I am screwed big time, need help

[sqwib]

Hey guys I am at a crossroads here.

Webshots has changing their format completely and it sucks so bad

I have hundreds and hundreds of hours invested in posting , blogs and my website.

All my photos are hosted on this site and linked through my website and blogs as well as a lot of forums.

I really need to bite the bullet and ditch "webshots, smile" and start rebuilding now.

I was thinking about photobucket.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

I currently have over 7,000 pictures that need to be moved, out of that 7,000 I would say 20% is linked somewhere. They also sort the pics in date order and I don't see an option for folders.

stats as of now.

• 74 albums
• 63 downloads
• 376,693 views
• 7,013 photos

 

[daveomak]

SQWIB, morning.... I sure wish I could help you..... I'm an idiot when it comes to computers....  

 

[smokinhusker]

Sorry Sqwib I'm not much help either as I keep my photos on an external drive. Dave (S2K9K) seems pretty tech savvy, he might know what to do as well as other members here.

 

[25mike87]

I use photo bucket and it is going to a new format as well. I personally like the old format but I would recommend  at least giving it a look.

 

[bmudd14474]

I have been using the new format for Photobucket and I like it. I can still have multiple albums and organize them how ever I want.

Id suggest giving them a try and do a few test with in with a limited numbers of images that way you don't transfer everything and not like it.

Good Luck.

 

[norsican]

Without knowing exactly what you are doing, Have you tried Flickr or Picasa?

 

[scarbelly]

I am happy with Photobucket too but I am not a computer guy at all 

 

[sqwib]

Did not care for flickr, but have been playing with the new photobucket, I really like it.

Sort of got sucked into webshots a long long time ago.

I started rebuilding my albums and really like the sub album feature, got about 100 uploaded (3 albums) woohoo 6,913 to go.

After I upload all the pics I'll start rebuilding the blogs and websites, you guys wont be seeing me much for the next several months.

Hopefully most of my posts here will not be affected.

 

[roller]

I have several hundred on photobucket and since they changed their format I have not figured out how to resize my pic`s. On this site I do not have to but another one I use I do...

 

[diggingdogfarm]

I've tried several photo hosting services over the years, but used Photobucket the most.......fairly recently I switched from Photobucket to Imgur....I MUCH prefer Imgur.
There are a lot of things I really like about it, but the drag and drop feature...where you simple drag and drop a photo onto the page makes transferring images super easy.
http://imgur.com/


~Martin

 

[rabbithutch]

Photo hosting sites are OK, I guess, but I don't use them much. Have you considered buying yourself a domain name and creating your own website? It really isn't that hard to do but can be time consuming to get it started. Once you have a domain name you can rent hosting services from any number of providers. Once you have the website hosted, you can do all sorts of things including running your own forum. There is free software (ironically enough, also called "SMF" for Simple Machines Forum) for creating the forum. It has all kinds of features and add-ins including photo library management.

The big advantage to this is that you are the web master and control how everything is handled instead of photobucket or flickr or anyone else doing it.

I subscribe to photbucket but very rarely use it. I know nothing about your photo hosting service but I would look to see if they have any means of FTP'ng files. If they do, you might be able to set up one or more FTP processes that will download all your stuff to your personal system. Similarly, your new service might have and FTP portal that you can upload them through. Worth checking.

FWIW

 

[sqwib]

Photo hosting sites are OK, I guess, but I don't use them much. Have you considered buying yourself a domain name and creating your own website? It really isn't that hard to do but can be time consuming to get it started. Once you have a domain name you can rent hosting services from any number of providers. Once you have the website hosted, you can do all sorts of things including running your own forum. There is free software (ironically enough, also called "SMF" for Simple Machines Forum) for creating the forum. It has all kinds of features and add-ins including photo library management.
The big advantage to this is that you are the web master and control how everything is handled instead of photobucket or flickr or anyone else doing it.
I subscribe to photbucket but very rarely use it. I know nothing about your photo hosting service but I would look to see if they have any means of FTP'ng files. If they do, you might be able to set up one or more FTP processes that will download all your stuff to your personal system. Similarly, your new service might have and FTP portal that you can upload them through. Worth checking.
FWIW

What kind of storage can you get with a domain name?

