Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but Photobucket has recently created some massive problems across the internet, now charging a $400 fee out of the blue in order for users to be able to link their images across forums. Several threads on this very forum have been effected, especially in the dynasty/franchise report forums.
I heard of there being a possible fix for this where site owners can do something in order to host the images themselves. Could this be it? Is this something doable here at OS?
For am example of the mess they have created, here is a link to one of the top dynasty reports on this forum, courtesy of one of our thread mods, Cheese2121:
His and many other's are effected by this. Hopefully this server hack could offer us a solution in order for users to avoid going through the manual process of fixing long threads.
I heard of there being a possible fix for this where site owners can do something in order to host the images themselves. Could this be it? Is this something doable here at OS?
Last June, Photobucket quietly updated its terms of service. As a result, 3rd-party hosting of images is no longer allowed in the free or cheaper plans, only in the $399.99 a year plan. If you used Photobucket to host the images for your blog, the original images are no longer visible. Instead, a "ransom" image requesting you to upgrade your account is visible.
While Photobucket provides a way to download the original images, it is a time-consuming task to search, download and replace all images on your blog manually. PhotobucketScraper is a script to download all images to your server in the original folder structure.
If you use WordPress, the script can automatically replace all images for you.
If you use other software, you must replace the images yourself. Feel free to create an issue on the issue tracker. It might be possible to support your software. Please include the output of the script in your issue.
While Photobucket provides a way to download the original images, it is a time-consuming task to search, download and replace all images on your blog manually. PhotobucketScraper is a script to download all images to your server in the original folder structure.
If you use WordPress, the script can automatically replace all images for you.
If you use other software, you must replace the images yourself. Feel free to create an issue on the issue tracker. It might be possible to support your software. Please include the output of the script in your issue.
For am example of the mess they have created, here is a link to one of the top dynasty reports on this forum, courtesy of one of our thread mods, Cheese2121:
His and many other's are effected by this. Hopefully this server hack could offer us a solution in order for users to avoid going through the manual process of fixing long threads.