Posting photos from pbase

foxglove · 02-13-2007, 05:19 PM

Many using pbase have run into problems posting here, with images showing up sporadically, or not at all. The solution is very simple: make sure the url you use has nothing between "www" and "pbase", other than the necessary dot, of course. I don't know how it works in other browsers or operating systems, but I right-click on the image and select "Copy Link Location" (Firefox, Windows XP). Easy, huh?

Julie

plmuzikmaster · 02-13-2007, 05:32 PM

all you have to do is make sure the image url ends with the image extension...

example:
http://www.idontknowifpbaseislikethis.com/image.jpg

photobucket.com is easier to use as well... you upload the pic, click the correct URL and it even copies it to your clipboard for you...

betsypdx · 02-13-2007, 09:56 PM

Thanks Julie - as you know, I had a bit of a challenge with this recently. My "conundrum" is that I've already got my pbase galleries totally cluttered up with images, and I'm trying (albeit somewhat poorly) to cull them down. Adding photos into public galleries for mini-challenges here and elsewhere would not be my preference since a lot of those images aren't necessarily ones I want to share beyond the "pentax club", so it was nice to discover that I could share images from private galleries by using the somewhat odd url that pbase provides for those images. Unfortunately, while that works elsewhere, it doesn't work here. So, I'll have to just post anything for this forum in public galleries there, or learn how to upload photos here in addition to there. Anyway, that's probably more than you all wanted to know

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foxglove · 02-16-2007, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by betsypdx

So, I'll have to just post anything for this forum in public galleries there, or learn how to upload photos here in addition to there.

The handy-dandy thing here is the ability to attach a photo to a message - it's not in a gallery, it only exists in the message itself. I use that if I'm posting something that isn't interesting enough to put in a gallery, like what-is-it tag items. There's limited space for attachments, I guess, but it's one more option.

Julie

SWEngineer · 02-16-2007, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by betsypdx

...Adding photos into public galleries for mini-challenges here and elsewhere would not be my preference since a lot of those images aren't necessarily ones I want to share beyond the "pentax club", so it was nice to discover that I could share images from private galleries by using the somewhat odd url that pbase provides for those images. Unfortunately, while that works elsewhere, it doesn't work here. ...

Betsy, that seems odd... The URL for my "challenge" photos stored on pbase (non-public gallery, but not password protected) doesn't look any different from any of the photo from my other gallerys. You might be able to work back to the hidden gallery after clicking on the image, but I don't think you can see the gallery from root level drilling down. Or maybe I'm wrong. Do you mind testing this? Thanks.

-Mark

The url for the image below is www(dot)pbase.com/swengineer/image/70036096/small.jpg

betsypdx · 02-19-2007, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by SWEngineer

Betsy, that seems odd... The URL for my "challenge" photos stored on pbase (non-public gallery, but not password protected) doesn't look any different from any of the photo from my other gallerys. You might be able to work back to the hidden gallery after clicking on the image, but I don't think you can see the gallery from root level drilling down. Or maybe I'm wrong. Do you mind testing this? Thanks.

-Mark

The url for the image below is www(dot)pbase.com/swengineer/image/70036096/small.jpg

Your link worked, so maybe it's the password protection that's the problem. The following picture is in a "non-public" gallery, but isn't password protected. If you can see it, I would guess that means it works.

slomojoe · 04-30-2007, 09:20 AM

Well, the url's of my pics at pbase start with i, not www (as in http://i.pbase.com/g6/20/754320/2/77984292.IgEXd7iR.jpg ) .

Not sure if that's what makes them behave erratically on this board. They seem to post fine elsewhere.

SWEngineer · 04-30-2007, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by slomojoe

Well, the url's of my pics at pbase start with i, not www (as in http://i.pbase.com/g6/20/754320/2/77984292.IgEXd7iR.jpg ) .

Not sure if that's what makes them behave erratically on this board. They seem to post fine elsewhere.

Don't know if that's the problem. But apparently, this pic also goes by http://www.pbase.com/andbot/image/77984292.jpg I'd recommend the latter URL base for sharing pic here.
Actually, I'm not sure where you even find the i.pbase.com URLs.

-Mark

slomojoe · 04-30-2007, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by SWEngineer

Don't know if that's the problem. But apparently, this pic also goes by http://www.pbase.com/andbot/image/77984292.jpg I'd recommend the latter URL base for sharing pic here.
Actually, I'm not sure where you even find the i.pbase.com URLs.

-Mark

Well, that's odd. When I go to pbase and do "Copy image location" on that pic, I get the url http://i.pbase.com/g6/20/754320/2/77984292.IgEXd7iR.jpg.
On the other hand, the url you give seems to be working exactly the same. Bizarre.

EDIT: And now I have updated the url's in the original thread to the www format, and it seems to work just fine. I guess that may be part of the problem, at least in some cases.

Jonson PL · 06-05-2007, 02:33 PM

Sounds reasonable, I’ll try and give it a go :

It seems to work, so thanks for the help. (I just copied what you had done, and put my own image in instead).
Couldn't figure out, how to move a picture from Pbase, and into a gallary of my own at this place.

I’m still a film shooter, so have just now gotten around to getting a Pbase account.

Not super sharp, since boat rocking, a lot of moisture in the air, and at 300 mm.

Taken using slide film with the Z-1P, with lens Tamron 28-300 Aspherical LD [IF] f/3.5-6.3.

*FLASH* · 06-13-2007, 03:25 PM

Julie,

Could you find some time to educate me about the Pbase thingy?

Thanks,

Flash

foxglove · 06-14-2007, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by FLASH

Could you find some time to educate me about the Pbase thingy?

Sure, no sweat - pbase is just one of many photo hosting sites on the web. It's somewhat like the user gallery here, it simply provides you with storage space for your photos. There are all sorts of them, some free, some have a yearly fee. If the space Mo provides here is enough for you, then you don't need another host. If you decide you do want another place for your photos, search the forum, I think there was a thread on the subject a while back in which everyone touted the benefits of their favourite photo hosting site! Pbase has this little quirk where you have to copy the right url or it won't display consistently here, otherwise, it's a good site. Hope that helps!

Julie

kasey · 02-25-2008, 08:29 PM

well, i tried putting the following in a post and it didn't work -- or at least in the preview it added stuff in front and at the end said 'not found'.

gallery not found

what am i doing wrong? thanks.

kasey

SWEngineer · 02-25-2008, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by kasey

well, i tried putting the following in a post and it didn't work -- or at least in the preview it added stuff in front and at the end said 'not found'.

gallery not found

what am i doing wrong? thanks.

kasey

Don't know where you got this URL from but it obviously doesn't work. Your link points to:
www_dot_pbase_dot_com/o6/29/730329/1/93429272.pZ78Yuu3.phorchid1.jpg

Instead, you want a URL that has the format:
www_dot_pbase_dot_com/your_pbase_username/image/12345654321.jpg as illustrated in my reply to slomojo April 30 '07.

Hope that helps.

-Mark

kasey · 02-26-2008, 07:43 AM

ok, what i'm giving then is the page and not right clicking on the pic for info.

www.pbase.com/kclanin/image/93429272.jpg
see if this works

kasey