 

[diggingdogfarm]

I pay about $5 a month for unlimited storage.

http://www.netfirms.com/netfirms/web-hosting/?


~Martin

 

[khokhonutt]

I've used smugmug.com for years. Their picture sharing options are very good, but I originally went with them because they promote themselves as a photo backup service. They have several different options allowing for uploads of just pictures (unlimited storage), I've recently started using their option to upload video as well. They have pro versions of the site allowing you to sell, etc, so you can go as basic or as fancy as you want. There are also security options that let you set what is shared and what is just stored and/or give password access to certain photos. When I joined they had 3 datacenters across the US that replicated your photos and they offer a service that allows you to get all of your full sized photos on disc, if you were ever to have a total loss at your house.

I think I pay something in the neighborhood of $40-$50/year for my storage. You're welcome to check out what I have at http://maekchu.smugmug.com/. What you see there is a small percentage of what I have uploaded. All of my family pictures are up there, I just don't share everything with 'the world.'

Jeff

 

[khokhonutt]

*** edit, being a newby, they're holding my original post regarding this site. it should be available shortly ***

Oh, and if you go with Smugmug, do a search for sendtosmugmug. A guy has written an app that, when installed, allows you to right-click a folder and upload photos as a large group. In the app you can name the folder, set permissions, etc all in one step.

Jeff

 

[sqwib]

Well I screwed up again, did not do enough homework.

Ditched photobucket after 1,200 photos and 3 pages of website were updated. Paid for 20 gigs and that was filling up fast (You guys know I like  my pics)

Went with flickr, due to unlimited pics for 24.95 and no compression. Photobucket reserves the right to use your photos if they wish I DON'T LIKE THAT.

I dont like the interface on Flickr as much, however its one of the most popular sites for a lot of Photographers due to no compression and unlimited uploads for $24.95.

Webshots really screwed up with their unanounced change to Smile

Smile my @ss sorry folks I'm a bitter lemon and got a lot of work to do.

 

[sqwib]

About Halfway there uploading photos, will start rebuilding the websites and blogs in a few weeks.

3500 photos so far

I have 120 web pages to fix and that's only one site SQWIB Cooks, I really hate Webshots. I did not realize how much stuff I have out there!!

Hopefully my photos on the blogs are embedded and not a url, please pray for me lol

Flickr uploads

• Nuts/Cheese
• Smoked Nuts
• Smoked Cheese

Fish

• Smoked Fish

Butts/Picnic

• Pork Butt - Italian Pulled Pork 2010 12
• Pork Butt - Philly Style PP and Sammies OC MD 2011 07
• Pork Butt - Picnic - Philly Style PP 2012 01
• Pork Butt - Picnic - Philly Style PP 2012 08
• Pork Butt - Picnic Jack Daniels,  PP Scout Xmas Party 2011
• Pork Butt - Picnic, PP and Apps - New Years 2011
• Pork Butt-Picnic - General PP 2009 - 2010
• Pork Butt - Buck Board Bacon

Ribs

• Rib Cook - Amanda's Dinner Ribs 2012 09
• Rib Cook - Baby Back Ribs 2012 09
• Rib Cook - Fast and Hot Ribs 2012 07
• Rib Cook 2009 12 22
• Rib Cook 2010 05 09
• Rib Cook 2010 05 22
• Rib Cook 2010 06 12
• Rib Cook 2010 07 04
• Rib Cook 2010 07 31
• Rib Cook 2010 12 17
• Rib Cook 2011 04
• Rib Cook 2011 05
• Rib Cook 2012 01

Loins

• Canadian bacon
• Pork Loin - Pit Cooked  2012 09
• Pork Loin - Pit Cooked 2011 01
• Apple Hill Stuff Pork Loin

Fatties

• Cordon bleu
• Panini
• Turkey Panini
• Philly Cheesesteak Fattie
• spinoccoli
• Supreme pizza fattie
• General Fattie Pics

