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    Warning to all , I used to use Photo Bucket as it was free to upload photos to and then to this Forum , I posted a few weeks ago that my photos no longer were showing up on the Forum . Seems they do not want you to share photos to third party sites like ours , if you want to upgrade it will set you back and eye watering $400 to upgrade NOT this little black duck !

  • #2
    I'm working on a solution so this doesn't happen again (basically a system that automatically creates a copy of posted images).

    I'm also looking to see if there is any way to fix the current issues, although that isn't looking so great yet. For Chrome users there is this which is currently working, although for how long is anyone's guess.

    Photobucket Hotlink Fix - Chrome Web Store

    If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.

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    • #3
      Thanks for the info seems like a greedy grab for money in my opinion , shame as I had quite a few photos that other Forum members have used for reference in the past .

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      • #4
        got worried so went and checked my photo thread and luckily it seems ok at the moment, sssstew's 3rd Polo GTI
        2016 MY17 Polo GTI with DA package. TMD fitted + Weather strip and Snow Screen removed otherwise dead standard.

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        • #5
          If you go to their site there is an article about photos being used on 3 rd party sites and the mongrels want money to repost them .

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          • #6
            Put them on Google Drive and allow those who have the link to view them
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            • #7
              Originally posted by sssstew View Post
              got worried so went and checked my photo thread and luckily it seems ok at the moment, sssstew's 3rd Polo GTI
              Maybe if you're looking at your own photos it works?? I'm getting the error message (unless I'm running that plugin I linked earlier).


              The fix I talked about earlier to ensure that all images are copied locally to ensure this can't happen in future is working away nicely, sadly the stats say that nearly 60% of all photo's posted before 2011 are now dead links... and that doesn't include photobucket at all since I'm currently skipping all those until a workaround can be found allowing me to get all those photos back... *fingers crossed*

              If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by The_Hawk View Post
                The fix I talked about earlier to ensure that all images are copied locally to ensure this can't happen in future is working away nicely, sadly the stats say that nearly 60% of all photo's posted before 2011 are now dead links... and that doesn't include photobucket at all since I'm currently skipping all those until a workaround can be found allowing me to get all those photos back... *fingers crossed*
                Nice work! Hopefully an end to dead pictures forever. Though now we just need to get everyone back on the forums to post them...

                2017 Tiguan Sportline - Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

                2016 Scirocco R, stage 1, 205kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's Scirocco R Build
                2013 Tiguan 155TSI, stage 1, 144kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 155TSI Build
                2011 Tiguan 125TSI, Stage 2+, 152kwaw (sold)
                - Tigger73's 125TSI Build


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                • #9
                  We really need a bot to look at all the posts with Photobucket links, use the tool to get the pic, then push the pic to a new host, then update the links in all posts.
                  MK4 GTI - Sold
                  MK5 Jetta Turbo - Sold
                  MK5 Jetta 2.Slow - Until it dies.

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                  • #10
                    This happened to me too mate! 4 build threads all gone, and I certainly won't be re-uploading each and every picture too

                    What pricks photobucket are !!!
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                    • #11
                      nooooooooooooo
                      2016 MY17 Polo GTI with DA package. TMD fitted + Weather strip and Snow Screen removed otherwise dead standard.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by JustCruisn View Post
                        We really need a bot to look at all the posts with Photobucket links, use the tool to get the pic, then push the pic to a new host, then update the links in all posts.
                        I'm looking into something like that.

                        Originally posted by GeorgeMK1 View Post
                        What pricks photobucket are !!!
                        Yep.

                        Originally posted by sssstew View Post
                        nooooooooooooo
                        Yep.

                        If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.

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                        • #13
                          Update! A fix to the Photobucket problem was found and I've spent the last little while implementing it and waiting for it to successfully scan the last 12 years worth of posts.

                          220,000 external image links have been scanned and 140,000 images have been imported and saved locally so this won't be a problem again. 12GB of new images now sit nicely within VWWatercooleds' servers. Any new images that get posted will automatically be copied in so this sort of issue won't effect us again.

                          For those interested there are some stats!

                          Of external links:
                          50% were hosted with Photobucket (hence the huge problem it was for the community).
                          - 86% of Photobucket images were recovered.
                          - 14% are lost to the internet

                          14% were hosted with imageshack
                          - Only 11% were recovered
                          - 89% and dead and gone

                          4% were hosted with Flickr
                          - 96% of these images survived!
                          - Only 4% are dead which is pretty amazing.

                          The remaining 32% are from lots of different places including personal hosting through TPG/iinet/Telstra etc, other forums, manufacturers websites... lots of places.
                          - This is the worst pile with almost 40,000 dead links, or 53% of all images from other sources now dead.

                          Unsurprisingly, the hit rate was really low when we were back in 2005 and increases to a 96% of all links working in 2017.


                          If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.

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                          • #14
                            Well done amazing job you have done for the members and fairly good results on the recovery side , I know when I first started posting Photos Photo Bucket was the one suggested on the forum .

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sunny43.5 View Post
                              I know when I first started posting Photos Photo Bucket was the one suggested on the forum .
                              I too received an email from Photo Bucket asking for money to upgrade. So who do we use now?
                              Understand how it works, troubleshoot logically BEFORE replacing parts.
                              2001 T4 TRAKKA Syncro 2.5TDI,2006 Mk5 2.0TDI Golf manual,2001 Polo 1.4 16V manual [now sold], '09 2.0CR TDI Tiguan manual,
                              Numerous Mk1 Golf diesels

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