShwUq/


Oh well..

 

[Pife]

It works matt.


On Tapatalk. Not on website.

Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk

 

[Pife]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVbbl3Yjwwr/

Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk

 

[reefmutt]

What.. you mean you can see the image on RC when using tapatalk?

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Well that's great! Yes I posted from computer as photos from compact cameras are inevitably better than my phone's camera. I haven't tried posting pictures to a forum from my phone yet. Though if you use the phone's browser, or tapatalk and link the pics from phone's picture library to the forum post I can't see why that won't work.

I am about to ditch FlickR because Photos on my iMac cannot connect to my FlickR account. It is pain in the back side to move images to desktop and then upload them to FlickR. It reduces my efficiency.

I have created a Google Photos account as you suggested and uploaded all my images from my iPhone using Google's App to my account. I think Google Photos is great in its own right. For example, all my coral pictures were put in an album called Reef. All my FTS photos are in an album called Aquarium.

I have tried to embed a test image on RC like you did above using my iMac. But failed to do so. Would you mind guiding me on how to do this please?

I followed the two steps shown in the pictures below, but sadly the link I get is not the right one. First, I selected an image and then click the share icon as shown below:

Thanks in advance.

 

[AkoAung]

Sure DiscusHeckel. First go to the google photo album you want to share:

Click on the photo you want to share to enlarge it:

Right click on the photo, and this menu appears. Scroll down to "copy image address" and left click

And then go to Reefcentral forum thread, open a new reply post, and paste the copied link into the image url box as shown:

[IMPORTANT ADDENDUM]

Let's make sure that we have sharing turned ON:
Go to the album whose photos you want to share as below,

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Sure DiscusHeckel. First go to the google photo album you want to share:

Click on the photo you want to share to enlarge it:

Right click on the photo, and this menu appears. Scroll down to "copy image address" and left click

And then go to Reefcentral forum thread, open a new reply post, and paste the copied link into the image url box as shown:

Wonderful. Thank you for your support. Here is a proof that I have followed your advice:

 

[reefmutt]

Sorry.. trying to post from googling photos app..
Only creating a link is possible from the mobile app..
Tryingbit anyways..
https://goo.gl/photos/PzU7HRZoQyxgY9gM7

Grumble mumble grumble...... foiled again..
It's looking like to post from a mobile device, tapatalk is the ONLY OPTION..

Anybody got other ideas for posting from a mobile??

 

[tmc1313]

I also use the postimage site to post from my mobile. When posting from my mobile, the image gets copied to my mobile clipboard and then I just paste it into the thread from there. Easy, Peasy:thumbsup:

 

[reefmutt]

I also use the postimage site to post from my mobile. When posting from my mobile, the image gets copied to my mobile clipboard and then I just paste it into the thread from there. Easy, Peasy:thumbsup:

So you copy the image and past it?
Not the URL?
Interesting. Hadn't thought of trying that.

Just tried.. no option to paste once here. From google photos..
I'll try it on a couple other sites
I'm just wondering about postimage.. if it'll still be around in a year or two.. and still free, or reasonably priced.

 

[reefmutt]

I also use the postimage site to post from my mobile. When posting from my mobile, the image gets copied to my mobile clipboard and then I just paste it into the thread from there. Easy, Peasy:thumbsup:

What type of phone? How do you copy to a clipboard?
My iPhone doesn't have an option to copy to a clipboard.. that I know off.

 

[AkoAung]

Hi DiscusHeckel,

I may have forgotten one step which I've added - please make sure that the particular album's sharing is turned ON like so:

 

[tmc1313]

So you copy the image and past it?
Not the URL?
Interesting. Hadn't thought of trying that.

Just tried.. no option to paste once here. From google photos..
I'll try it on a couple other sites
I'm just wondering about postimage.. if it'll still be around in a year or two.. and still free, or reasonably priced.

What type of phone? How do you copy to a clipboard?
My iPhone doesn't have an option to copy to a clipboard.. that I know off.

I have a samsung galaxy. Once the photo is in my clipboard, all I have to do is touch the reply box in the forum I want to post in and touch paste. Very simple, but I'm not sure how it works on an iPhone, sorry.