APPETIZERS

• ABT Canolis
• ABT Misc.
• Chili Peppers
• Dino Eggs
• Italian sausage bites
• Italian sausage bites in pan
• Meatlover Two Bite Muffins
• Armadillo Eggs
• MoinkDonalds Balls
• Pulled Pork Nacho  Salad
• Pork Shots Luau Style 2012 06
• Pork Shots Luau Style 2012 07
• Pork Shots 2011
• Pork Shots 2012

Chicken Apps

• Chicken - Bourbon Bacon Chicken Bites
• Chicken - Buffalo Chicken Lollipops
• Chicken - Chickeroni Bites
• Chicken - Garlic Bombs
• Chicken - Roaches

Sides

• Baked Beans Dutch's Wicked Baked Beans
• Jalapeno Cheddar Bacon Dogs
• Mac'n Cheese
• Texas Tommy Teasers 2012 01
• Texas Tommy Teasers 2012 07
• Turkey Salami Bacon Cheese Stromboli

• Apple Butter

Beef

• Beef stew
• Beef brisket
• Beef Chuckie - Sloppy Joe
• Beef - JD Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders

Chili

• Chili - Meatzapalooza Chili
• Chili - Beef Brisket Chili
• Chili - No Bean Smoked Venison Chili
• Chili - Philly Chili
• Chili - Sweet and Spicy Chili

MISC.

• Smok'n and Chillin'
• GOSM
• Home Made Charcoal

Pickling

• Killians Kraut
• Pickled Meat

Poultry

• Chicken - Beer Can Chicken 2010 08
• Chicken - Beer Can Chix 2012 07
• Chicken - Buffalo Drumsticks
• Chicken Thighs and Drumsticks

Mops and Rubs

• Sauces, Chutney, Hot Sauces
• Pineapple Bacon Chutney
• Smoked Blackberry Sauce
• Fire in the Hole Hot sauce
• Hot Sauce - Lemon Lime
• Hot Sauce - Mango Hot Sauce
• Hot Sauce - Pineapple, Habanero

Grilled

• Grilled, Stuffed Burgers
• Grilled Pizza
• Grilled Beef

Tools

• Slicer
• Food Storage
• AMNPS

Website page Linked to photo bucket

• Baby Back Ribs September 10, 2012
• Fast and Hot Ribs

Website page Linked to Flickr
 

• Philly Cheesesteak with Bacon and Fried Onions.

 

[rabbithutch]

I don't recall there being a size limitation on my hosted web page, but godaddy or any other hosting company can tell you if there are any.

I wasn't aware that your photos were linked to your blog and web pages. In those circumstances I would definitely want to have the pics hosted on my own space, not that of a photo hosting company. Imagine what will happen to your blood pressure if (God Forbid!) you should get all the files moved then discover that you have a problem with your new host and have to do it all over again.

Hosting your own web page is not all that difficult. I wrote one from scratch including learning HTML in about 3 weeks. It included all the web page content from my high school class of over 700 (including yearbook photos), a music box, a forum, and photo albums. I decided early on that I would not link to any external content and risk what might happen to that content and consequently to mine.

FWIW

 

[sqwib]

Woohoo Finished

Now I can start rebuilding my posts

If anyone comes across missing photos from my post, send me a PM so I can fix it...thanks.

Some of the posts I made on this site help me rebuild.

Funny thing, out of at least 7,000 photos I can not find my biltong box photos, I had about 5 or 6 photos.

Here are the pages I had to fix on the website, some pages had anywhere from 3 - 30 photos.

