Posted on 10/08/2023 2:32:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I'm looking for a new hosting service for the images that I sometimes put on Free Republic. A few months ago, somebody's browser freaked out at one of the images I put up, thinking there was malware involved. Since then, I stopped posting the images, but I want to migrate my site to a new hosting service with a decent SSL, because the host and SSL I have are obviously not that good, and the price is almost constantly increasing.
What say you, fellow FReepers? What is a good one to check out? I am looking on my own, but I know this is a great site for such information.
I’ve been posting images from Gab.
I am now using Postimages.org for basic free posting. Happy so far.
imgur.com
Another vote for Imgur.
I’ve been posting my images from my own domain on this hosting service (Turbify). I wanted to transfer my site from their to the new host, whatever that turns out to be. If imgur can host a domain, that’s cool.
If Imgur inspires that much confidence, I may just transfer all my images there, shut down my domain and quit the host period. Trying to save some money.
Been using postimages.org for many years, free and no issues.
When I’ve worked a FReepathon I used Imgur. Never had an issue.
Get a hard drive. Save your images. Upload to sites that are currently available for hosting or 4your timly display. When you want. Know they will change & 404 you, but with your backups you will be able to begin again.
The web changes.
Archive everything.
Thanks!
I’ve been getting some great advice on here — I knew I would — but is there anyway I can direct my current domain name to go to images in imgur, so that the images on old threads won’t get wiped out?
My domain, jimjambo.com, would get images from imgur.com, ideally, even if I give up the domain itself.
I’m with PostImage and a right click in a PC directory will send an “on Disk” file to a postimage directory of mine with subdirectories but I don’t get a chance to specify the directory.
It may be I have to be logged on to Postimage and opened the intended subdirectory?
Anyone?
This is the place
catbox.moe/
You could probably do it with DNS settings.
You would have to keep the domain.
Suggestion: Transfer the domain and images to a dirt cheap hosting service. Be sure to set up the images in exactly the same directory structure, or else you will have to set up 301 redirects in htaccess.
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An important point about this. If the file you copy from a source already has malware, where you store that malware will not remove that malware. Unless they have anti-malware software to check those uploads for you. Where you source them from is of the most importance. And checking them with your own local defenses before uploading or sharing them elsewhere is just as important.
I’m guessing Turbify might have failed on that note. What I will do is download them to a folder on my PC, then scan the images for malware. Any images with malware? POOF! — gone!
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