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I haven't used one since Photobucket and wondering if I should continue with it or if there is some other service that most people use now.
I need it to upload pics that others can then access and maybe to sync with a blog I intend to write on my travels.
I need it to upload pics that others can then access and maybe to sync with a blog I intend to write on my travels.
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Picasa is good, but it being folded into G+ - anyone going to a picasaweb.google.com address is now redirected.
However, the Picasa application is superb for organising and quick-fixing photos then allowing you upload the ones you like.
The whole things also integrates nicely with Blogger if you want to use that for your blog. In fact, any images you upload to Blogger actually go into Picasa/G+
Not for much longer Picasa predates G+, they will soon be one.
Tonight I clicked the option to link my accounts and now I have Google+ photos and I can't for the life of me find a way to link to a single photo.
Am I missing something obvious?
I want to c+p the URL so I can post the links here on DS or other forums.
PicassaWeb has a "Link to this photo" option.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos?noredirect=1
I know it's not the same thing as it's creating a link to the image your browser happens to be displaying rather than a link to the file itself, but it's probably good enough for your purposes. Mind you, I've just thought, there may be a longevity issue with the URL this creates...
That's exactly how I've done it in the past and it seems to work ok.
I'm not liking Google+ at all. Thinking of unlinking the accounts and finding another photo host.
Even the Google help site says there should be a "Link for IM" or similar on the right-hand side of the image.
I use Picasa and when you upload you set the uploader to shrink the pics to a pre-determined size or to leave them at the original size (which is what I do)
You must realise that these sites are useful for sharing COPIES of your photos but they don't provide a guaranteed STORAGE system, since they could go bust and disappear at any time*. Many rely on adverts for funding. If people don't respond to the adverts, funding disappears along with your photos.
So keep your precious originals on at least TWO separate Hard Drives.
*The same applies to sites such as "Facebook". You might spend ten years building up a library of posts and images, only to have the whole lot disappear in an instant. Keep your own copies of everything you want to keep for posterity.
Job done and you can put a lot on Flash drives (memory sticks) just put them somewhere when they're full and don't use them for anything else.