Home
Curing
Buckboard Bacon
Canadian Bacon

Nuts Fish and Cheese
Cold Smoked Fish
Smoked Cheese
Smoked Nuts

SQWIBS Test Kitchen
Tool Reviews
Amazen Pellet Smoker

Tutorials
All Things Pickled
Amish Mustard Eggs
Pickled Meat
Killians Kraut

Beef
Brisket
Hickory Smoked Jack Daniels Bacon Double Cheeseburger Sliders
Chuckie Sloppy Joe

BILTONG

Campfire Cooking
Banana Boat
Skewers
Smores
Smore pies


Charcoal Retort
Deserts
SQWIB meets Bette Crocker Apple Butter
Fatties
Chicken Cordon Bleu Fattie
Chicken Spinoccoli Fattie
Fajita Fattie
Oriental Fattie
Panini Fattie
Philly Breakfast Fattie
Philly Cheesesteak with Bacon and Fried Onions.
Pizza Fattie
Roast Beef Fattie
Shepherds Pie Fattie
Supreme Pizza Fattie
Taco Fattie
The Greek Fattie
The Mediterranean Fattie

Food Storage
Frankensmoker
GOSM Big Block
Grilling
Beef
Stufz Burgers
Chicken
Pizza
Potatoes
Jerky
Just Chillin’
Pork
Pork Loin
Apple Hill Stuff Pork Loin
Basic Pork Loin Cooks
Basil and Rosemary Pork Loin
Pulled Pork
Basic Pulled Pork According To Sqwib
Char Siu "Chinese Pulled Pork"
I like Big Butts
Jack Daniels Puled Pork
Philly Style Pulled pork
Porchetta - Italian Marketplace Smoked Pulled Pork
SQWIBS Sacrificial Picnic
Ribs
Baby Back Ribs
Fast and Hot Ribs.
Pork Ribs
Poultry
Beer can Chix

Honey Glazed Pit Smoked Turkey with Apple Gravy
Keg Roasted Turkey
Smoked Buffalo Drumsticks
Thighs and Drums
Mops
Basic Mop
3-2-1 mop
Asian mop
Rubs Slathers
Basic Pork/Rib Rub
Porchetta slather
Philly Style
Ribs
Baby Back Ribs September 10, 2012
Fast and Hot Ribs
Pork Ribs
Poultry
Honey Glazed Pit Smoked Turkey with Apple Gravy
Keg Roasted Turkey
Smoked Buffalo Drumsticks
Smoked Honey Barbecue Beer/Soda Can Chicken
Thanksgiving
Thighs and Drums
Sauces, Mops and Rubs
Mops
3-2-1 Southern Comfort Mop
Basic mop
Oriental Mop
Rib Mop
Rubs Slathers
Philly Style Rub
Porchetta - Italian Marketplace Slather
Pork Rub
Sauces
Fire in the hole hot sauce.
Beef Dipping Sauce
Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
Pork Dipping Sauce
SMOKED BLACKBERRY SAUCE
Smoked Cranberry Barbecue Sauce
Smoked Pineapple Bacon Chutney
Smoked Raspberry Barbecue sauce
SQWIBS Lemon Lime Hot Sauce
SQWIBS Pineapple Habanero Hot Sauce


Sides Appetizers
ABT’s
Buffalo Chicken ABT’s
Canoli ABT’s
Chili Peppers
Lil’ Smokie ABT’s
SQWIBS ABT’s
SQWIBS Pizza ABT’s
Taco ABT’s
Bacon Dogs
Chicken Bites
Smoked Bourbon Bacon Chicken Bites
Buffalo Chicken Lollipops
Chickepeno Bites
Chickeroni Bites
Garlic Bombs
Pineapple Chicken Bites
Roaches
Spongebobs
Chili
Beef Brisket Chili
Meatzapalooza Chili
No Bean Smoked Venison Chili
Philly Chili
Sweet and Spicy Chili
Dino Eggs
Pork Shots
Pork Shots
Luau Pork Shots
Potatoes
Dutch’s Wicked Baked Beans
Italian Sausage Bites
Meat Lovers Two Bite Muffins
Moinkdonald Balls
Pulled Pork Nachos
SQWIBS Mac N’ Cheese
Texas Tommy Teasers
Turkey, Bacon, Salami, Cheese Stromboli
 

 

[bmudd14474]

Good lord man you have been busy. Glad you are done and can't wait to see you posting again.