Model Train Journal

It is apparent we'll never see enough old photos cleared out (or purged) to allow new photos to be posted. So, what is the least intrusive service I can use. I'll have to get it approved by my (board of directors) because if I do something and it screws up my computer, she told me she won't fix it.

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Basic Flickr is free, but limited to only 1000 photos. To store more you'll need a subscription.

Mine are now in Shutterfly. More or less trouble-free. I may try a test shot to verify that.

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Hosting services do not install anything like an app or whatever on your computer; just like visiting any other website.

That is good to know, as a friend sent me a home movie he copied to disc from the 90's via "dropbox". I tried to look at it, but it required joining or at least signing in and I got a warning from Google that it would give dropbox access to everyone in my contact list. Serious BS in my opinion. Obviously, I didn't get to see the video.

So, if these hosting services put nothing on my computer, that' what I want.

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Shutterfly doesn't even let others view my photos -

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Okay, just joined Shutterfly as it was scary simple. Uploaded a couple of photos from my computer and they're being hosted. But how do I download those photos to this forum? When viewing these photos on shutterfly I see no icons for downloading to another site, only uploading more photos.

I now understand how these hosting services make their money as 99% of what they show is to purchase this or that or ???

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I'll get back to you - really easy.
But try this - click on the photo of interest. Find the circle with plus sign, and click on that. Then, I think, you right click and click on something like "image address" - third option.
Then back here
Click on "img" above, then "control V" or " paste."
I will verify that later.

Yep. Just moving the cursor over your chosen photo gives you a + inside a magnifying glass, so click on the +.
Then right click - fourth one down is "copy image address."
Click that. Then come here. "Img" is the Fourth from the right on top of your post. Hit that:



Then it is simply control V or whatever your computer uses for "paste" - it inserts the image address inside the MTJ code for image.

So let's see if that still works . . .

Yep - still works! Easy-peezy. Try it here, and we will try to trouble-shoot if you don't get it.

By the way, sometimes uploading to Shutterfly is harder than others - tonight I was "successful" at uploading, but it took a couple more buttons than usual. I did the normal select, then had to put a red "checkmark" on the images I just loaded, and then upload them from purgatory to the actual album. Here's another doorstop:

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