Darin Stratton HELP!!!!!!!

THANK YOU Darin Stratton for this site!!!

NOW,,,,,,,,,,,,,
in regards to Photobucket...........We're being held hostage.... Let's ACT!!

I've been saying this all along............
How much will each member toss into the pot to buy a second server or external hard drive so that ALL pictures can be put on THIS site and not have to be inputted from somewhere else?

What's it worth guys??

Darin, can you tell us what you need so we can help pay for whatever it is and so we don't ever have to worry about this kind of crap again from someone else like Photobucket!!

There is a lot of stuff in the knowledge base that we need to keep and will have to go back into and replace pictures.  For those of us who have benefited from the Farm Equipment -Knowledge Base and used it, we need to safe guard these things!!!

Darin, we need help!!  Please let us help!  What can we do to help??

Darin, What are YOUR thoughts?

Tinypic has worked great for me for many years.

I have messaged Darin.

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Edited by LouSWPA - 17 Jul 2017 at 3:36pm

Dave (NE) wrote: Butch, what is tinypic?  Dave

They are a photo host site like photobucket only without all the BS.

LouSWPA wrote: If I'm not mistaken, we no longer need Photo Bucket to post pictures on here

you could always post without using photobucket.  the problem is the file manager is limited space and when it becomes full you have to delete photos to post others and that removes them from any posts they are in. 

My son posts pictures on here using windows paint. I don't have a clue how it works, but he doesn't use photo bucket. Darrel

I can't post pics directly from my iPhone without jumping through a bunch of hoops. I gave up it takes to much time

It would be nice if I could just copy and paste the pictures in here, I would like to have it easier to put pictures on this site.

Dave (NE) wrote: Gatz, how about a step by step on how to do it!  Or just stop by some time and show me how, eh?

sure thing, Dave
and maybe this will benefit other users.

just download the program and put a shortcut on your desktop.
I even put a shortcut in the task bar; makes it handier when the screen is full of other stuff.
The program itself should go in the C:/Program Files folder
(This should be placed automatically.  The reason is that if you want to remove it later, the software will be easy to locate when using Control Panel/Programs and Features to select it for removal.)

I keep my pix in the default MS Libraries/Pictures, and made a TEMP folder within it.

Anytime I download from a camera, I'll put them in the TEMP folder.
BTW, most cellphone and digital cameras have a setting for the size of pic to be taken.
Some, like the iphone 6 let you make this setting when you email them off.


Click on the FastStone icon to start and a split window shows up. Browse to the TEMP folder (or anywhere else your pix may be) and you'll see the pix listed.
If no pictures exist in a folder, the next step will be moot.

There's a tool bar on the top that has various functions.  Under Tools is "Batch Convert
Selected Images"



Click on that; another window opens up showing the pix by name.  Add what pix you'd like to resize to the panel on the right.  The 1st one in the list is automatically added.
You can see the size of the pix as they exist.

The Preview box at the lower right shows whatever pic is current.



Click on "Advanced Options"

Here's where you can set the pic size.  When set,  Click OK,




Then click on ► Convert.   All the pix in the right-hand panel will be converted, however, you have choices for doing them all or just 1 at a time
This process can't be reversed; use with care.

The top toolbar also has Editing functions as mentioned previously.
When all the editing is done, you can rename each pic, or leave as is.
The renaming can be done in FastStone or by the Windows method.

Then cut & paste them to a folder of your choice.  That way, the TEMP folder doesn't get cluttered up.

Note: When a pic is selected from a folder and FastStone is chosen for the program to open it, the pic shows up on a new screen with black background.  Move the mouse arrow to the upper right.  A wide toolbar pops up and when the mouse arrow moves over the third button from the far right, it says "Switch to Browser View"
Click on that...... it will get you into the editing window.

FastStone takes a little getting used to, but it's a great program for the price.



Edited by Gatz in NE - 18 Jul 2017 at 11:06am

thats what i would rather do if i could use a check or credit card.          dont know how that pay pal thing works

I resize pictures in paint before posting.  Usualy 600x800, but sometimes smaller  Use the pixel size.  Works great.  also if you email pictures from an iPhone, when it asks what size, use med or large NOT actual size.  Actual size is really big

Once in a great while I post a picture on here. 

I download all the picture that I want to post on here to my desktop then right click on picture go to edit then resize then you can resize the picture, if I can do it anyone can do it, it's that simple. Kenny L. 

Edited by Kenny L. - 19 Jul 2017 at 10:39am