PostImage Locked

[pehayes]

A few months ago we had issues with hosting offsite photos on PhotoBucket.  I moved my stuff to PostImages.org.  Last night I had trouble loading some images.  This morning I found the following warning.  I have some web pages with dozens of pictures linked from postimage.  None of those photos will now load to display.  I'm screwed.  It is going to take forever to reconstruct all the links.





Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[Lannis]

The wave of the future, I'm afraid, as we all get comfortable with the technology, with no enforceable contract behind it to make sure we keep the use of it.

The people who control the technology will control US if we let them.

I like on-line picture posting of our puppies, motorcycles, and favorite scenery, but I'm not going to get too used to it!   

Lannis

[rodekyll]

A major PITA and a cautionary tale for sure. 

[ajpjive]

Shoot, sorry to see another image hosting site crapping out. Have you tried Imgur? I've been hosting pictures with them for years, and its been pretty seamless. Without downloading their app the mobile interface is relatively garbage, but it works quite well on the standard desktop version.

[pehayes]

It seems they have resurrected their storage structure on another domain and have managed to keep all of the references intact.  So, it might be as simple as a global 'find and replace' in the coding on my pages.  Maybe just an hour or two of work.  We'll see.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[ITSec]

A few months ago we had issues with hosting offsite photos on PhotoBucket.  I moved my stuff to PostImages.org.  Last night I had trouble loading some images.  This morning I found the following warning.  I have some web pages with dozens of pictures linked from postimage.  None of those photos will now load to display.  I'm screwed.  It is going to take forever to reconstruct all the links.





Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

Looking at that screenshot you posted, have you tried accessing your images at the .cc site it mentions? From what they said, I'd guess that their company was using a .org domain when it was not supposed to (theoretically those are for non-profits, social organizations, etc.). They may have just re-homed their domain to a .cc and carried all the website with it...